[2][3] Mário Tilico started in the youth levels of Vasco da Gama, the club for which his father played in the 60s.

[4] It was at São Paulo FC where he stood out the most important moment in his career, scoring the goal of the 1991 Brazilian Championship title.

In 1992, Tilico migrated to Spanish football where he played for Cádiz, Marbella and Atlético Madrid.

In 1999, he helped win the most important title in the history of EC Juventude, the Copa do Brasil.

[6] Tilico began his career as a manager at Ríver AC, in the dispute of the Copa Piauí in 2009.