Lorenzo Amoruso
| Lorenzo Amoruso | ||
 Amoruso 1989 in the AS Bari jersey
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | June 28, 1971 | |
| place of birth | Bari , Italy | |
| size | 184 cm | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Palese | ||
| AS Bari | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -1995 | AS Bari | 75 (8) |
| 1991-1992 | → AC Mantua (loan) | |
| 1992-1993 | → Vis Pesaro (loan) | |
| 1995-1997 | AC Florence | 54 (3) |
| 1997-2003 | Glasgow Rangers | 149 (13) |
| 2003-2006 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 (3) |
| 2008 | SS Cosmos | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1989-1990 | Italy U21 | 2 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Lorenzo Amoruso (born June 28, 1971 in Bari ) is a former Italian football player .
Career
Youth and the beginning in Italy
In his youth Amoruso only played in the neighborhood of his hometown in Palese but later went to AS Bari , where he was later able to advance into the first team. At that time the club played in the second-rate series B . On September 18, 1988 Amoruso made his professional debut in the home game against AC Parma , when he was substituted on in the 54th minute by coach Gaetano Salvemini for Maurizio Laureri ; the game ended in a 2-1 home win. In the 1989/90 season he also won the Mitropacup with the team .
At the age of 21, Amoruso was loaned to AC Mantua for one season . In the following season he was awarded again, this time to Vis Pesaro . In the 1993/94 season he ran almost continuously for Bari. After this season he rose with his team to Serie A , the 1994/95 season should come up for him with a similar number of appearances.
He then moved to Fiorentina on a free transfer within the league , for which he played a total of 54 times. In the 1995/96 season he won the Coppa Italia with the Fiorentina under Claudio Ranieri and later the Italian Super Cup .
Move to Great Britain
For the 1997/98 season , Lorenzo Amoruso moved to the Glasgow Rangers in Scotland for the equivalent of around 6 million euros , with whom he became champions for the first time in the following season in the newly founded Scottish Premier League under coach Dick Advocaat . From the 1998/99 season he was regularly used in the UEFA Cup and from the 1999/2000 season in the Champions League . In some games of the latter competition, he even wore the captain's armband . The 1999/2000 and 2002/03 seasons Amoruso won the Scottish Championship with his team. He also won the Scottish Cup and League Cup three times with the Rangers . In the 2001/02 season he was named Scotland's Footballer of the Year by the Premier League players . After the last championship season, Amoruso moved to the Premier League for the Blackburn Rovers for the equivalent of around 2.1 million euros . But here he was only used sporadically in the following two seasons, mostly at the end of the game and at the end of the season. After the 2005/06 season , his contract was not renewed by the club.
In February 2008 Amoruso joined the SS Cosmos from San Marino , for which he was active until the end of the current season . Then he ended his playing career.
Web links
- Mission statistics at the Italian association (Italian)
- Lorenzo Amoruso in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Profile on soccerbase.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AS Bari - AC Parma, 09/18/1988 - Serie B - match report. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
- ↑ lancashiretelegraph.co.uk_ Amoruso: No regrets (May 18, 2006) , accessed April 14, 2020 (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Amoruso, Lorenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bari , Italy |