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Manuel Amoros Personal information Full name Manuel Amoros Date of birth February 1, 1962 Place of birth Callosa de Segura, España Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 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
- French Football Federation Profile (French)
Preceded by
Luis FernandezFrance national football team captain
1988-1992Succeeded by
Jean Pierre PapinFrench Player of the Year 1959: Sbroglia | 1960: Kopa | 1961: Mahi | 1962: Lerond | 1963: Douis | 1964: Artelesa | 1965: Gondet | 1966: Gondet | 1967: Bosquier | 1968: Bosquier | 1969: Revelli | 1970: Carnus | 1971: Carnus | 1972: Trésor | 1973: Bereta | 1974: Bereta | 1975: Guillou | 1976: Platini | 1977: Platini | 1978: Petit | 1979: Bossis | 1980: Larios | 1981: Bossis | 1982: Giresse | 1983: Giresse | 1984: Tigana | 1985: L. Fernández | 1986: Amoros | 1987: Giresse | 1988: Paille | 1989: Papin | 1990: Blanc | 1991: Papin | 1992: Roche | 1993: Ginola | 1994: Lama | 1995: Guérin | 1996: Deschamps | 1997: Thuram | 1998: Zidane | 1999: Wiltord | 2000: Henry | 2001: Vieira | 2002: Zidane | 2003: Henry | 2004: Henry | 2005: Henry | 2006: Henry | 2007: Ribéry | 2008: Ribéry | 2009: GourcuffFIFA World Cup – Best Young Player 1958 – Pelé (Brazil) · 1962 – Albert (Hungary) · 1966 – Beckenbauer (West Germany) · 1970 – Cubillas (Peru) · 1974 – Żmuda (Poland) · 1978 – Cabrini (Italy) · 1982 – Amoros (France) · 1986 – Scifo (Belgium) · 1990 – Prosinečki (Yugoslavia) · 1994 – Overmars (Netherlands) · 1998 – Owen (England) · 2002 – Donovan (United States) · 2006 – Podolski (Germany) · 2010 – Müller (Germany)France Squad Template:Comoros national football team managers
Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Callosa de Segura
- French footballers
- French people of Spanish descent (Callosa de Segura, Alicante)
- Association football defenders
- France international footballers
- AS Monaco FC players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Ligue 1 players
- UEFA European Football Championship-winning players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- Comoros national football team managers
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