Manuel Amoros

Manuel Amoros
Manuel Amoros
Personal information
Full name Manuel Amoros
Date of birth February 1, 1962 (1962-02-01) (age 49)
Place of birth Callosa de Segura, España
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Right-back
Club information
Current club Comoros Islands
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1989 Monaco 287 (1)
1989–1993 Marseille 98 (2)
1993–1995 Lyon 66 (3)
1995–1996 Marseille 16 (0)
National team
1982–1992 France 82 (1)
Teams managed
2010– Comoros
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 23, 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).

Manuel Amoros (born February 1, 1962 in Callosa de Segura) is a retired football defender from France with Valencian ancestry. He was capped 82 times (one goal) for the France national football team, and played in the Euro Cup finals of 1984 and 1992, and the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.

Amoros played most of his career for AS Monaco in the French first division. He missed his penalty in the 1991 European Cup Final for Marseille and subsequently Red Star Belgrade won the match 5–3 on penalties.

It was his stints with the tricolor during the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups in which he stood out. In the 1982 World Cup semifinal against West Germany, Amoros' crossbar-hitting 30-yard shot in the 89th minute sent chills to the spines of many a West German fan.[citation needed] In the penalty shoot-out he converted his kick before France bowed out.

In the 1984 European Championships held in France, Amoros showed an egregious side of him. During the inaugural game against Denmark, the French back was harshly tackled by Danish midfielder Jesper Olsen. As the referee went searching for the yellow card to book the offender, Amoros quickly jumped on his feet and head-butted his tackler on the forehead in front of a stunned ref who also yanked a red card out of his pocket to send Amoros off. He was banned for three games. However, in the final against Spain, national coach Michel Hidalgo took him on as a sub in a game that Les Bleus won by 2–0 at Le Parc des Princes.

In the 1986 World Cup the 24-year-old Amoros was overshadowed by the likes of Diego Maradona, Michel Platini, Harald Schumacher, Emilio Butragueño, Gary Lineker and Enzo Scifo, who took center stage. However, he was voted best right-back by the international press and had a field day of a game against Brazil in the quarterfinals.

On June 16, 2010, The former OM player (89 to 93) has been appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands. [1]

Honours

  • European Championship: 1984
  • Ligue 1: 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992
  • French Cup: 1985
  • UEFA Champions League: 1993

References


Preceded by
Luis Fernandez
France national football team captain
1988-1992
Succeeded by
Jean Pierre Papin


Template:Comoros national football team managers


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