Lorenzo Amoruso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lorenzo Pier Luigi Amoruso | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bari, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1995 | Bari | 75 | (8) |
| 1991–1992 | → Mantova (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | → Pescara (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Fiorentina | 54 | (3) |
| 1997–2003 | Rangers | 149 | (13) |
| 2003–2006 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | (3) |
| 2008 | Cosmos | ||
| Total | 338 | (29) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1991 | Italy U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lorenzo Pier Luigi Amoruso (born 28 June 1971) is a retired Italian footballer who played for seven teams during his footballing career but is perhaps best known for his six-year spell with Glasgow side Rangers. In that six-year spell, he managed to win nine major honours with the club including domestic trebles in seasons 1998–99 and 2002–03, representing them over 150 times in competitive football.
He began his career at local club, Bari, in 1988, for whom he went on to make 75 appearances, scoring 8 goals. Amoruso spent 1991-1993 on loan at Mantova and Pescara, but only featured intermittently. In 1995 he secured a move to Fiorentina, becoming club captain and making 54 appearances. He won the Coppa Italia in 1996 and in 1997 the Florence side went on a remarkable run in Europe where they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup only to lose out to eventual champions Barcelona.
Following interest from Manchester United, Amoruso signed for Rangers on 29 May 1997 for a fee of £4 million. Whilst with the club he won the Scottish Premier League on three occasions, as well as the Scottish Cup three times and the Scottish League Cup three times. After missing most of his debut season with an Achilles tendon injury, he was installed as captain of Rangers by Dick Advocaat in 1998. After returning to the team Amoruso was booed by Rangers fans after several poor displays and tactical errors. Amoruso also clashed with the manager several times, resulting in an eventually aborted move to Sunderland. Advocaat began to sign defenders to replace Amoruso, Bert Konterman for example and also Paul Ritchie, but the Italian remained after his replacements failed. Ritchie did not make a single appearance while Konterman was criticised – particularly by his own fans – for being an expensive signing with minimal returns.
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