Wagner Pereira Cardozo, best known as Amaral (born 16 October 1966 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a former Brazilian football striker who currently coaches Japanese international high-school football club in the Gyosei International School, as U-18 team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wagner Pereira Cardozo | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Piracicaba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987 | Comercial | ||
| 1988 | Capivariano | ||
| 1989–1991 | Ituano | ||
| 1992 | Palmeiras | ||
| 1992–2003 | FC Tokyo | 292 | (165) |
| 2004 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Arte Takasaki | 28 | (16) |
| 2009 | FC Kariya | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Arte Takasaki | ||
| 2010 | FC Kariya | ||
| 2011 | Tokyo 23 FC | ||
| Gyosei International School (U-18) | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Amaral's nickname is "King of Tokyo" and he is considered one of the greatest players in the history of FC Tokyo, which includes its amateur period, called as Tokyo Gas SC.[1] Amaral attended 332 games in FC Tokyo/Tokyo Gas FC. In 2008, a documentary film titled King of Tokyo: O Filme was released.[2] Supporters of Tokyo show a big flag of his face on a corner of its home stadium.
Club statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1992 | Tokyo Gas | Football League | 16 | 7 | - | - | 16 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | 17 | 8 | - | - | 17 | 8 | ||||
| 1994 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | - | 33 | 21 | |||
| 1995 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | 29 | 16 | |||
| 1996 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | - | 28 | 22 | |||
| 1997 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 18 | |||
| 1998 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | - | 27 | 17 | |||
| 1999 | FC Tokyo | J2 League | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 19 |
| 2000 | J1 League | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 13 | |
| 2001 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 17 | ||
| 2002 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | ||
| 2003 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2004 | Shonan Bellmare | J2 League | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 21 | 2 | |
| 2005 | FC Horikoshi | Football League | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | - | 26 | 18 | |
| 2006 | Arte Takasaki | Football League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | FC Kariya | Football League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 348 | 183 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 393 | 202 | ||
References
edit- ^ Amaral: o ‘Rei de Tokyo’ diz adeus
- ^ KING OF TOKYO O FILME in Amazon Japan