- Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira
Infobox Football biography
playername = Amauri
fullname = Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira
height = height|meter=1.86
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|6|3
cityofbirth =Carapicuíba
countryofbirth =Brazil
currentclub = Juventus
clubnumber = 8
position =Striker
youthyears = 1999-2000
youthclubs = Santa Catarina
years = 2000-2001 2000 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-2008 2008-
clubs = Napoli → Bellinzona Piacenza Messina Chievo PalermoJuventus
caps(goals) = 06 0(1) 05 0(1) 07 0(0) 23 0(4) 90 (17) 52 (23) 04 0(3)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =Aug 27 ,2008
ntupdate =Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born
June 3 ,1980 inCarapicuíba , São Paulo), better known as Amauri, is aBrazil ian football player. He plays as astriker for ItalianSerie A team Juventus.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 forChallenge League teamAC Bellinzona , Amauri was signed by Parma and immediately loaned to Napoli in January 2001, making his Serie A debut onApril 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 the2006 Serie A scandal ), Amauri showed most of his potential, becoming one of the key players of the team.Palermo
On
August 31 2006 , the last day of the 2006 summer transfer period, Amauri was sold to Palermo for around €8 million, after having scored two goals in the return match of the third qualifying round againstPFC Levski Sofia .Immediately from his debut with Palermo, Amauri became 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 prevented him from playing for seven months; however Amauri recovered in time for the start of the 2007-08 season, being immediately featured in the regular lineup for Palermo's first match against AS Roma. He scored his first goal in the new season in the next match, a 4-2 away win to Livorno.
Juventus
On
May 30 ,2008 Amauri completed a €15.3 million (plus the full property ofAntonio Nocerino and the co-ownership ofDavide Lanzafame ) move to the Italian giants,Juventus . Since his arrival Amauri has impressed greatly in training, but has put on superb performances during Juventus' pre-season campaign. AgainstSerie C2 sideAC Mezzocorona , he scored five goals in a 7-1 victory. He also has impressed and also hit the back of the net versus Brondby and versusBorussia Dortmund . He also impressed during Juventus'TIM Trophy againstAC Milan and Inter, and Juventus' EnglishTour , in theEmirates Cup and againstManchester United in a classic atOld Trafford He will fight for a first team position along withAlessandro Del Piero ,David Trezeguet , andVincenzo Iaquinta . He has Started off the Season in brilliant form Scoring 3 goals in as many games. Getting all 7 of their 8 points. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=703414.html|title=Juve shell out €15.3m for Amauri|accessdate=2008-05-30|publisher=UEFA.com|language=English]Career League Statistics
Correct as of 27 August 2008 [ [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=11982&cc=5739 Amauri Stats showing his goal-scoring record] Retrieved on
August 27 2008 ]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 in the future to play for the Italian national team. Following his impressive performances when at Palermo, he was suggested to be a potential call-up of the then
Azzurri coachRoberto Donadoni , who stated he might be interested in calling him to the Italian squad. [cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/sport/cmsSezioni/calcio/200610articoli/4476girata.asp|title=L'oriundo Amauri tra Italia e Brasile|accessdate=2006-10-31|publisher=La Stampa|language=Italian] He is now expected to choose between Italy and Brazil in the near future.External links
* [http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/en/0708/scheda.jsp?id=3819 Amauri's profile at U.S. Città di Palermo website]
References
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=
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