José Amoroso Filho

Brazilian footballer

Amoroso
Personal 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

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

Amoroso is the uncle of the footballer Márcio Amoroso.^[3]

Honours

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

Amoroso died of natural causes, 16 September 2022, aged 84.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Que fim levou? Amoroso (Ex-atacante do Flu, Botafogo e Remo)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Morre Amoroso, ex-jogador destaque do Remo". Remo 100 por cento (in Portuguese). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ Bola, Acervo da (July 5, 2016). "Márcio Amoroso dos Santos - Amoroso".
^ "Ídolo do Botafogo e do Fluminense nos anos 60, Amoroso morre aos 84 anos". Jogada10 (in Portuguese). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.