Luciano Amaral da Silva Alves (born 20 October 1982), known as Amaral, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Club career

Amaral was born in Campina Grande, Paraíba. After playing with a host of smaller clubs early in his career, he started appearing professionally for Avaí Futebol Clube in 2006, moving to Associação Atlética Caldense that same year.

Luciano Amaral

In 2007, Amaral was signed by Vitória de Guimarães of Portugal from Villa Rio Esporte Clube, as the Minho side had just returned from the second division. He contributed sparingly in the Primeira Liga as they overachieved for a final third place, ahead of S.L. Benfica for a qualification to the UEFA Champions League.

Luciano Amaral

Towards the end of his second season, Amaral was suspended by Vitória and eventually released, returning to his country with América Futebol Clube (RN), still owned by Villa Rio. After two years with Coritiba Foot Ball Club he returned to Portugal also on loan, joining C.S. Marítimo in late May 2010.

Luciano Amaral

References

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1982 births

Living people

Brazilian men's footballers

Men's association football defenders

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players

Criciúma Esporte Clube players

Joinville Esporte Clube players

Esporte Clube Bahia players

Avaí FC players

Clube de Regatas Brasil players

Villa Rio Esporte Clube players

América Futebol Clube (RN) players

Coritiba Foot Ball Club players

Treze Futebol Clube players

Esporte Clube Internacional (SC) players

ABC Futebol Clube players

Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural players

Primeira Liga players

Vitória S.C. players

C.S. Marítimo players

Gil Vicente F.C. players

Cypriot First Division players

Apollon Limassol FC players

Brazilian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus

Footballers from Paraíba

Sportspeople from Campina Grande