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  Lorenzo Amoruso Blackburn Rovers FC player profile from football.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Blackburn Rovers defender Lorenzo Amoruso is to have an exploratory operation on his knee in a bid to diagnose the cause of his injury problems.
Blackburn Rovers defender Lorenzo Amoruso made his comeback from a knee injury in the reserves on Wednesday and then declared himself fit for Saturday's clash with Arsenal.
Blackburn Rovers defender Lorenzo Amoruso has sustained a calf injury during training, as he was bidding for a return to action after knee surgery.
www.football.co.uk /blackburn/players/lorenzo_amoruso_18980.shtml   (283 words)

  
  Lorenzo Amoruso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lorenzo Amoruso (born June 28, 1971 in Palese, Italy) is an Italian football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers F.C. as a defender.
Rangers signed Amoruso on May 29, 1997 for a fee of five million pounds.
Signed to Blackburn as a replacement for Henning Berg, Amoruso's Blackburn debut came on August 16, 2003.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lorenzo_Amoruso   (224 words)

  
 A spit and roasting - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Amoruso, however, claims he was clearing his throat and unfortunately found the Ayr player with its contents.
Amoruso reckons such to be a racist remark, which it isn't since Italy is a nation and not a race of people.
In Glasgow, in Buenos Aires, and in the play-off in Montevideo he was spat upon mercilessly, to the extent he had to head for the shower during the half-time intervals of the three matches.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/sport/6006064.shtml   (754 words)

  
 Magic moments - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
IBROX idol Lorenzo Amoruso hails the last-gasp penalty miss by Celtic hitman John Hartson in the CIS Cup Final at Hampden.
Amoruso was guilty of barging Bobo Balde in the box, and referee Kenny Clark pointed to the spot in the last minute of normal time.
Lorenzo Amoruso heads home the winning goal against Dundee to clinch the Treble for the seventh time in Rangers' 130-year history.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /lo/extra/7007608.html   (705 words)

  
 Amo is all set to fire
BIG Lorenzo Amoruso is determined to beat the clock and make his Ewood Park bow against his fellow countrymen on Sunday.
Amoruso is confident of shrugging off a niggling knee injury in time to face top Italian outfit Chievo Verona (kick-off 4pm) in the final - and most prestigious friendly - of Blackburn Rovers' hectic pre-season.
Amoruso says he is particularly looking forward to setting foot on the home turf as Rovers step up their preparations ahead of the first Premiership game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday week.
archive.thisislancashire.co.uk /2003/08/07/539197.html   (361 words)

  
 News
Lorenzo Amoruso will miss the final 3 SPL games of the season after picking up a booking at Perth on Sunday.
Lorenzo Amoruso has said he wants to stay at Ibrox, despite a host of European clubs expressing interest on him.
Lorenzo Amorusso's agent says that his client could be worth £10 in the summer if the club decide to sell him.
happy_bear_2000.tripod.com /news2.html   (4624 words)

  
 Rangers FC Lorenzo Amoruso Caricature
Lorenzo Amoruso joined Glasgow Rangers FC in the Summer of 1997/98 season.
Now Lorenzo Amoruso is worshipped in the blue part of Glasgow lifting the treble.
Again in 2000 he led the Glasgow Rangers FC team to success in the league, but was injured for the cup.
www.sportcartoons.co.uk /lorenzoamoruso.html   (118 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Soccer - Amoruso admits Rangers' sojourn at an end
Scottish Cup final hero Lorenzo Amoruso has confirmed that he will be leaving Rangers this summer, despite manager Alex McLeish's reluctance to lose the Italian centre-half.
Amoruso, 32, headed the Cup final winner against Dundee on Saturday, enabling Rangers to complete their second treble since he arrived in Glasgow six years ago.
McLeish had insisted after the Cup final win that Amoruso might still stay at Ibrox but he is keenly aware of the pressure for a reduction in the club's debt and wage bill.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s870836.htm   (659 words)

  
 Amoruso tells Barry to ride out the storm | the Daily Mail
Lorenzo Amoruso has revealed he never spoke football again to Dick Advocaat after being stripped of the Rangers captaincy.
But the relationship between Amoruso and Advocaat was irrevocably fractured in a situation that may now be repeated at Ibrox and Murray Park.
Amoruso was summoned for a meeting and told that 22-year-old Ferguson was the new captain.
www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=426172&in_page_id=1779   (920 words)

  
 West Ham's move for Amoruso goes on ice | West Ham | Premiership | Football | Sport | Telegraph
THE English Premier League club West Ham United and Lorenzo Amoruso will try to revive the Italian defender's on-off transfer when he returns from Rangers' mid-season break in Florida.
Amoruso flew out to the United States yesterday with the rest of the Glasgow club's players to take part in a series of friendlies after it appeared his move to London had fallen through.
Amoruso admitted talks with the Premiership side could continue upon his return from the United States but also claimed that a move back to Italy was another option open to him.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/01/15/sfnamo16.xml   (605 words)

  
 Soccer365   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Blackburn defender Lorenzo Amoruso would love to follow Barry Ferguson back to Rangers but admits he might be too old to play for the Glasgow club.
And Amoruso admits he would follow his former Rovers and Rangers team-mate back in Glasgow although he concedes his age may rule out any return.
Amoruso added: "His desire to go back to the club he loves was always there.
www.soccer365.com /Home/page_89_91506.shtml   (290 words)

  
 Amoruso could leave - Blackburn_Rovers FC News from Football.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Amoruso is out of contract at the end of the season and Hughes may decide to offload the defender next month.
"Lorenzo is fit and available, but he just hasn't been able to force his way into the team," said the Rovers boss.
Amoruso made 149 SPL appearances for the Gers in six years at Ibrox following his £5million switch from Fiorentina in May 1997.
www.football.co.uk /blackburn_rovers/amoruso_could_leave_212457.shtml   (153 words)

  
 The East Enclosure - News Archive August 2002
Lorenzo Amoruso has vowed to hand Rangers an European boost by returning to full fitness in time for the start of their Uefa Cup campaign.
But Amoruso is delighted with the way his rehabilitation is going and has assured manager Alex McLeish that he will be ready for the Light Blues' assault on Europe which begins on September 19.
Lorenzo Amoruso has a hamstring strain and will miss Sunday's game against Aberdeen The Italian has picked up a hamstring strain and will be replaced by Bob Malcolm on Sunday - and McLeish admits it could be a couple of weeks before Amoruso is back in action.
ayeready.com /na/naaugust02.html   (4018 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Amoruso warns goal-shy Ibrox strikers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
LORENZO Amoruso has warned his Rangers team-mates against deluding themselves into the notion they might easily have won the UEFA Cup this season.
A feeling of what might have been, all too familiar for Scottish clubs in Europe, was borne of the agonising 4-3 aggregate defeat suffered by Rangers while the Rotterdam club have subsequently seen off the challenges of PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan.
Amoruso, however, was in typically forthright and expansive mood yesterday as he insisted Rangers will remain as far away from European success as ever while they lack a main striker with suitably ruthless finishing ability.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=395722002   (997 words)

  
 Football | Lorenzo Amoruso factfile
Amoruso needed three operations on an Achilles tendon injury.
The Scottish champions are knocked out of the Uefa Cup by Borussia Dortmund on December 7 and Amoruso is caught on TV appearing to mouth racial abuse at Nigerian Victor Ikpeba.
Amoruso admits making a racist taunt and apologises for his actions.
football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4711892-103,00.html   (382 words)

  
 Lorenzo Monaco - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Lorenzo Monaco, c.1370-1425?, Italian painter, one of the leading artists in Florence at the beginning of the 15th cent.
A Patron for Lorenzo Monaco's Uffizi: Coronation of the Virgin.
Monastic art in Lorenzo Monaco's Florence; painting and patronage in Santa Maria degli Angeli, 1300-1415.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-LorenzoM.html   (642 words)

  
 Cup Final
A header from Lorenzo Amoruso was enough to clinch the Tennent's Scottish Cup for Rangers against Dundee and a domestic clean sweep of trophies in the process.
Lorenzo Amoruso was tearful as he contemplated leaving Ibrox after five years with the Glasgow club, during which he acquired his fair share of medals.
With Amoruso expected to be followed out of the club by Claudio Caniggia, Michael Mols and Arthur Numan, Holland international Ronald de Boer was delighted the side had clinched the treble before the rebuilding begins.
www.rangers1.co.uk /cup-final.htm   (691 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet - England - Hughes: Amoruso headed for Rovers exit
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has confirmed Lorenzo Amoruso is to be shown the door at the end of the season.
Amoruso's impending departure is of no great surprise as the Italian defender has not made a first-team appearance since October 2004.
Amoruso looks certain to return to Italy, where midfielder Vratislav Gresko is currently receiving treatment on a knee injury, and with his future in the balance as he is also out of contract this summer.
soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=363972   (541 words)

  
 on-the-terraces.com - Story
West Ham's bid to sign Italian defender, Lorenzo Amoruso, from Rangers, is being jepoardised by an attempt to snatch him from under their noses, by Fulham.
Amoruso has flown back to Italy to consider his options, and has been speaking to Paolo Di Canio about the prospect of joining West Ham.
Meanwhile, Amoruso's agent, Andrea D'Amico, seems less than convinced that a move to the Hammers would be the best thing for the player to do, "We have a few other possibilities than West Ham, and we have to do what is best for Lorenzo.
westhamunited.rivals.net /default.asp?sid=899&p=2&stid=8048112   (347 words)

  
 Lorenzo - Quixmart.co.uk
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www.quixmart.co.uk /lorenzo.html   (214 words)

  
 The Sports Network - International Soccer (England)
Blackburn, England (Sports Network) - Former Rangers' defender Lorenzo Amoruso signed on with the Blackburn Rovers of the English Premiership on Monday.
Amoruso, who has been highly-sought after by the Rovers for much of the close season, signed a three-year deal worth $2.2 million from the Scottish club, Rangers.
Amoruso has scored 26 goals in his 14-year career.
www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-eng/news/cdn2690607.htm   (92 words)

  
 Lorenzo Amoruso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Lorenzo Amoruso (born June 28, 1971 in Palese, Italy) is an Italian football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers F.C. as a defender.
Signed to Blackburn as a replacement for Henning Berg, Amoruso's Blackburn debut came on August 16, 2003.
On the pitch for the full ninety minutes, his place in the team was justified as he scored the opening goal after 17 minutes.
www.123football.com /players/a/lorenzo-amoruso/index.htm   (203 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Amoruso banned for spitting
GLASGOW, Scotland – Rangers defender Lorenzo Amoruso will serve a four-match ban after being found guilty Tuesday of spitting at Ayr striker James Grady.
Amoruso will miss Wednesday's Scottish Premier League match against Motherwell unless he appeals.
Amoruso attended the hearing, which was shown television footage of the incident involving Grady during a Scottish Cup tie on Feb. 22.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20030318-0805-eu-spt-soc-rangers-amorusobanned.html   (113 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Advocaat urges Amoruso to stay
Rangers manager Dick Advocaat has urged Lorenzo Amoruso to stay at the club and help in the fight to retain the Scottish Premier League title.
Amoruso had insisted that he is still negotiating with the English Premiership club, who insist he must reduce his wage demands.
"Lorenzo has had 14 days to find himself another club and he could not get a deal, so I hope that he gets on with his career with Rangers," said the manager.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/1121193.stm   (291 words)

  
 The Daily Record - SPORT - FOOTBALL - LORENZO: BIG ECK CAN BALE OUT SCOTS
LORENZO AMORUSO might be running a restaurant in Florence these days but part of his heart will be forever Scottish.
And having witnessed McLeish's style of man-management at close quarters in the winter of 2002, Amoruso is convinced he is the man to whom the SFA should turn.
Amoruso is thrilled with Italy's decision to take the Scotland game to Bari - but he doesn't think the 58,000-capacity Stadio San Nicola, where he started his playing career, will have the Scots shaking in their boots.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk /sport/football/tm_headline=lorenzo--big-eck-can-bale-out-scots&method=full&objectid=18494240&siteid=66633-name_page.html   (1114 words)

  
 Sportz Tawk: Blackburn Rovers - Blackburn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Amoruso's representative Andrea D'Amico will speak with Rangers officials tomorrow but warns there are other interested parties in England, Spain and Italy.
Lorenzo Amoruso has confirmed he will sign for Blackburn Rovers once he has completed a medical.
Ferguson joins Lorenzo Amoruso, Brett Emerton, Steven Reid and Markus Babbel at Blackburn - the latter signing on a season-long loan from Liverpool.
www.sportztawk.com /thread539/page1.html   (1572 words)

  
 SI.com - Soccer - Rangers win Scottish Cup to complete treble - Saturday May 31, 2003 05:06 PM
GLASGOW (Reuters) -- Lorenzo Amoruso headed home a second-half winner for league champions Rangers to beat Dundee 1-0 in Saturday's Scottish Cup final and complete the domestic treble for the seventh time in their history.
Lorenzo Amoruso's 65th-minute header from Neil McCann's free-kick gave Rangers victory at Hampden Park on Saturday in a fiercely contested final that could have gone either way.
It was perhaps ironic that the winning goal should come from the head of Amoruso after English premier league club Blackburn Rovers tabled an offer for the former Fiorentina defender -- who has one year left on his contract -- earlier in the week.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/05/31/scot_rdp   (1182 words)

  
 roversnet.co.uk - Story
Blackburn defender Lorenzo Amoruso would love to follow Barry Ferguson back to Rangers but admits he might be too old to play for the Glasgow club.
Amoruso admits he would follow his former Rovers and Rangers team-mate back in Glasgow although he concedes his age may rule out any return.
Amoruso added: "His desire to go back to the club he loves was always there.
www.blueandwhitearmy.net /?sid=903&p=2&stid=8373332   (316 words)

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