Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (; born 18 January 1967) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers and one of the greatest strikers of his generation. He first appeared as a member of the Chile national team in 1987, appearing on the team every year until 2001. During his tenure, he played in the 1998 World Cup, four

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tournaments, and the

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with the u-23 team, where he won a bronze medal and was the top scorer of the tournament. He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubs

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and

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; Italian club

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as well as

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club América. He won the

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title and was the season's top scorer with Real Madrid. He also won the

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with Inter Milan in 1998, as well as the

title with America his first season with the club. A powerful and prolific goal-scorer, he was particularly renowned for his strength and ability in the air, with many of his goals coming from headers. In 2004, Zamorano was selected among the

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, a list of the best living football players in the world compiled by

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. Zamorano was nicknamed '' Bam Bam'' and ''Iván el Terrible''.

Club career

Zamorano started his career in Chile with Cobresal in December 1985. He was loaned out to Chilean Primera Division B club Trasandino (called Cobreandino between 1985 and 1992) for the 1985–86 season. He returned to the club shortly after and won the 1987 Copa Chile with Cobresal. In 1988, he moved to Europe to Swiss team St. Gallen, becoming the league's top scorer in the 1989–90 season, and scoring 37 goals in 61 matches across three seasons. In 1990, Zamorano debuted in the Spanish '' Primera División'' with Sevilla, where he would play 63 matches and score 23 goals in all competitions before being sold to Real Madrid for $6 million. With Real Madrid, between 1992 and 1996, Zamorano won one league, one

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and one Spanish Supercup title. In 1995, under manager Jorge Valdano, Zamorano helped Real Madrid win the Spanish League title, as he scored 28 goals – including a hat–trick against

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– and received the

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as the season's top scorer. That year, he formed a particularly effective attacking partnership with

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. In the 1992–93 and 1994–95 seasons, he won the ''EFE Trophy'', which is awarded to the best Ibero-American player in ''

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'' every year by Spanish news agency

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. In total, Zamorano appeared 173 times for Real Madrid, scoring 101 goals. After six seasons in the Spanish league, Zamorano played four seasons in

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with

, from 1996 to 2000, where he was teammates with

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and Ronaldo, among others. He was initially the club's premier striker, playing with the number nine shirt. However, after

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's arrival at the club, Ronaldo was forced to give up number ten, and wear number nine according to the terms of a

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sponsorship. Therefore Zamorano had to give up his number and chose number 18, adding a "+" to his shirt to create the equation '1+8', making him mathematically still a number 9 striker. In May 1998, Inter won the

after beating

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in the final 3–0, with Zamorano scoring the opening goal. He had also scored in the second leg of the previous year's final, with the game going to penalties. However, Zamorano missed his penalty as Inter lost the shootout to

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4–1. Zamorano would move to Mexico in 2001 to play for América for two seasons, winning the ''Torneo de Verano'' in the first season. He concluded his career playing for

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in 2003, making a childhood dream come true. He announced his retirement in July of that year after a professional career spanning more than 16 years.

International career

Zamorano made his debut at the age of 20 on 19 June 1987, scoring a goal in a 3–1 friendly win against

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. He scored five goals on 29 April 1997 in a 1998 World Cup qualifier against

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, which ended in a 6–0 victory. He played all four of Chile's matches at the 1998 World Cup; he was an instrumental part of the Chilean team despite failing to score, setting up

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' goal in a 1–1 draw against

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. In the

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, he won the

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, scoring a brace in a 2–0 victory against

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, and was the top scorer with six goals. His last international match, at age 34, was a farewell friendly between

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and

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on 1 September 2001, which

won 2–1. Zamorano was capped 69 times, scoring 34 goals.

Personal life

Zamorano was born in

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, Chile and was the only son of Luis Zamorano and Alicia Zamora. The family moved to Maipu three years later. When he was 13, his father whom he inherited a love of football from died of fulminating

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. He has a long-term close friendship with his former fellow footballer Fabián Estay, which was interrupted from 2001 to 2007 due to the fact that Estay stated that Zamorano didn't support him when he was isolated from the América first team by the club leaders. In addition, Zamorano is the godfather of the Estay's daughter, Renata Ivana. In 2005, he married María Alberó, an Argentine model. Since 2016, they have lived in

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Outside football

Zamorano was the promotional face of the new

transport system,

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, in 2007 which experienced operational difficulties at launch. In 2021, Zamorano became brand ambassador for

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as part of the Chilean National Team choosing the sports betting site as its official betting partner ahead of the

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. He has worked as a football commentator for media such as

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and

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zamorano goal.''

Honours

Cobreandino * Segunda División de Chile:

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Cobresal *

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Real Madrid *

: 1994–95 *

: 1992–93 *

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Inter Milan *

: 1997–98; runner-up 1996–97 América *

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: Verano 2002 * Selectivo Pre Pre-Libertadores: 2001 * Pre-Libertadores Tournament: 2001 Chile * Olympic Bronze Medal:

Individual * Swiss Super League Best Foreign Player: 1989–90 * EFE Trophy: 1992–93, 1994–95 *

: 1994–95 *

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: 1994–95 * European Sports Media Team of the Year: 1994–95 *

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top scorer:

References

External links

* *
Iván Luis Zamorano - Detail of international matches and goals
- rsssf.com (

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). {{DEFAULTSORT:Zamorano, Ivan 1967 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile 1987 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players 1993 Copa América players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players Men's association football forwards Chile men's international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Chilean men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Club América footballers C.D. Cobresal footballers Colo-Colo footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland FC St. Gallen players FIFA 100 Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Inter Milan players La Liga players Liga MX players Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Olympic footballers for Chile Olympic medalists in football Pichichi Trophy winners Real Madrid CF players Serie A players Sevilla FC players Swiss Super League players Trasandino de Los Andes footballers People named in the Panama Papers UEFA Europa League–winning players Chilean association football commentators 20th-century Chilean sportsmen