airo . ▁T ogether , ▁they ▁scored ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 5 0 ▁goals ▁for ▁Atl ético ▁Mine iro . ▁ ▁M ário ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Atl ético ▁Mine iro ▁player ▁and ▁first ▁outside ▁of ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro ▁or ▁São ▁Paulo ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁up ▁for ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁national ▁football ▁team . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁the ▁inaug uration ▁of ▁Atl ético ' s ▁Ant ô nio ▁Carlos ▁stad ium ▁had ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁Hor á cio ▁Werner , ▁a ▁C BD ▁official , ▁ ▁and ▁A ly s io ▁T áv ora , ▁a ▁journalist ▁from ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro . ▁Both ▁watched ▁as ▁Atl ético ▁defeated ▁Cor inth ians ▁ 4 – 2 ▁with ▁two ▁goals ▁by ▁M ário ▁de ▁Castro , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁later ▁he ▁was ▁called ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁Sele ção . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁backup ▁for ▁Bot af ogo ' s ▁Car val ho ▁Le ite , ▁so ▁the ▁call - up ▁was ▁refused , ▁as ▁M ário ▁de ▁Castro ▁wanted ▁to ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁squad . ▁ ▁He ▁would ▁also ▁win ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁Campeonato ▁Mine iro ▁with ▁Atl ético , ▁as ▁the ▁team , ▁after ▁trailing ▁ 0 – 3 ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁game ▁against ▁Villa ▁Nova ▁made ▁a ▁ 4 – 3 ▁com eb ack ▁thanks ▁to ▁four ▁goals ▁by ▁M ário ▁de ▁Castro ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half . ▁C ele br ations ▁over ▁the ▁victory ▁became ▁trag