Cristian Damián Amarilla (born 8 November 1993) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Club Olimpo Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded October 15th, 1910. Its primary activity is Association football, soccer. T ...

Club career

Amarilla began his career with

Deportivo Español Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, w ...

. He featured in

Primera C Metropolitana The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Gr ...

from 2011, scoring five goals in forty-six fixtures up until 2013–14 when the club won promotion to

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

. Nineteen goals followed in four campaigns in the second tier, which included a hat-trick over Deportivo Riestra in

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and ten goals in 2016–17. On 27 July 2017, Amarilla joined

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the '' ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons. Format As of the ...

side

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. He played twice in

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, with both appearances coming in games with

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Primera División de Chile. It has a branch of women's football, and compete ...

. Amarilla was loaned to

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later rena ...

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. They were the Copa Chile champions, and played the 2010 Cop ...

. After one goal, versus

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Uni ...

, across eleven appearances in all competitions in early 2018 for Unión San Felipe, Amarilla returned to Universidad de Concepción who subsequently loaned the forward back out - to Platense of Argentina's

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

in June 2018. He scored on his starting league debut in September during a 2–0 victory over

Deportivo Morón Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The club was fo ...

. Amarilla went back to Argentina, permanently, with Estudiantes on 8 July 2019. He was on the move again in February 2020, as he signed with fellow

team

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. He made one appearance before departing in June. On 22 November 2020, Amarilla returned to Chile, as he signed with

Deportes Valdivia Deportes Valdivia is a Chilean football club in the town of Valdivia, Chile. It currently plays in Segunda División, the third level of Chilean football. The club was founded on June 5, 1983, and re-founded on December 19, 2003. Honours * Chi ...

. At the end of March 2021, he moved back to his homeland and joined

.Cristian Amarilla refuerza a Olimpo
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International career

In December 2015, Amarilla received a U23 call-up from

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for the 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy in India.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amarilla, Cristian 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Avellaneda Argentine footballers Association football forwards Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Primera C Metropolitana players Primera B Metropolitana players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Primera Nacional players Deportivo Español footballers Universidad de Concepción footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers Club Atlético Brown footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Club Olimpo footballers