Amaral | |
Fullname: | Wagner Pereira Cardozo |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1966 |
Birth Place: | Piracicaba, Brazil |
Currentclub: | Tokyo 23 FC |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1987 |
Years2: | 1988 |
Years3: | 1989–1991 |
Years4: | 1992 |
Years5: | 1992–2003 |
Years6: | 2004 |
Years7: | 2005–2007 |
Years8: | 2009 |
Clubs8: | FC Kariya |
Caps5: | 292 |
Goals5: | 165 |
Caps6: | 19 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Caps7: | 28 |
Goals7: | 16 |
Manageryears1: | 2006 |
Manageryears2: | 2010 |
Manageryears3: | 2011 |
Managerclubs4: | Gyosei International School (U-18) |
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.
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 performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
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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 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 16 | 7 | |
1993 | 17 | 8 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 17 | 8 | |||
1994 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 33 | 21 | |||
1995 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 29 | 16 | |||
1996 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | colspan="2" | - | 28 | 22 | |||
1997 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 25 | 18 | |||
1998 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | colspan="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 | colspan="2" | - | 21 | 2 | |
2005 | FC Horikoshi | Football League | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | colspan="2" | - | 26 | 18 | |
2006 | Arte Takasaki | Football League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 4 | 1 | |
2007 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
2009 | FC Kariya | Football League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 348 | 183 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 393 | 202 |