Amarildo (footballer, born 1964)

Amarildo
Personal information
Full name Amarildo Souza do Amaral
Date of birth (1964-10-02) 2 October 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Toledo Work ? (12)
1984 Botafogo 8 (1)
1984 Operário-MS ? (3)
1985 Botafogo 4 (0)
1985 Inter Limeira ? (3)
1986 XV Piracicaba ? (4)
1986–1988 Internacional 26 (8)
1988–1989 Celta 34 (16)
1989–1990 Lazio 29 (8)
1990–1992 Cesena 65 (13)
1992 Famalicão 2 (0)
1992–1993 Logroñés 22 (1)
1993–1998 Famalicão 68 (7)
1995União São João (loan) ? (5)
1995São Paulo (loan) 11 (1)
1996Bahia (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amarildo Souza do Amaral (born 2 October 1964), known simply as Amarildo, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Football career

Born in Curitiba, Amarildo appeared in his country's Série A for four different teams: Operário Futebol Clube, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Sport Club Internacional and São Paulo FC, the first three early into his career. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and Sport Club Internacional. He started playing football with Paraná-based Toledo Colônia Work, in 1982.

In the 1988–89 season Amarildo moved abroad, playing in Spain for Celta de Vigo and scoring 16 goals – fourth-best in La Liga, which included a brace in a 2–0 home win against Real Madrid – as the Galicians finished in tenth position. He spent the following three years in Italy, appearing for S.S. Lazio and A.C. Cesena and suffering Serie A relegation in his second year with the latter side.

After another spell in Spain's top flight with CD Logroñés (only one goal), Amarildo mainly represented F.C. Famalicão in Portugal. His best campaign with the club came in 1993–94 when he netted six times in 19 games in an eventual Primeira Liga relegation; he also represented the team in the second and third levels, interspersed with stints back in his homeland with São Paulo, União São João Esporte Clube and Esporte Clube Bahia, playing one match in the domestic cup with the latter in 1996.


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