Iván Zamorano

Iván Zamorano

Personal information
Full name	Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora
Date of birth	January 18, 1967 (1967-01-18) (age 44)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1983–1988	Cobresal	31	(8)
1985–1986	Cobreandino	29	(27)
1988–1990	St. Gallen	56	(34)
1990–1992	Sevilla	59	(21)
1992–1996	Real Madrid	137	(77)
1996–2000	Internazionale	102	(27)
2001–2002	América	63	(33)
2003	Colo-Colo	14	(8)
Total		490	(233)
National team
1987–2001	Chile	69	(34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (born January 18, 1967 in Santiago) is a retired Chilean football striker. Along with Marcelo Salas, Roberto Rojas, Raimundo Tupper, Patricio Yanez and Sergio Livingstone he has been some of Chile's most recognized football players.

He was a member of the Chilean national team and played in the 1998 World Cup. He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubs Sevilla and Real Madrid C.F. as well as Italian club Internazionale. He won the 1994-95 La Liga title and was the season's top scorer with Real Madrid. He also won the UEFA Cup with Internazionale.

In 2004, Zamorano was selected among the FIFA 100, a list of the best living football players in the world compiled by Pelé.

Club career

Zamorano started his career at the club Trasandino then he moved to Cobresal in Chile in 1985. In 1988 he moved to Europe to Swiss team FC St. Gallen, scoring 34 goals in 56 matches in three seasons.^[1] In 1991 Zamorano debuted in the Spanish Primera División with Sevilla, where he would play 59 matches and score 21 goals before he was sold to Real Madrid for $5 million.

With Real Madrid, between 1992 and 1996, Zamorano won one league, one Copa del Rey, and one Spanish Supercup titles. In 1995, under the coaching of Jorge Valdano, Zamorano helped Real Madrid win the Spanish League title, scoring 27 goals – including four scores against FC Barcelona –, and received the Pichichi Trophy as the season's top scorer. That year, he formed a particularly effective attacking partnership with playmaker Michael Laudrup. In the 1992-93 and 1994-95 seasons, he won the EFE Trophy, which is awarded to the best Ibero-American player in La Liga every year by Spanish news agency EFE.^[2] In total, Zamorano appeared 137 times for Real Madrid, scoring 77 goals.

After five seasons in the Spanish league, Zamorano played 4 seasons in Serie A with Internazionale, from 1996 to 2000, where he was the teammate of Youri Djorkaeff, Diego Simeone, Javier Zanetti, and Ronaldo, among others. He was initially the club's premier striker, holding the coveted number nine shirt. However, upon Ronaldo's arrival at the club, he was forced to relinquish it, which led to the somewhat bizarre spectacle of his wearing a shirt bearing the number '1+8', making him therefore still technically a no.9 striker.^[3] In May 1998, Inter won the UEFA Cup after beating Lazio in the final 3-0, with Zamorano scoring the opening goal. He had also scored in second leg of the previous year's final, with the game going to penalties. However, Zamorano missed his penalty as Inter lost to Schalke.

Zamorano would move to Mexico in 2001 to play for América for two seasons, winning the Torneo de Verano in the first season. He concluded his career playing in Colo-Colo, in late 2003, after a professional career spanning more than 16 years.

National team

For the Chile national team, Zamorano played 69 times, scoring 34 goals. His debut occurred on June 19, 1987, at age 20, in a friendly match against Peru, a 3-1 win.

On April 29, 1997, he scored 5 goals in a World Cup qualification match against Venezuela, a 6-0 win for Chile. He played all four of Chile's matches at the 1998 World Cup, setting up Marcelo Salas' goal against Austria. He also captured the hearts of the world audience with the sheer force of his voice when singing the Chile national anthem before games ^[4].

In the 2000 Olympic Games, he won the bronze medal and was the top scorer with six goals.

His last international match, at age 34, was a farewell friendly match between Chile and France on September 1, 2001, which Chile won 2-1.^[5]

Honours

Club

• Trasandino
  • Segunda División: 1985
• Cobresal
  • Copa Chile: 1987
• Real Madrid
  • Copa del Rey: 1993
  • Supercopa de España: 1993
  • Spanish League: 1995
• Internazionale
  • UEFA Cup: 1998
• Club América
  • Primera División de México: 2002

National Team

•  Chile
  • Olympic Games: in Sydney (2000)

Individual

• EFE Trophy: 1993, 1995
• Pichichi Trophy: 1995

Career statistics

Trivia

• Zamorano was nicknamed Bam Bam (for Bamm-Bamm, a character from The Flintstones), and Iván el Terrible ("Ivan the Terrible").

• Zamorano wore the number 9 jersey for Internazionale until a sponsorship deal with Nike saw Ronaldo (who was originally assigned number 10) given the traditional strikers' number. When this happened, they gave him the number 18 jersey, but Zamorano added a plus (+) sign between the two numbers (actually, 1+8=9).

• Zamorano was the promotional face of the new Santiago, Chile transport system Transantiago, which has brought him criticism because of the system's starting failures; some even say his credibility may have been damaged.^[6]

Current life

He is married to Argentine model María Alberó and their first child, a baby girl (Mia Pascale), was born in January 28 of 2006.

Zamorano is currently working as an assistant coach with the Chilean Under-18 national football team with friend Italo Passalacqua and many speculate that he is being groomed to take charge of the Chile national football team at some point in the future. Polls have indicated that Zamorano would be a popular choice with the Chilean public.

References

External links

• (Spanish) Web page dedicated to Iván Zamorano - biographical information, statistics, multimedia - www.tvn.cl - TVN Deportes, Chile.
• Zamorano's statistics at Internazionale - www.inter.it - Official web site of F.C. Internazionale Milano
• Iván Luis Zamorano - Detail of international matches and goals - rsssf.com (RSSSF).

Iván Zamorano international tournaments and awards Chile squad – 1987 Copa América Runners-up 1 Rojas • 2 Reyes • 3 Toro • 4 Hormazábal • 5 Rodríguez • 6 Pizarro • 7 Basay • 8 Gómez • 9 Letelier • 10 Contreras • 11 Astengo • 12 Cornez • 13 Vera • 14 Espinoza • 15 Hurtado • 16 Zamorano • 17 Salgado • 18 Mardones • 19 Martínez • 20 Puebla • 21 Rubio • 22 Osbén • Coach: Aravena Chile squad – 1991 Copa América Third Place 1 Toledo • 2 Espinoza • 3 Garrido • 4 Margas • 5 Vilches • 6 Ramírez • 7 Yañez • 8 Contreras • 9 Zamorano • 10 Pizarro • 11 Rubio • 12 Cornez • 13 Fuentes • 14 Romero • 15 Mendoza • 16 Gómez • 17 Parraguez • 18 Vera • 19 Basay • 20 Estay • 21 González • 22 Vega • Coach: Salah Chile squad – 1993 Copa América 1 Toledo • 2 Mendoza • 3 Vilches • 4 Margas • 5 Miguel Ramírez • 6 Pizarro • 7 Zambrano • 8 Lepe • 9 Zamorano • 10 Estay • 11 Vega • 12 Marcelo Ramírez • 13 Cornejo • 14 López • 15 Musrri • 16 Parraguez • 17 Guevara • 18 Gónzalez • 19 Figueroa • 20 Sierra • 21 Castillo • 22 Barrera • Coach: Salah Chile squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Tapia • 2 Castañeda • 3 Fuentes • 4 Rojas • 5 Margas • 6 Reyes • 7 Parraguez • 8 Acuña • 9 Zamorano • 10 Sierra • 11 Salas • 12 Marcelo Ramírez • 13 Neira • 14 Miguel Ramírez • 15 Villarroel • 16 Aros • 17 Vega • 18 Musrri • 19 Cornejo • 20 Estay • 21 Barrera • 22 Tejas • Coach: Acosta Chile squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Marcelo Ramírez • 2 Palacios • 3 Miguel Ramírez • 4 Rojas • 5 Margas • 6 Reyes • 7 Parraguez • 8 Acuña • 9 Zamorano • 10 Sierra • 11 Salas • 12 Tapia • 13 Vargas • 14 Cartes • 15 Villarroel • 16 Aros • 17 Núñez • 18 González • 19 Valencia • 20 Estay • 21 Contreras • 22 Pizarro • Coach: Acosta Chile squad – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalists 1 N.Tapia • 2 Álvarez • 3 Maldonado • 4 Henríquez • 5 Contreras • 6 Reyes • 7 González • 8 Pizarro • 9 Zamorano • 10 Arrué • 11 Navia • 12 H.Tapia • 13 Núñez • 14 Tello • 15 Ibarra • 16 Olarra • 17 Ormazábal • 18 di Gregorio • 19 Rojas • 20 Oroz • Coach: Acosta