Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira

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Amauri
Personal information
Full name Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira
Date of birth June 3, 1980 (1980-06-03) (age 28)
Place of birth    Carapicuíba, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Juventus
Number -
Youth clubs
 ?-1999 Santa Catarina
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2001
2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2006
2006-2008
2008-		 Bellinzona
Napoli
Piacenza
Messina
Chievo Verona
Palermo
Juventus		 05 0(1)
06 0(1)
07 0(0)
23 0(4)
90 (17)
52 (23)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 18, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born June 3, 1980 in Carapicuíba, São Paulo), better known as Amauri, is a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He plays as second striker for Italian Serie A team Juventus.

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[edit] Club career

He played at the prestigious Viareggio Tournament in Italy with his Brazilian Club, he was young and received many offers from Italian clubs, but he decided to choose a Swiss club to slowly start his career in Europe. After two seasons in Switzerland for Challenge League team AC Bellinzona, Amauri was signed by Parma and immediately loaned to Napoli in January 2001, making his Serie A debut on April 14, 2001 in a league match against Bari.

He then played for Piacenza in Serie A for the 2001–02 season, Messina in Serie B in the 2002–03 season and Chievo Verona from 2003 to 2006.

During his time for Chievo, and especially in the 2005–06 season, ended with a qualification to the preliminary phase of UEFA Champions League (also favoured by the 2006 Serie A scandal), Amauri showed most of his potential, becoming one of the key players of the team.

[edit] Palermo

On August 31, 2006, the last day of the 2006 summer transfer period, Amauri was sold to Palermo for about €8 million, after having scored two goals in the return match of the third qualifying round against PFC Levski Sofia.

Immediately from his debut with Palermo, Amauri has become a fan favourite and a key player for the rosanero, scoring eight goals in 18 league matches until December 2006. A serious knee injury in a league match against Siena forced him to a seven-month stop. Amauri recovered in time for the start of the 2007-08 season, being immediately featured in the regular lineup for the Palermo debut match against AS Roma, and scored his first goal in the new season in the next match, a 4-2 away win to Livorno.

[edit] Juventus

On May 30, 2008 Amauri completed a €15.3 million (plus the full property of Antonio Nocerino and the co-ownership of Davide Lanzafame) move to the Italian giants, Juventus. [1]

[edit] International career

Amauri, who never appeared at the international level for the Brazilian team, has recently asked to acquire an Italian passport, as he has lived and played in Italy for five years: therefore, he will be eligible to play for the Italian national team. He is considered a likely future call-up of Azzurri coach Roberto Donadoni, who stated he might be interested in calling him to the Italian squad.[2]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Juve shell out €15.3m for Amauri (English). UEFA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  2. ^ L'oriundo Amauri tra Italia e Brasile (Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.
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Juventus F.C. – current squad

1 Buffon • 2 Birindelli • 3 Chiellini • 5 Zebina • 6 Zanetti • 7 Salihamidžić • 8 Camoranesi • 9 Iaquinta • 10 Del Piero • 11 Nedvěd • 12 Belardi • 13 Vanstrattan • 14 Andrade • 17 Trezeguet • 20 Palladino • 21 Grygera • 22 Sissoko • 25 Stendardo • 28 Molinaro • 30 Tiago • 32 Marchionni • 33 Legrottaglie • 34 Ekdal • 36 Castiglia • -- Amauri • -- Mellberg • -- De Ceglie • Manager: Ranieri


Persondata
NAME Carvalho de Oliveira, Amauri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amauri
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1980-6-3
PLACE OF BIRTH Carapiquiba , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH