Maria José Valério

Maria José Valério Dourado (6 May 1933 – 3 March 2021) was a Portuguese singer known for being a supporter of Sporting CP and the performer of "Marcha do Sporting", which was adopted as the club's anthem.

Biography Valério was born on 6 May 1933 in Amadora.

She started singing in 1950, at Liceu D. João de Castro, where she was a colleague of actress Lourdes Norberto. She attended the Radio Artists Preparation Center, at the then National Broadcaster, becoming part of the cast.

Valério was married to bullfighter José Trincheira, both of whom lived for about a year in Angola in the early 1960s.

A regular presence on television, Valério became better known to new generations for being the interpreter of the "Marcha do Sporting", the anthem of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP). On 1 April 2004, Valério was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit of the City of Lisbon, awarded by the Lisbon City Council and delivered at a ceremony at the Lisbon Forum. In 2008, a compilation album called O Melhor de Maria José Valério, was released with themes from her work recorded for the publisher Valentim de Carvalho. In 2017, she headlined the play Da Revista ao Musical alongside António Calvário.

Death Valério died of COVID-19 at Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon on 3 March 2021, aged 87.