Amoroso (footballer)

Brazilian footballer

AmorosoPersonal information

Full name|  José Amoroso Filho
Date of birth|  (1937-09-19)19 September 1937
Place of birth|  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death|  16 September 2022(2022-09-16) (aged 84)
Place of death|  Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
Position(s)|  Forward
Youth career
|  Botafogo
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1961–1963|  Botafogo|  |
1964–1968|  Fluminense|  134|  (72)
1968–1969|  Remo|  |
1970|  Campo Grande|  |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024

José Amoroso Filho (19 September 1937 – 16 September 2022), simply known as Amoroso was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

## Career[edit]

Amoroso began his career at Botafogo where he was two-time Rio champion in 1961 and 1962, moving to Fluminense in 1964, where he was again state champion and also top scorer in the Campeonato Carioca in 1964 and 1965. He played for Fluminense from 1964 to 1968, being champion of the 1965 Torneio Início and the 1966 Taça Guanabara, scoring 72 goals in 135 matches. He left Fluminense in a trade with Clube do Remo, for the then promising defender Assis.[1] For Remo he was state champion and of the Torneio do Norte, and scored a goal against SL Benfica in a friendly played in Belém, making the final score 1–1, with the other goal scored by Eusébio.[2]

## Personal life[edit]

Amoroso is uncle of the also footballer Márcio Amoroso.

## Honours[edit]

Botafogo

* Campeonato Carioca: 1961, 1962

Fluminense

* Campeonato Carioca: 1964
* Taça Guanabara: 1966

Remo

* Campeonato Paraense: 1968
* Torneio do Norte: 1969

Individual

* 1964 Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 19 goals
* 1964 Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 10 goals

## Death[edit]

Amoroso died of natural causes, 16 September 2022, aged 84.[1][3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Amoroso (Ex-atacante do Flu, Botafogo e Remo)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
2. ^ "Morre Amoroso, ex-jogador destaque do Remo". Remo 100 por cento (in Portuguese). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
3. ^ "Ídolo do Botafogo e do Fluminense nos anos 60, Amoroso morre aos 84 anos". Jogada10 (in Portuguese). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

## External links[edit]

* Amoroso at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)

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Campeonato Carioca top scorers

* 1906: Horácio da Costa
* 1907: Flávio Ramos
* 1908: Edwin Cox
* 1909: Flávio Ramos
* 1910: Abelardo de Lamare
* 1911: James Calvert
* 1912 (AFRJ): Mimi
* 1912 (LMSA): Harry Robinson
* 1913: Mimi
* 1914: Barthô
* 1915: Welfare
* 1916: Aluízio Pinto
* 1917: Luís Menezes
* 1918: Luís Menezes
* 1919: Braz de Oliveira
* 1920: Arlindo & Claudionor
* 1921: Cecy
* 1922: Braz de Oliveira
* 1923: Nonô
* 1924 (AMEA): Nilo
* 1924 (LMDT): Telê
* 1925: Nonô
* 1926: Vicente
* 1927: Nilo
* 1928: Vicente
* 1929: Russinho & Telê
* 1930: Ladislau & Preguinho
* 1931: Russinho
* 1932: Preguinho
* 1933 (AMEA): Nilo
* 1933 (LCF): Tião
* 1934 (AMEA): Bianco
* 1934 (LCF): Alfredinho
* 1935 (FMD): Ladislau
* 1935 (LCF): China
* 1936 (FMD): Carvalho Leite
* 1936 (LCF): Hércules
* 1937: Niginho
* 1938: Carvalho Leite
* 1939: Carvalho Leite
* 1940: Leônidas
* 1941: Pirillo
* 1942: De Freitas
* 1943: João Pinto
* 1944: Geraldino
* 1945: Lelé
* 1946: Rodrigues
* 1947: Dimas
* 1948: Orlando & Octávio
* 1949: Ademir
* 1950: Ademir
* 1951: Carlyle
* 1952: Menezes & Zizinho
* 1953: Benítez
* 1954: Da Costa
* 1955: Paulinho
* 1956: Waldo
* 1957: Paulo Valentim
* 1958: Quarentinha
* 1959: Quarentinha
* 1960: Quarentinha
* 1961: Amarildo
* 1962: Saulzinho
* 1963: Bianchini
* 1964: Amoroso
* 1965: Amoroso
* 1966: Paulo Borges
* 1967: Paulo Borges
* 1968: Roberto Miranda
* 1969: Flávio
* 1970: Flávio
* 1971: Caju
* 1972: Doval
* 1973: Dadá Maravilha
* 1974: Luisinho
* 1975: Zico
* 1976: Doval
* 1977: Zico
* 1978: Adão, Roberto Dinamite & Zico
* 1979: Zico
* 1979 (Extra): Zico
* 1980: Adão
* 1981: Roberto Dinamite
* 1982: Zico
* 1983: Luisinho
* 1984: Adão & Baltazar
* 1985: Roberto Dinamite
* 1986: Romário
* 1987: Romário
* 1988: Bebeto
* 1989: Bebeto
* 1990: Gaúcho
* 1991: Gaúcho
* 1992: Ézio
* 1993: Valdir
* 1994: Charles & Túlio
* 1995: Túlio
* 1996: Romário
* 1997: Romário
* 1998: Romário
* 1999: Romário
* 2000: Romário
* 2001: Edílson
* 2002: Fábio
* 2003: Fábio Bala
* 2004: Valdir
* 2005: Túlio
* 2006: Dodô
* 2007: Dodô & Marcelo Macedo
* 2008: Wellington Paulista
* 2009: Maicosuel
* 2010: Vágner Love
* 2011: Fred & Frontini
* 2012: Alecsandro & Somália
* 2013: Hernane
* 2014: Edmilson
* 2015: Fred
* 2016: Tiago Amaral
* 2017: Guerrero
* 2018: Pedro
* 2019: Bruno Henrique
* 2020: Gabriel & João Carlos
* 2021: Alef Manga
* 2022: Gabriel
* 2023: Cano

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*[Gls]: League goals
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