Florencio Amarilla

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Florencio Amarilla
Full name	Florencio Amarilla Lacasa
Date of birth	1 March 1935 (1935-03-01) (age 73)
Place of birth	Bogado, Paraguay
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
–1958 1958–1961 1961–1962	Nacional Real Oviedo Elche CF	33 (4) 02 (1)
National team
	Paraguay
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Florencio Amarilla (born March 1, 1935) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker.

He started his career in Nacional of Paraguay before being transferred to Europe to play for teams like Elche CF and Real Oviedo of Spain. ^[1]

Amarilla was also part of the Paraguay national football team that qualified to the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In the qualifiers, Amarilla was Paraguay's top scorer with 3 goals and he was also the top scorer for Paraguay in the World Cup with 2 goals. ^[2]

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Statistics at LFP.es (Spanish)

v • d • e Paraguay squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Mayeregger • 2 Arévalo • 3 J. Lezcano • 4 Achúcarro • 5 Villalba • 6 Echague • 7 Agüero • 8 Parodi • 9 Romero • 10 Aguilera • 11 Amarilla • 12 Aguilar • 13 Gini • 14 Segovia • 15 Santos Silva • 16 C. Lezcano • 17 Miranda • 18 Penayo • 19 Insfrán • 20 Aveiro • 21 Ré • 22 Insfrán • Coach: González