Luciano Amaral

Luciano Amaral da Silva Alves (born 20 October 1982), known as Amaral, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Alves.
Luciano Amaral
Personal information
Full name Luciano Amaral da Silva Alves
Date of birth (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Criciúma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Criciúma
2004 Joinville
2005 Tubarão
2005 Bahia
2006 Avaí 27 (0)
2006 Caldense
2007 CRB 4 (0)
2007–2011 Villa Rio 0 (0)
2007–2009 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 25 (1)
2009 → América-RN (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 → Coritiba (loan) 12 (0)
2010–2011 → Marítimo (loan) 22 (0)
2011–2012 Apollon Limassol 6 (0)
2012 Treze 4 (0)
2012–2013 Gil Vicente 8 (0)
2013 Inter Lages 14 (2)
2014 Botafogo-PB 0 (0)
2014 ABC 20 (0)
2015 Veranópolis 11 (0)
2015 Serrano-PB 2 (0)
2016 Treze 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2016

Club career

Amaral was born in Campina Grande, Paraíba. After playing with a host of smaller clubs early in his career, he started appearing professionally for Avaí Futebol Clube in 2006, moving to Associação Atlética Caldense that same year.

In 2007, Amaral was signed by Vitória de Guimarães of Portugal from Villa Rio Esporte Clube,[1] as the Minho side had just returned from the second division. He contributed sparingly in the Primeira Liga as they overachieved for a final third place, ahead of S.L. Benfica for a qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[2]

Towards the end of his second season, Amaral was suspended by Vitória[3] and eventually released,[4][5] returning to his country with América Futebol Clube (RN), still owned by Villa Rio. After two years with Coritiba Foot Ball Club[6] he returned to Portugal also on loan, joining C.S. Marítimo in late May 2010.[7]

References
  1. "Onze sócios especiais a caminho dos 30 mil" [Eleven special sócios on the way to 30 thousand]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. "Missão em França" [Mission in France]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. "Luciano Amaral suspenso" [Luciano Amaral suspended]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. "Luciano Amaral: "Aqui não ficou [sic] nem que quisessem"" [Luciano Amaral: "I'm not staying even if they wanted"]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. "Luciano Amaral rescindiu" [Luciano Amaral has rescinded]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  6. "Coritiba contrata lateral que estava em time da Série B" [Coritiba sign full-back who was in a Série B team] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  7. "Luciano Amaral garantido" [Luciano Amaral confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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