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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker.

Football career

Born in

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...

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

Operário Futebol Clube Operário may refer to: Football clubs in Brazil *Operário Futebol Clube (MS) - from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. * Operário Futebol Clube (Várzea Grande) - from Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso. * Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube - from Pon ...

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (; ''Botafogo Football and Rowing'') is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Although it competes in a number of different sports, Botafogo is mostly known ...

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre, a cidade do Grêmio or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional Association football, football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Campeonato Bras ...

and

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

, the first three early into his career.

and

. He started playing football with

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-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 t ...

, in 1982. In the 1988–89 season Amarildo moved abroad, playing in

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for

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

and scoring 16 goals – fourth-best in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

, which included a brace in a 2–0 home win against

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

– as the

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finished in tenth position. He spent the following three years in

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, appearing for

S.S. Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club'') 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 most of their history in the top tier of Italian footba ...

and

A.C. Cesena AC Cesena, commonly referred to as Cesena (), was an Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club spent most of its history in professional leagues such as Serie A and Serie B, but went bankrupt and folded in 2018. Another cl ...

and suffering

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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 ha ...

(only one goal), Amarildo mainly represented

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tie ...

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

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

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 União São João Esporte Clube, or simply União São João is a Brazilian football club based in Araras, São Paulo. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state football league. History ...

and

Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia () is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Known mainly as the ''Esquadrão de Aço'' (Steel Squadron), the club competes in the Campeo ...

, playing one match in the domestic cup with the latter in 1996.

References

External links

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 FR 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 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen