Raul Vicente Amarilla Vera ( Spanish: Raúl Vicente Amarilla Vera ; October 20, 1961, Luke ) - Paraguayan footballer, striker. In 1990 he was recognized as the footballer of the year in South America. In that year, Amarilla won the Libertadores Cup with Asuncion's Olympia .
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| Full name | Raul Vicente Amarilla Vera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 19, 1960 (59 years old) Luque , Paraguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Paraguay  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 188 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Olympia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | youth team coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Raul began his career at Sportivo Luqueno , at the age of 17 he was bought by the Spanish club Real Zaragoza . There, in the 1982/83 season, he became the second La Liga scorer in the dispute. In 1985, Amarilla was bought by Barcelona . As part of the Catalans, he became the champion of Spain and the owner of the Spanish Cup .
Amarilla made perhaps the biggest mistake of his career by playing 2 matches for the youth national team of Spain . Subsequently, this did not allow one of the best scorers in the world at the turn of the 1980s-90s to play for the national team of Paraguay .
At the club level, upon returning to Paraguay, to Olimpia, starting in 1988, Amarilla achieved significant success by winning a number of domestic and international trophies.
Amarilla currently works as a football coach.
Titles and Achievements
- Champion of Spain (1): 1984/85
- Champion of Paraguay (2): 1988, 1993
- Spanish Cup Winner (1): 1987/88
- Libertadores Cup Winner (1): 1990
- Recop Owner (1): 1990
- Intercontinental Cup Winner (1): 1990
- South America Footballer of the Year (1): 1990
- Libertadores Cup Top Scorer (1): 1989
- Paraguayan top scorer (1): 1988
Links
- Biography (Spanish)
- Biography (inaccessible link) (Spanish)
- Player profile on Transfermarkt
- Profile at BDFutbol.com
- Worldfootball.net profile
- Soccerway Profile
- Profile at TheFinalBall.com