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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wagner Pereira Cardozo | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-10-16) 16 October 1966 (age 58) | ||
| 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 | |||
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. Amaral attended 332 games in FC Tokyo/Tokyo Gas FC. In 2008, a documentary film titled King of Tokyo: O Filme was released. Supporters of Tokyo show a big flag of his face on a corner of its home stadium.
Club statistics
| 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
- Amaral: o ‘Rei de Tokyo’ diz adeus
- KING OF TOKYO O FILME in Amazon Japan
External links
| Arte Takasaki – managers | |
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players
- Ituano FC players
- SE Palmeiras players
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Japan Football League (1992–1998) players
- Japan Football League players
- FC Tokyo players
- Shonan Bellmare players
- Arte Takasaki players
- FC Kariya players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Player-coaches
- Brazilian football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Japan
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Piracicaba
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen