Ángel Amarilla

Ángel Amarilla
Personal information
Full nameÁngel Roberto Amarilla Lezcano
Date of birth27 July 1981
Place of birthEusebio Ayala, Paraguay
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Huracán
Number20
Youth career
Capitán Figari
Atlético Rafaela
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–1999Atlético Rafaela
1999–2000Valencia B
2000–2005Valencia0(0)
2001→ Getafe (loan)5(0)
2001–2002→ Badajoz (loan)16(1)
2003–2004→ Racing Club (loan)
2004→ Cerro Porteño (loan)
2005–2007Burjassot
2007–2009Alzira49(4)
2009–2010Sant Andreu30(0)
2010–2011Alzira30(0)
2011–Huracán131(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Amarilla and the second or maternal family name is Lezcano.

Ángel Roberto Amarilla Lezcano (born 27 July 1981) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Huracán Valencia CF as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Eusebio Ayala, Amarilla was signed by Valencia CF in the summer of 1999, being hailed as of one of the biggest promises in his country after playing as a 17-year-old for Atlético de Rafaela, which led his agent Eduardo Gamarnik trying to find a club for him in Europe. He was initially assigned to the B-team.

On 21 November 2000 Amarilla made his first – and only – official appearance for the main squad, with coach Héctor Cúper fielding him in a 2–0 home win against SK Sturm Graz for the season's UEFA Champions League second group stage.[1] Released by the Che in June 2005 after several loans[2][3][4] he resumed his career in the Spanish lower leagues, namely with UD Alzira and mainly in the Valencian Community.

Honours

Club

Valencia
Cerro Porteño
Alzira
Sant Andreu

References

  1. ↑ Capitán (tan) Argento (13 February 2009). "Ángel Roberto Amarilla Nescano" (in Spanish). Renaldinhos. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Clara apuesta por la juventud" [Clear bet on youth] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Roberto Amarilla al club Rácing de Avellaneda" [Roberto Amarilla to Rácing de Avellaneda] (in Spanish). ABC Paraguay. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Roberto Amarilla se sumó ayer al plantel azulgrana" [Roberto Amarilla joined azulgrana roster yesterday] (in Spanish). ABC Paraguay. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

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