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Wagner Pereira Cardozo

Amaral
Personal information
Full name Wagner Pereira Cardozo
Date of birth (1966-10-16) October 16, 1966 (age 50)
Place of birth Piracicaba, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Tokyo 23 FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 Comercial
1988 Capivariano
1989–1991 Ituano
1992 Palmeiras
1992–2003 FC Tokyo 292 (165)
2004 Shonan Bellmare 19 (2)
2005–2007 Arte Takasaki 28 (16)
2009 FC Kariya
Teams managed
2006 Arte Takasaki
2010 FC Kariya
2011 Tokyo 23 FC
Gyosei International School (U-18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

See Amaral for other Brazilian football players named him.

Wagner Pereira Cardozo, best known as Amaral (born 16 October 1966 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a former Brazilian football striker who currently coaches Japanese international high-school football club in the Gyosei International School, as U-18 team.

Amaral's nickname is "King of Tokyo" and he is considered one of the greatest players in the history of FC Tokyo, which includes its amateur period, called as Tokyo Gas SC. Amaral attended 332 games in FC Tokyo/Tokyo Gas FC. In 2008, the biographical film was made which was "KING OF TOKYO O FILME". Supporters of Tokyo show a big flag of his face on a corner of its home stadium, still now.


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