RUJAX CAMPOR: Amauri Carvalho

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Amauri Carvalho

Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born 3 June 1980), better known as Amauri On May 30, 2008 Amauri completed a €22.8 million move to the Italian giants, Juve. in which part of the fee was paid via player transfer (Antonio Nocerino, tagged for €7.5M and the half of registration rights of Davide Lanzafame, tagged for €2.5M).Additionally, Juve had sold Fabrizio Miccoli to Palermo for €4.3M in 3 installments in the last year.Since his arrival Amauri has impressed greatly in training and put on superb performances during Juventus' pre-season campaign. Against Lega Pro Seconda Divisione side Mezzocorona, he scored five goals in a 7–1 victory. He also has impressed and also hit the back of the net versus Brondby and versus Borussia Dortmund. He also impressed during Juventus' TIM Trophy against Milan and Internazionale, and Juventus' English Tour, in the Emirates Cup and against Manchester United in a shocking match at Old Trafford. He will fight for a first team position along with Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet, and Vincenzo Iaquinta. Towards the end of 2008, Amauri began to play more regularly under Claudio Ranieri and ended the year with 11 Serie A goals, the second highest goals for Juve.He took Nedved's number #11 for the 2009–10 season, where he however failed to impress, and also experienced a seven month goal drought which finally ended on October 18, 2009 with a goal to Fiorentina.Another goalscoring drought, still ongoing as of February 2010, started after his two goals versus Sampdoria on October 28, and was instrumental in Juventus' disappointing performances throughout the season that also led to the dismissal of head coach Ciro Ferrara and his replacement with Alberto Zaccheroni, raising doubts on his abilities.His goal scoring drought ended on the 14th of February when he scored a stunning header, leading Juventus to a 3–2 victory over Genoa. He ended the season with only five league goals in 30 games.On 30 June 2010, due to irregularities of his transfer to Juventus and Palermo and third-party ownership, Amauri was fined along with his agents and numbers of staffs of Juventus, Palermo and Chievo.Amauri's third season at Juventus started with a double at Irish UEFA Europa League opponents Shamrock Rovers F.C., but went on to be very disappointing, as he found very little first team chances due to a number of injuries coupled with growing dissatisfaction regarding his striking abilities, and playing only five games, with no goals, in the first half of the 2010–11 Serie A.