Lorenzo Amoruso

Italy

Amoruso began his career at local club, Bari, in 1988, for whom he went on to make 75 appearances, scoring 8 goals. Amoruso spent 1991–1993 on loan at Mantova and Pescara, but only featured intermittently. In 1995, he secured a move to Fiorentina, becoming club captain and making 54 appearances. He won the Coppa Italia in 1996 and in 1997 the Florence side went on a run in Europe where they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup only to lose out to eventual champions Barcelona.

Rangers

Following interest from Manchester United, Amoruso signed for Rangers on 29 May 1997 for a fee of £4million. Whilst with the club he won the Scottish Premier League on three occasions, as well as the Scottish Cup three times and the Scottish League Cup three times. He missed most of his debut season with an Achilles tendon injury, and didn't make his debut until April 1998 as a substitute for Gordan Petrić in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic. He was then installed as captain of Rangers by Dick Advocaat in 1998. After returning to the team Amoruso was booed by Rangers fans after several poor displays and tactical errors. Amoruso also clashed with the manager several times, resulting in an eventually aborted move to Sunderland. Advocaat began to sign defenders to replace Amoruso, including Bert Konterman and Paul Ritchie, but the Italian remained after his replacements failed. Ritchie did not make a single appearance and Konterman was criticised to…

Amoruso represented Italy at the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship and won two caps at Under-21 level. He was never selected by Italy at full international level, which Amoruso attributed to a "strange mentality" pervading his homeland. He blamed Giovanni Trapattoni, Cesare Maldini and Dino Zoff for failing to provide him with the call-up he felt he deserved. In 2020, he reiterated his view that moving to Rangers cost him the chance to play for Italy. In 2004 Amoruso expressed a desire to play for Scotland, through residency. He said: "I began to feel like part of me was Scottish."

Bari

Mitropa Cup: 1990 Fiorentina

Coppa Italia: 1995–96 Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

Rangers

Scottish Premier League: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03 Scottish Cup: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 Scottish League Cup: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 Individual

Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: January 2002 SPFA Players' Player of the Year: 2001–02 Rangers F.C. – Hall of Fame