Nicola Amoruso

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Nicola Amoruso

Full name	Nicola Amoruso
Date of birth	August 29, 1974 (1974-08-29) (age 33)
Place of birth	Cerignola, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Lazio
Number	17
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002 2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2008 2008-	Sampdoria Fidelis Andria Padova Juventus Perugia (loan) Napoli (loan) Juventus Perugia Como Modena Messina Reggina Lazio	08 0(3) 34 (15) 33 (14) 53 0(9) 25 (11) 30 (10) 09 0(0) 07 0(0) 14 0(6) 25 0(5) 22 0(5) 95 (40)
National team
1995-1996	Italy U-21	4 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Nicola Amoruso (born in Cerignola, Foggia, August 29, 1974) is an Italian football player who plays as a striker for Serie A side Reggina Calcio. His nicknames are piede caldo (Hot Foot) and Dinamite.

[edit] Career

Amoruso grew up in the Sampdoria youth system, and made his Serie A debut on December 12, 1993 (Inter-Sampdoria 2-0). He has also played with Fidelis Andria, Padova, Juventus, Perugia, SSC Napoli, Como, Modena, and Messina. He has been at Reggina since 2005, and despite rumours linking him to Fiorentina, has stated he would prefer to stay in Reggio Calabria. However, on the 6th June 2008, he transferred to Lazio for 3 million €.

[edit] International career

He was the unused member of the Italy Olympic team that won the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

He also won the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

[edit] External links

(Italian) FIGC
(Italian) Gazzetta dello Sport

v • d • e

S.S. Lazio – current squad

1 Muslera • 2 Radu • 3 Kolarov • 4 Firmani • 5 Mutarelli • 6 Dabo • 7 Rozehnal • 8 Zauri • 9 Bianchi • 10 Baronio • 11 Mauri • 13 Siviglia • 14 Berni • 15 Diakité • 17 Tare • 18 Rocchi • 19 Pandev • 21 Vignaroli • 22 Artipoli • 23 Meghni • 24 Ledesma • 25 Cribari • 26 Mudingayi • 29 De Silvestri • 32 Ballotta • 68 Manfredini • 81 Del Nero • 85 Behrami • 86 Sannibale • -- Amoruso • Manager: Rossi

Persondata
NAME	Amoruso, Nicola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Italian football player
DATE OF BIRTH	1974-08-29
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cerignola, Foggia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH