Márcio Amoroso

Márcio Amoroso dos Santos (born 5 July 1974), simply known as Márcio Amoroso (Brazilian Portuguese: [mˈaʁsju ɐmoɾˈɔzu]), is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward or on occasion as an attacking midfielder. He played for several teams in his home country, Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece, while also representing Brazil at international level, winning the 1999 Copa América. In his prime, he was a very talented striker with great dribbling skills and goalscoring ability, who was also capable of creating chances for teammates.[1][2]

For other people named Amoroso, see Amoroso (disambiguation).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Amoroso and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Márcio Amoroso
Personal information
Full name Márcio Amoroso dos Santos
Date of birth (1974-07-05) 5 July 1974
Place of birth Brasília, DF, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988–1992 Guarani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1996 Guarani 39 (28)
1992–1993 → Verdy Kawasaki (loan) 0 (0)
1996 → Flamengo (loan) 16 (6)
1996–1999 Udinese 86 (39)
1999–2001 Parma 39 (11)
2001–2004 Borussia Dortmund 59 (28)
2004–2005 Málaga 29 (5)
2005 São Paulo 22 (12)
2006 Milan 4 (1)
2006–2007 Corinthians 12 (2)
2007 Grêmio 6 (0)
2008 Aris Thessaloniki 9 (1)
2009–2010 Guarani 0 (0)
2016 Boca Raton 3 (0)
Total 324 (133)
National team
1995–2003 Brazil 19 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Amoroso started his career at homeland club Guarani FC at 1992. In July 1992, he was loaned to a Japanese outfit Verdy Kawasaki (J.League Division 1), winning two J-League titles,[3] and returned to Guarani FC two years later, finishing the 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as the season's top scorer.[2] In 1996, he transferred to Flamengo, but he came to prominence playing in the Italian Serie A for unfashionable Udinese in the late-1990s. There he starred alongside Oliver Bierhoff in a side which played an adventurous 3–4–3 formation, finishing his first season with the club in third place in Serie A.[4][5] When the league's top scorer Oliver Bierhoff left the club for A.C. Milan in 1998, many thought Udinese Calcio would struggle to repeat their success, but that very next season Amoroso himself became the focus of the team, and was the top scorer in Serie A with 22 goals.[5] The following season, he transferred to the defending UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia champions Parma for an astounding €30 million.[4] Although the team started the season strongly, winning the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana,[5] Parma never quite fulfilled their potential to win the league title, and Amoroso was not able to match the form he managed with Udinese due to recurring injury problems;[6][7] the club did manage to reach the 2001 Coppa Italia final, however.[8]

After two seasons, Amoroso was soon on the move again, this time to Borussia Dortmund in Germany, for 50 million Deutsche Mark (€25 million),[nb 1] a German record at that time,[10] and as of 2017, still a fifth highest signing after Corentin Tolisso, Javi Martínez, Mario Gómez, and Mario Götze. Amoroso won the Bundesliga title during the 2001–02 season, and was also the league's top scorer.[4] He helped the club to the 2002 UEFA Cup Final, where his goal (a penalty) could not prevent the team from losing 3–2 to Feyenoord.[11] During his next two seasons with the club, his appearances were more limited however, due to recurring injury problems.[4] Amoroso played for Málaga during the 2004–05 season, although he was mainly used as a substitute, scoring only 5 goals in 29 appearances, as Málaga finished the season in 10th place in the league.[4]

Amoroso moved to São Paulo in the summer of 2005 and immediately helped them to the Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious club prize in South America.[12] In January 2006, after having won the FIFA Club World Championship, finishing the tournament as top scorer,[13] he returned to Italy, signing an 18-month contract for A.C. Milan as a replacement for Christian Vieri, who had transferred to Monaco.[14]

After an unsuccessful spell, Amoroso agreed to cancel his contract with A.C. Milan on 1 September 2006, and immediately signed a new contract with Corinthians. Amoroso quickly received the no. 10 jersey from Corinthians as a replacement for Carlos Tevez (who left SC Corinthians Paulista and moved to West Ham United).[15] But there he could not show the football that he was capable of, having his contract resigned in April 2007, signing in for Grêmio. Since August, Amoroso did not play for Grêmio, having his contract resigned due to lack of form.[16] In January 2008, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Aris Thessaloniki. However, he spent only six months in Thessaloniki. On 29 December 2008, Amoroso returned to Guarani for the 2009 season.[17] He retired at the end of the season, at the age of 34, due to injury struggles, despite not making an appearance for the club that year.[6]

International career

Amoroso scored 9 goals in 19 appearances for Brazil between 1995 and 2003.[18] He made his debut in a 5–0 win over Chile, and was later a member of the squad that won the 1999 Copa América.[2]

Individual

Aris Thessaloniki was Amoroso's 12th club in six countries.[19] He won 20 trophies and personal awards, including the Copa América with Brazil and both the FIFA Club World Championship and Copa Libertadores with São Paulo. He has also played for Verdy Kawasaki, Flamengo, Udinese, Parma, Borussia Dortmund, Málaga, Milan, Corinthians, Grêmio and Guarani which was his last club.[4]

Amoroso was the top scorer in three national championships, and broke the Bundesliga transfer record when he moved to Borussia Dortmund from Parma in the middle of 2001.

Career statistics

Club

[20]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Guarani1992Série A00—————
19942619————2619
1995139————139
Total 3928————3928
Verdy Kawasaki (loan)1992J1 League—000000—00
199300000000—00
Total 00000000—00
Flamengo (loan)1996Série A166————166
Udinese1996–97Serie A281210———2912
1997–9825541—4[lower-alpha 1]0—336
1998–99332262—2[lower-alpha 1]0—4124
Total 8639113—60—10342
Parma1999–00Serie A16400—1[lower-alpha 1]0—174
2000–0123764—5[lower-alpha 1]3—3414
Total 391164—63—5118
Borussia Dortmund2001–02Bundesliga3118101013[lower-alpha 2]8—4626
2002–0324620009[lower-alpha 3]3—359
2003–044400322[lower-alpha 3]2—98
Total 592830422413—9043
Málaga2004–05La Liga29500———295
São Paulo2005Série A2212——5[lower-alpha 4]22[lower-alpha 5]22916
Milan2005–06Serie A4110—00—51
Corinthians2006Série A122————122
Grêmio2007Série A60————60
Aris2007–08Super League Greece9100—00—91
Guarani2009Série B00————00
2010Série A00————00
Total 00————00
Boca Raton2016USASA3000———30
Career total 32413321742411822392162
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Five appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and five goals in UEFA Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

[18]

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
199510
199600
199700
199812
1999107
200030
200100
200210
200330
Total199

Honours

Club

Verdy Kawasaki[3]

Flamengo[3]

Parma[3]

Borussia Dortmund[3]

São Paulo[3]

Boca Raton FC[3]

International

Brazil[3]

Individual

Footnotes
  1. Parma listed the revenue was 55,439,944,000 lire, took DM 1.95583 = €1 and €1 = 1936.27 lire and took 6 significant figure got DM 1 = 989.999 lire. Thus the fee was 56,000,000 Deutsche Mark[9]

References
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  8. "Coppa alla Fiorentina col pareggio più bello" [Fiorentina claim the Cup with the most beautiful draw]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 June 2001. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  9. Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2001 (in Italian)
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  13. "Sao Paulo 1-0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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