Iván_Zamorano

Iván Zamorano

Iván Zamorano

Chilean footballer (born 1967)

Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (Latin American Spanish: [iˈβan samoˈɾano]; born 18 January 1967) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers, along with Marcelo Salas, Leonel Sánchez and Elias Figueroa.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zamorano and the second or maternal family name is Zamora.
Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

He was a member of the Chile national team and played in the 1998 World Cup, four Copa América tournaments, and the Olympics in 2000 with the u-23 team, where he won a bronze medal and was the top scorer of the tournament. He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubs Sevilla and Real Madrid; Italian club Inter Milan as well as Liga MX club America. He won the 1994–95 La Liga title and was the season's top scorer with Real Madrid. He also won the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan in 1998, as well as the Liga MX title with America his first season with the club. A powerful and prolific goal-scorer, he was particularly renowned for his strength and ability in the air, with many of his goals coming from headers.[2]

In 2004, Zamorano was selected among the FIFA 100, a list of the best living football players in the world compiled by Pelé.

Zamorano was nicknamed Bam Bam[3][4] and Iván el Terrible.[5][6]

Club career

Born in Santiago, Zamorano started his career in Chile with Cobresal in December 1985. He was loaned out to Chilean Primera Division B club Trasandino (called Cobreandino between 1985 and 1992) for the 1985–86 season. He returned to the club shortly after and won the 1987 Copa Chile with Cobresal. In 1988, he moved to Europe to Swiss team St. Gallen, becoming the league's top scorer in the 1989–90 season, and scoring 37 goals in 61 matches across three seasons.[7] In 1990, Zamorano debuted in the Spanish Primera División with Sevilla, where he would play 63 matches and score 23 goals in all competitions before being sold to Real Madrid for $6 million.[8]

With Real Madrid, between 1992 and 1996, Zamorano won one league, one Copa del Rey and one Spanish Supercup title. In 1995, under manager Jorge Valdano, Zamorano helped Real Madrid win the Spanish League title, as he scored 28 goals – including a hat–trick against Barcelona – and received the Pichichi Trophy as the season's top scorer.[9] That year, he formed a particularly effective attacking partnership with playmaker Michael Laudrup.[10] In the 1992–93 and 1994–95 seasons, he won the EFE Trophy, which is awarded to the best Ibero-American player in La Liga every year by Spanish news agency EFE.[11] In total, Zamorano appeared 173 times for Real Madrid, scoring 101 goals.

Zamorano's Inter Milan jersey (one plus eight) next to Ronaldo (number 10) and Figo (seven) in the San Siro museum

After six seasons in the Spanish league, Zamorano played four seasons in Serie A with Inter Milan, from 1996 to 2000, where he was teammates with Youri Djorkaeff, Diego Simeone, Javier Zanetti and Ronaldo, among others. He was initially the club's premier striker, holding the coveted number nine shirt. However, upon Roberto Baggio's arrival at the club, Ronaldo was forced to give up number ten, and wear number nine, therefore Zamorano had to give up his number but refused to wear another and started wearing a shirt bearing the number '1+8', therefore making him mathematically still a number 9 striker.[12] In May 1998, Inter won the UEFA Cup after beating Lazio in the final 3–0, with Zamorano scoring the opening goal.[13] He had also scored in the second leg of the previous year's final, with the game going to penalties.[14] However, Zamorano missed his penalty as Inter lost the shootout to Schalke 04 4–1.[14]

Zamorano would move to Mexico in 2001 to play for América for two seasons, winning the Torneo de Verano in the first season. He concluded his career playing for Colo-Colo in 2003, making a childhood dream come true. He announced his retirement in July of that year after a professional career spanning more than 16 years.[15][16]

International career

Zamorano made his debut at the age of 20 on 19 June 1987, scoring a goal in a 3–1 friendly win against Peru.[17] He scored five goals on 29 April 1997 in a 1998 World Cup qualifier against Venezuela, which ended in a 6–0 victory.[18] He played all four of Chile's matches at the 1998 World Cup; he was an instrumental part of the Chilean team despite failing to score, setting up Marcelo Salas' goal in a 1–1 draw against Austria.[19] In the 2000 Olympic Games, he won the bronze medal, scoring a brace in a 2–0 victory against United States,[20] and was the top scorer with six goals.[21] His last international match, at age 34, was a farewell friendly between Chile and France on 1 September 2001, which Chile won 2–1.[22] Zamorano was capped 69 times, scoring 34 goals.

Personal life

Zamorano has a long-term close friendship with his former fellow footballer Fabián Estay, which was interrupted from 2001 to 2007 due to the fact that Estay stated that Zamorano didn't support him when he was isolated from the América first team by the club leaders.[23] In addition, Zamorano is the godfather of the Estay's daughter, Renata Ivana.[24]

In 2005, he married María Alberó, an Argentine model.[25]

Since 2016, he has made his home in Miami, United States,[26] and has worked as a football commentator for media such as Univision and TUDN.[27]

Outside football

Zamorano was the promotional face of the new Santiago transport system, Transantiago, which has brought him criticism because of the system's starting failures; some even say his credibility may have been damaged.[28]

Career statistics

Club

More information Club, Season ...

International

More information National team, Year ...
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zamorano goal.
More information No., Date ...

Honours

Cobreandino

Cobresal

Real Madrid

Inter Milan

Club América

Chile

Individual

References

  1. [1]
    "Iván Zamorano". Inter Milan. Archived from the original on 6 March 2001.
  2. [2]
    "Lettere dal Sud America – Zamorano, il galantuomo" [Letters from South America – Zamorano, the gentleman] (in Italian). calciosudamericano.it. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Zamorano". RealMadrid.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Los problemas económicos de "Bam Bam" Zamorano". ABC (in Spanish). 17 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Iván el Terrible Zamorano" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 23 January 1992. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Lord Bendtner, Kevin-Prince Boateng & the best royal XI in football". Goal.com. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. [7]
    (in Spanish) Web page dedicated to Iván Zamorano Archived 25 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine - Numbers section - www.tvn.cl - TVN Deportes, Chile.
  8. [8]
    "Grandes jugadores sudamericanos: Iván Zamorano". La Redo. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  9. [9]
    Arcedillo, Manuel (27 May 2009). "1994/95: New title and 5–0 victory over Barça". Real Madrid C.F. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  10. [10]
    Cartlidge, David (26 November 2010). "Legends of El Clásico: Michael Laudrup". Spanish Football. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  11. [11]
    "Trofeo EFE winners" (in Spanish). EFE. Agencia EFE S.A. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
  12. [12]
    Marcotti, Gabriele (31 March 2009). "Top 50 greatest Inter Milan players". The Times. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  13. [13]
    "Plus: Soccer — UEFA Cup; Inter Milan Tops Lazio for Title". The New York Times. 7 May 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  14. [14]
    "Football: Ince and Hodgson suffer as Schalke lift UEFA Cup". The Independent. 22 May 1997. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  15. [15]
    "CHAO, CHAO, ZAMORANO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 19 July 2003. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  16. [16]
    "Los datos históricos y anécdotas de Zamorano a 14 años de su retiro". Goal.com. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  17. [17]
    "1987 Matches – South America". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  18. [18]
    "Chile rout Venezuela". Indian Express. Reuters. 30 April 1997. Retrieved 10 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
  19. [19]
    "Vastic equaliser denies Chile another victory". Indian Express. Reuters. 17 June 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
  20. [20]
    "U.S. men fall to Chile 2-0 in bronze medal game". Sports Illustrated. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  21. [21]
    "Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Men". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  22. [22]
    Yannis, Alex (4 September 2001). "Soccer: Notebook; U.S. Sprint to World Cup Has Turned Into a Slog". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  23. [23]
    Arredondo, Francisco (11 November 2021). "La amistad de Fábian Estay e Iván Zamorano que rompieron por seis años". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  24. [24]
    "El segundo lugar es bueno: Campos". El Universal (in Spanish). 1 August 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  25. [25]
    "El ex futbolista Iván Zamorano se casa con una modelo argentina". HOLA (in Spanish). 1 February 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  26. [26]
    "Iván Zamorano se fue a Miami a trabajar como comentarista - Chilevisión" (in Spanish). Chilevisión. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  27. [27]
    Arenas, Lucas (25 May 2022). "Iván Zamorano disfruta a lo grande con María Alberó en Miami". El Portal Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  28. [28]
    "Continúan los "coletazos" para el rostro de TranSantiago" (in Spanish). Canal 13. 19 March 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  29. [29]
    "El top 12 de los más grandes goleadores de Chile". La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  30. [30]
    "Iván Luis Zamorano – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iván Zamorano.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Iván_Zamorano, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.