Emiliano Amor

Emiliano Amor
Amor with Colo-Colo in 2024
Personal information
Full name Emiliano Javier Amor
Date of birth (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 San Lorenzo
Number 19
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 Vélez Sarsfield 56 (3)
2018 → Sporting Kansas City (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Swope Park Rangers (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Aldosivi (loan) 23 (1)
2019–2020 → San Martín Tucumán (loan) 16 (3)
2021–2025 Colo Colo 88 (4)
2026 Defensa y Justicia 15 (1)
2026– San Lorenzo 1 (0)
International career‡
2024– Syria 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:25, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024

Emiliano Javier Amor (Arabic: ايميليانو خافيير أمور; born 16 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine club San Lorenzo. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Syria national team.

Club career

Under José Oscar Flores' coaching, Amor debuted for Vélez Sarsfield with 18 years of age in the 2014 Argentine Primera División 2–0 victory against Defensa y Justicia.[2] During Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching era, Amor became a regular starter for Vélez' first team during the first half of the 2015 Argentine Primera División, playing 14 goals and scoring twice.[3]

On 18 January 2018, Amor signed on loan with Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City for the 2018 MLS season.[4] After loan spells in Aldosivi and San Martín Tucumán, he joined Chilean side Colo-Colo in April 2021.[5] He spent five seasons with them until December 2025.[6]

Back to Argentina, Amor joined Defensa y Justicia in January 2026.[7]

International career

In April 2024, it was reported that Amor would represent the Syrian national team, ahead of the upcoming fixtures during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.[8] Later that year, on 11 June, he started his first international match in a 5–0 away defeat against Japan.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Emiliano Amor at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Transition '14 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tournament '15 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sporting KC add Argentine defender Emiliano Amor on loan | MLSSoccer.com".
  5. ↑ Echagüe, Patricio (12 April 2021). "Y ocurrió el milagro: Emiliano Amor es el sexto refuerzo de Colo Colo tras acordar su salida de Vélez Sarsfield" (in Spanish). Dale Albo.
  6. ↑ Arriaza, Bastian (10 December 2025). "Renovación de plantel en Colo Colo: el Cacique confirmó la salida de estos cuatro jugadores". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Reyes, Luis (19 January 2026). "Emiliano Amor deja atrás a Colo Colo y tiene nuevo club: oficial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "¡Atención albos! Emiliano Amor se ilusiona con defender a exótica selección de Asia" (in Spanish). OneFootball. 19 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Japan 5–0 Syria". ESPN. 11 June 2024.
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