| Lorenzo
Amoruso |
|
Birth Place:
Palese
Birth Date:
28/06/1971
Playing Position:
Defender
Signed:
29/05/1997
International Honours:
None
|
Lorenzo Amoruso was born in Palese and
played for local team Bari in three different spells. In between he had
stints at Mantova and Pescavo, but it was during his third term at Bari
that he established himself as a regular in the side.
He played a total of 75 League games for Bari, scoring seven goals, before
joining Fiorentina for the 1995-96 season. He spent two years there
playing 54 games in Serie A and scoring three goals, before joining
Rangers for £4 million in the summer preceding the 1997-98 season.
He made his debut against Celtic at Parkhead, but played only four League
games as an Achilles tendon injury, which required three operations, kept
him out of the game for 10 months.
Dick Advocaat showed faith in Amoruso, however, making him captain at the
start of the 1998-99 season. He lifted his first trophy when Rangers beat
St Johnstone 2-1 in the League Cup Final on November 29 and went on to
complete the treble with two superb performances against Celtic in both
the league and the Scottish Cup Final.
Lorenzo is assured of a place in history as one of the select few who have
led the Ibrox club to a domestic treble. In 1999-2000 he again led Gers to
glory in the league championship but missed the Scottish Cup Final win
over Aberdeen after an operation on an ankle injury.
His Ibrox future has seemed in doubt on a number of occasions but he has
remained in Glasgow, he is a first-team stalwart and is known to be a big
fan of manager Alex McLeish.
| Appearance
Stats: [Starts, subs, goals] |
| Season |
Club |
SPL
|
TSC
|
CIS
|
Euro
|
Total
|
| 1997/98 |
Rangers |
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
| 1998/99 |
Rangers |
33
|
0
|
1
|
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
49
|
0
|
3
|
| 1999/2000 |
Rangers |
30
|
0
|
2
|
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
0
|
2
|
|
46
|
0
|
5
|
| 2000/01 |
Rangers |
29
|
0
|
2
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
|
42
|
0
|
4
|
| 2001/02 |
Rangers |
27
|
0
|
4
|
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
0
|
1
|
|
46
|
0
|
6
|
| 2002/03
* |
Rangers |
8
|
0
|
2
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
0
|
2
|
| Total |
121
|
0
|
11
|
|
15
|
1
|
3
|
|
11
|
0
|
2
|
|
40
|
0
|
4
|
|
197
|
1
|
20
|
|
 |
