Cristian Amarilla

Cristian Amarilla
Personal information
Full name Cristian Damián Amarilla
Date of birth (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Avellaneda, Argentina
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Olimpo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Deportivo Español 137 (23)
2017–2019 Universidad de Concepción 1 (0)
2018 → Unión San Felipe (loan) 9 (1)
2018–2019 → Platense (loan) 19 (1)
2019 Estudiantes BA 4 (0)
2020 Brown de Adrogué 1 (0)
2020 Deportes Valdivia 3 (0)
2021– Olimpo 34 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Cristian Damián Amarilla (born 8 November 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Club Olimpo.[1]

Club career

Amarilla began his career with Deportivo Español.[3] He featured in Primera C Metropolitana from 2011, scoring five goals in forty-six fixtures up until 2013–14 when the club won promotion to Primera B Metropolitana.[3] Nineteen goals followed in four campaigns in the second tier, which included a hat-trick over Deportivo Riestra in 2015 and ten goals in 2016–17.[1] On 27 July 2017, Amarilla joined Chilean Primera División side Universidad de Concepción.[1][4] He played twice in 2017, with both appearances coming in games with Unión Española.[1] Amarilla was loaned to Primera B de Chile's Unión San Felipe.[1]

After one goal, versus Deportes Melipilla, across eleven appearances in all competitions in early 2018 for Unión San Felipe, Amarilla returned to Universidad de Concepción who subsequently loaned the forward back out - to Platense of Argentina's Primera B Nacional in June 2018.[1][5][6] He scored on his starting league debut in September during a 2–0 victory over Deportivo Morón.[1] Amarilla went back to Argentina, permanently, with Estudiantes on 8 July 2019.[1][7] He was on the move again in February 2020, as he signed with fellow Primera B Nacional team Brown.[8] He made one appearance before departing in June.[9]

On 22 November 2020, Amarilla returned to Chile, as he signed with Deportes Valdivia.[10] At the end of March 2021, he moved back to his homeland and joined Club Olimpo.[11]

International career

In December 2015, Amarilla received a U23 call-up from Julio Olarticoechea for the 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy in India.[12][13]

Career statistics

As of 7 July 2020.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Español 2014 Primera B Metropolitana 17 1 0 0 — — 0 0 17 1
2015 25 3 3 0 — — 0 0 28 3
2016 15 5 0 0 — — 0 0 15 5
2016–17 34 9 0 0 — — 3[a] 1 37 10
Total 91 18 3 0 — — 3 1 97 19
Universidad de Concepción 2017 Primera División 1 0 0 0 — — 1[b] 0 2 0
2018 0 0 0 0 — 1[c] 0 0 0 1 0
2019 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 — 1 0 1 0 3 0
Unión San Felipe (loan) 2018 Primera B 9 1 2 0 — — 0 0 11 1
Platense (loan) 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 19 1 3 0 — — 0 0 22 1
Estudiantes 2019–20 4 0 1 0 — — 0 0 5 0
Brown 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
Career total 125 20 10 0 — 0 0 4 1 139 21
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Argentina - C. Amarilla". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Cristian Amarilla". World Football. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Ficha Estadistica de CRISTIAN AMARILLA". BDFA. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Los delanteros fueron presentados ayer: Amarilla y Ponce, nuevas caras en UdeC". Diario Concepción. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Cristian Amarilla, el refuerzo con vocación ofensiva". Platense. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. ^ "El segundo es volante ofensivo: Cristian Amarilla". Calamares en su Tinta. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Se suman dos al Pincha". Olé. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Cristian Amarila es el nuevo refuerzo del Tricolor". Mundo Ascenso. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Vico selló su continuidad en Brown de Adrogué". InfoRegión. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  10. ^ Cristian Amarilla es oficialmente... | By Deportes Valdivia, facebook.com, 22 November 2020
  11. ^ Cristian Amarilla refuerza a Olimpo, interiorfutbolero.com.ar, 27 March 2021
  12. ^ "La Selección sub 23 de la B Metro jugará en la India". Goal. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  13. ^ "El Sub 23 de la B Metro, con foto oficial y amistosos". Clarín. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.