Luciano Emilio

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Luciano Emilio
Personal information
Full name	Luciano Emilio
Date of birth	December 12, 1978 (1978-12-12) (age 29)
Place of birth	Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	D.C. United
Number	11
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2007-	Rio Branco EC 1. FC Köln Alemannia Aachen Barbarense Real España Olimpia Querétaro Olimpia D.C. United	6 (0) 24 (1) 18 (13) 43 (24)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Luciano Emilio (born December 12, 1978 in Ilha Solteira, Brazil) is a Brazilian soccer player, who currently plays with MLS club D.C. United.

Emilio started playing professional soccer at the age of 16 (1995). He played for XV de Piracicaba, a member of the state league of São Paulo. The next season he transferred to Rio Branco, another team in the state league of São Paulo.

In 1997, Emilio signed with FC Cologne of the German Bundesliga. He played for the Youth team and finally worked his way up to the senior team where he played for several matches. In 1999, Emilio transferred to Alemannia Aachen, a team in the second Division of the Bundesliga.

In 2001, Luciano Emilio made a return to Brazil to play for União Barbarense. After a brief stint at União Barbarense, Emilio made a move to the Honduran league to play for Real España. He quickly established himself as a key player and won the league scoring titles in 2003 and 2004. He helped lead Real España to the Apertura Championship in 2003. In 2004, Emilio made a move to another Honduran team, CD Olimpia. Emilio won another scoring title in the Apertura in 2004 with CD Olimpia.

Emilio started a brief stint in Mexico in 2005, signing the Mexican second division side Queretaro where he helped the team win the 2005 Clausura title, scoring 10 goals in the process. After playing for a short time with Querataro, Emilio made a return to CD Olimpia in 2005 in time to lead them to championships in the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura, during which he once again won the scoring title. In 2006, Emilio's eight goals in the UNCAF Tournament were enough to propel his team to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' cup. Ironically enough, Emilio would go on to play against CD Olimpia in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with his new club, D.C. United.

He signed with D.C. United January 16 as a Senior International player, after completing his second stint with Honduran club Olimpia. Emilio debuted for United in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Olimpia, scoring once in Tegucigalpa and twice in the return leg in Washington, DC in United's 7-3 aggregate win. He went on to score a fourth time in three games versus CD Guadalajara in the opening game of the CONCACAF semi-final.

At the end of his first season with D.C. United, his team received the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield, the award for gaining the most points overall in a season. In the 2007 MLS season, Emilio had 20 goals and won the MLS Golden Boot award. Emilio won the 2007 MLS MVP award on November 14, 2007.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] Links

• Luciano Emilio's profile at D.C. United's official site

• LucianoEmilio.com

v • d • e Major League Soccer MVP 1996 Carlos Valderrama (Tampa Bay Mutiny) · 1997 Preki (Kansas City Wizards) · 1998 Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United) · 1999 Jason Kreis (Dallas Burn) · 2000 Tony Meola (Kansas City Wizards) · 2001 Alex Pineda Chacón (Miami Fusion) · 2002 Carlos Ruíz (Los Angeles Galaxy) · 2003 Preki (Kansas City Wizards) · 2004 Amado Guevara (MetroStars) · 2005 Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution) · 2006 Christian Gómez (D.C. United) · 2007 Luciano Emilio (D.C. United)

v • d • e D.C. United – current squad 1 Wells • 2 Peralta • 4 Burch • 5 Kirk • 6 Mediate • 7 Fred • 10 Gallardo • 11 Emilio • 12 Carvallo • 13 Barlow • 14 Olsen • 15 Dyachenko • 16 Stratford • 17 Murphy • 18 McTavish • 19 Simms • 20 Zaher • 21 P. Carroll • 22 Cordeiro • 23 Martínez • 24 J. Carroll • 25 Quaranta • 26 Namoff • 30 Doe • 34 Niell • 40 Thorpe • 99 Moreno • Coach: Soehn

Persondata
NAME	Emilio, Luciano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ilha Solteira, Brazil
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH