Florencio Amarilla Football player

Florencio Amarilla Lacasa (3 January 1935 – 25 August 2012) was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor. He played as a striker.Amarilla was born in Bogado, Paraguay. He started his career in with Club Nacional in Paraguay before being transferred to Europe to play for teams like Elche CF and Real Oviedo of Spain.He was also part of the Paraguay national football team that qualified to the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In the qualifiers, Amarilla was Paraguay's top scorer with 3 goals and he was also the top scorer for Paraguay in the World Cup with 2 goals.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 03, 1935
Birth place
Paraguay national football team , Coronel Bogado
Date of deathAugust 25, 2012
Place of death
Vélez-Rubio

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Paraguay national football team
Club Nacional
Elche CF
Real Oviedo

Florencio Amarilla on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j8158.html