Amarildo Souza do Amaral (born 2 October 1964), known simply as Amarildo, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in Curitiba, Amarildo appeared in his country's Série A for four different teams:

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, Sport Club Internacional and

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, the first three early into his career.

and Sport Club Internacional. He started playing football with Paraná-based

Toledo Colônia Work Toledo Esporte Clube, commonly known as Toledo, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Toledo, Paraná, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paranaense, the ...

, 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

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– as the Galicians finished in tenth position. He spent the following three years in Italy, appearing for

S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club''), commonly referred to as Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent ...

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 Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in ''Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club has ...

(only one goal), Amarildo mainly represented

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in Portugal. His best campaign with the club came in 1993–94 when he netted six times in 19 games in an eventual

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relegation; he also represented the team in the

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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 Copa do Brasil, domestic cup with the latter in 1996.

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Futpédia profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amarildo 1964 births Living people Footballers from Curitiba Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players SC Internacional players São Paulo FC players União São João Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Bahia players La Liga players RC Celta de Vigo players CD Logroñés footballers Serie A players Serie B players SS Lazio players AC Cesena players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Famalicão players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal