Luciano Emílio

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Luciano Emílio
Personal information

Full name	Luciano Emílio
Date of birth	(1978-12-12) December 12, 1978
Place of birth	Ilha Solteira, Brazil
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Olimpia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1995	XV de Piracicaba
1996–1997	Rio Branco-SP
1997–1999	1. FC Köln	6	(0)
1999–2001	Alemannia Aachen	24	(1)
2001–2002	União Barbarense	23	(2)
2002–2004	Real España	68	(45)
2004–2005	Olimpia	18	(16)
2005	Querétaro	19	(10)
2005–2006	Olimpia	46	(27)
2007–2009	D.C. United	83	(41)
2010	Rio Branco-SP	11	(1)
2010	D.C. United	4	(0)
2010–2011	Danubio	6	(1)
2011	Atlante	19	(3)
2011–2012	Toros Neza	35	(19)
2012–	Olimpia	5	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 15, 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Luciano Emílio (born December 12, 1978 in Ilha Solteira) is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Club Deportivo Olimpia in Honduras.

Career

Early career

Emílio started playing professional soccer at the age of 16 in 1995, playing for XV de Piracicaba, a member of the state league of São Paulo. The next season he transferred to Rio Branco, another team in the state league of São Paulo.

In 1997, Emílio signed with 1. FC Köln of the German Bundesliga. He played for the youth team and finally worked his way up to the senior team where he played for several matches. In 1999, Emílio transferred to Alemannia Aachen, a team in the second Division of the Bundesliga.

Honduras and Mexico

In 2001, Luciano Emílio made a return to Brazil to play for União Barbarense. After a brief stint at União Barbarense, Emílio made a move to the Honduran league to play for Real España in Honduras. He quickly established himself as a key player and won the league scoring titles in 2003 and 2004. He helped lead Real España to the Apertura Championship in 2003. In 2004, Emílio made a move to another Honduran team, Olimpia. Emílio won another scoring title in the Apertura in 2004 with Olimpia.

Emílio enjoyed a brief stint in Mexico in 2005, signing the Mexican second division side Querétaro where he helped the team win the 2005 Clausura title, scoring 10 goals in the process. After playing for a short time with Querataro, Emílio made a return to CD Olimpia in 2005 in time to lead them to championships in the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura, during which he once again won the scoring title. In 2006, Emílio's eight goals in the UNCAF Tournament were enough to propel his team to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' cup. Ironically enough, Emílio would go on to play against CD Olimpia in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with his new club, D.C. United.

Major League Soccer

He signed with D.C. United on January 16, 2007, as a Senior International player, after completing his second stint with Honduran club Olimpia. Emílio debuted for United in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Olimpia, scoring once in Tegucigalpa and twice in the return leg in Washington, DC in United's 7–3 aggregate win. He went on to score a fourth time in three games versus C.D. Guadalajara in the opening game of the CONCACAF semi-final.

At the end of his first season with D.C. United, his team received the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield, the award for gaining the most points overall in a season. In the 2007 MLS season, Emílio had 20 goals and won the MLS Golden Boot award. Emílio won the 2007 MLS MVP award on November 14, 2007 and the inaugural MLS Newcomer of the Year Award on November 17, 2007.

After recovering from a lean start to the 2008 season, Emílio scored his first career MLS hat-trick on June 14 against New York Red Bulls.

Though not originally signed under the Designated Player Rule, he later received a pay rise which took him over the maximum salary covered by the league, becoming a designated player.

Emílio received a green card in August 2009 for permanent residency in the United States and counted no longer against DC United's foreign player limit.

Emílio rejected a new contract with D.C. United that would have seen him sign at a significantly lower salary. He later joined former club Rio Branco,^[1] but on April 28, 2010, Emilio signed a three-month contract to return to former club D.C. United.^[2] He was released by D.C. United at the end of this short-term contract.^[3]

Uruguay

In August 2010 he joined Uruguayan club Danubio, which plays in Primera División Uruguaya

Second Division Mexico

Luciano Emílio returned to Mexico to play for Atlante UTN in "La División de Ascenso" Mexico's Second Division for the Clausura 2011 Tournament.^[4]

Honors

D.C. United

Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield: 2007
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2008

Olimpia

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2004–05 Clausura, 2005–06 Apertura, 2005–06 Clausura

Querétaro

Primera División A: Clausura 2005

Real España

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2003–04 Apertura

XV de Piracicaba

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 1995

Individual

References

↑ Goff, Steve (January 8, 2010). "Emilio Won't Return to D.C. United". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
↑ "D.C. United re-signs forward Luciano Emilio". D.C. United. April 28, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
↑ Stouffer, Craig (July 5, 2010). "D.C. United doesn't pick up Emilio's contract option". The Examiner. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
↑ "Atlante UTN" (in Spanish). femexfut.org.mx. Retrieved April 15, 2011.

External links

MLS player profile

Honduran Liga Nacional Top goalscorers

1965–66: Grey
1966–67: Caballero
1967–68: Garden
1968–69: Abrussezze
1969–70: Ortega
1970–71: Alvarado
1971–72: Alvarado
1972–73: none
1973–74: Artica / Plummer
1974–75: Peña
1975–76: López
1976–77: Hernández
1977–78: Carreño
1978–79: Bernárdez
1979–80: Norales
1980–81: Altamirano
1981–82: Altamirano
1982–83: Altamirano
1983–84: Gamboa
1984–85: Altamirano
1985–86: Flores
1986–87: Dueñas
1987–88: Machado
1988–89: Matthews / Alonso / Lobo / Gamboa
1989–90: Ávila
1990–91: Vallejo
1991–92: Bennett
1992–93: Arriola
1993–94: Chacón
1994–95: Ávila
1995–96: Castro
1996–97: Costa
1997–98 A: Velásquez
1997–98 C: Guevara / Velásquez
1998–99: de Lima
1999–00 A: Velásquez
1999–00 C: Cárcamo
2000–01 A: Verón
2000–01 C: Cacho
2001–02 A: Reneau
2001–02 C: Ferreira
2002–03 A: Ferreira
2002–03 C: Costa / Cacho / Emílio
2003–04 A: Tosello
2003–04 C: Emilio
2004–05 A: Emilio
2004–05 C: Ramírez
2005–06 A: Ramírez
2005–06 C: Emilio
2006–07 A: Costly
2006–07 C: Pavón
2007–08 A: E. Martínez
2007–08 C: Velásquez
2008–09 A: Ferreira
2008–09 C: Diduch
2009–10 A: Palacios
2009–10 C: Bengtson
2010–11 A: Bengtson
2010–11 C: Bengtson
2011–12 A: Cardozo
2011–12 C: Torlacoff / Copete
2012–13 A: Rojas
2012–13 C: R. Martínez

v t e Major League Soccer MVP

1996: Valderrama 1997: Preki 1998: Etcheverry 1999: Kreis 2000: Meola 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Ruiz 2003: Preki 2004: Guevara 2005: Twellman 2006: Gómez 2007: Emílio 2008: Barros Schelotto 2009: Donovan 2010: Ferreira 2011: De Rosario 2012: Wondolowski 2013: Magee

v t e MLS Top Scorers

1996: Lassiter 1997: Moreno 1998: John 1999: Kreis 2000: Diallo 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Ruiz 2003: Ruiz 2003: Twellman 2004: Ching 2005: Twellman 2006: Cunningham 2007: Emílio 2008: Donovan 2009: Cunningham 2010: Wondolowski 2011: De Rosario 2012: Wondolowski 2013: Camilo

v t e MLS Newcomer of the Year

2007 Emílio 2008 Huckerby 2009 Montero 2010 Saborío 2011 Rosales 2012 Higuaín 2013 Valeri

Persondata
Name	Emílio, Luciano
Alternative names
Short description	Professional soccer player
Date of birth	December 12, 1978
Place of birth	Ilha Solteira, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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