Itamar Batista da Silva (born April 12, 1980), known as just Itamar, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he made over 300 appearances across Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Qatar and scored more than 100 goals. He is known for his prolific scoring spell with Chunnam Dragons in South Korea's K-League. He began his career at Cruzeiro and later moved to multiple clubs in Brazil before joining clubs in Asia and Mexico. His previous clubs include Chiapas, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Chunnam Dragons, Tigres UANL, Flamengo and Ceará Sporting Club. Itamar spent a total of five years in South Korea, playing for four clubs before it was announced in January 2008 that Chiapas of Mexico acquired the player. In his first season, he scored 12 goals in 18 games. In January 2011 Itamar moved to Al Rayyan Sports Club in Qatar on loan from Tigres UANL. He then signed with Brazilian club América-RN.
Club career
Club career statistics Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsKorea Republic League FA Cup K-League Cup Asia Total2003Chunnam DragonsK-League342352--392520042262095-33112005Pohang Steelers820082-164Suwon Samsung Bluewings1043300-13720061141160-185Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1430000-1432007205100080295 Country Korea Republic119471262378016260Total119471262378016260
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