Oscar Amaro

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Amaro and the second or paternal family name is de Silva.
Oscar Amaro
Personal information
Full name Oscar Amaro de Silva
Date of birth (1945-03-17)17 March 1945
Place of birth Jaguarão, Brazil
Date of death 30 August 2019(2019-08-30) (aged 74)
Place of death Mooca, São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–? Grêmio
1969–1974 Juventus
Rio Preto
Portuguesa Santista
?–1979 Taubaté
Managerial career
1979 Taubaté
1985 Brunei
Radium
Bragantino
Paulista
Anapolina
União Barbarense
1998 Taquaritinga
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oscar Amaro de Silva (17 March 1945 – 30 August 2019) was a Brazilian football player and manager.

Playing career

Amaro was born in Jaguarão, A defender, he began playing football with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense where he would win the Campeonato Gaúcho. After playing for other clubs in the Rio Grande do Sul State championship, he joined Clube Atlético Juventus in 1969. After 1974, Amaro played for other clubs in São Paulo State before finishing his playing career with Esporte Clube Taubaté in 1979, but not before winning the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.[1][2][3]

Coaching career

Amaro was appointed Brunei national team coach in January 1985 on a two-year contract, Amaro was to be given a yearly salary equal to $77400, with the Brunei government covering it.[4] Postponing his arrival in Brunei to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his family, the Brazilian trainer was the third foreigner to ever coach the country's national selection, enduing the nation's Football Association with a sense of optimism.[4]

He led the Wasps in their 1985 Merlion Cup campaign.[5]

He holds a Physical Education degree.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Amaro - Que fim levou?". terceirotempo.uol.com.br (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "Luto no Taubaté: morre o ex-zagueiro e técnico Oscar Amaro, aos 74 anos" (in Portuguese). O Vale. 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Morre Oscar Amaro, técnico do Taubaté na conquista da Divisão Intermediária de 1979" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "A touch of samba soccer for Brunei".
  5. ^ "Berita Harian, 3 October 1985, Page 7".


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