{{Short description|Brazilian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Luciano Emílio | image = Emilio Luciano DC United.jpg | image_size = 180 | caption = Luciano in 2008 | fullname = Luciano Emílio | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ilha Solteira]], Brazil | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1995 | youthclubs1 = [[Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)|XV de Piracicaba]] | youthyears2 = 1996–1997 | youthclubs2 = [[Rio Branco Esporte Clube|Rio Branco-SP]] | years1 = 1997–1999 | clubs1 = [[1. FC Köln]] | caps1 = 6 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1999–2001 | clubs2 = [[Alemannia Aachen]] | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2001–2002 | clubs3 = [[União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube|União Barbarense]] | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2002–2004 | clubs4 = [[Real C.D. España|Real España]] | caps4 = 68 | goals4 = 45 | years5 = 2004–2005 | clubs5 = [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 16 | years6 = 2005 | clubs6 = [[Querétaro F.C.|Querétaro]] | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 10 | years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] | caps7 = 56 | goals7 = 27 | years8 = 2007–2009 | clubs8 = [[D.C. United]] | caps8 = 83 | goals8 = 41 | years9 = 2010 | clubs9 = [[Rio Branco Esporte Clube|Rio Branco-SP]] | caps9 = 11 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2010 | clubs10 = [[D.C. United]] | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2010–2011 | clubs11 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]] | caps11 = 6 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2011 | clubs12 = [[Atlante UTN|Atlante]] | caps12 = 19 | goals12 = 3 | years13 = 2011–2012 | clubs13 = [[Toros Neza]] | caps13 = 35 | goals13 = 19 | years14 = 2012 | clubs14 = [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] | caps14 = 5 | goals14 = 1 | years15 = 2013 | clubs15 = [[Grêmio Catanduvense de Futebol|Grêmio Catanduvense]] | caps15 = 4 | goals15 = 0 | totalcaps = 383 | totalgoals = 167 | medaltemplates = }}
'''Luciano Emílio''' (born 12 December 1978) is a Brazilian former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]].
==Career==
===Early career=== Emílio started playing professional soccer at the age of 16 in 1995, playing for [[Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)|XV de Piracicaba]], a member of the [[Campeonato Paulista|state league of São Paulo]]. The next season, he transferred to [[Rio Branco Esporte Clube|Rio Branco]], another team in the state league of São Paulo.
In 1997, Emílio signed with [[1. FC Köln]] of the German [[Bundesliga]]. He played for the youth team and worked his way up to the senior team where he played for several matches.
In 1999, Emílio transferred to [[Alemannia Aachen]], a team in the [[2. Bundesliga|second division]] of the Bundesliga.
===Honduras and Mexico=== In 2001, Luciano Emílio made a return to Brazil to play for [[União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube|União Barbarense]]. After a brief stint at União Barbarense, Emílio made a move to the Honduran league to play for [[Real C.D. España|Real España]] in Honduras. He quickly established himself as a key player and won the league scoring titles in 2003 and 2004. He helped lead Real España to the Apertura Championship in 2003. In 2004, Emílio made a move to another Honduran team, [[Club Deportivo Olimpia|Olimpia]]. Emílio won another scoring title in the Apertura in 2004 with Olimpia.
Emílio enjoyed a brief stint in Mexico in 2005, signing the Mexican second division side [[Querétaro FC|Querétaro]] where he helped the team win the [[2004–05 Primera División A season#Clausura 2005|2005 Clausura]] title, scoring 10 goals in the process. After playing for a short time with Querataro, Emílio made a return to CD Olimpia in 2005 in time to lead them to championships in the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura, during which he once again won the scoring title. In 2006, Emílio's eight goals in the [[Copa Interclubes UNCAF|UNCAF Tournament]] were enough to propel his team to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' cup. Ironically, Emílio would go on to play against CD Olimpia in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with his new club, D.C. United.
===Major League Soccer=== Emilio signed with [[D.C. United]] on 16 January 2007, as a Senior International player, after completing his second stint with Honduran club [[Club Deportivo Olimpia|Olimpia]]. Emílio debuted for United in the [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007|2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup]] against Olimpia, scoring once in [[Tegucigalpa]] and twice in the return leg in [[Washington, DC]] in United's 7–3 aggregate win. He went on to score a fourth time in three games versus [[C.D. Guadalajara]] in the opening game of the [[CONCACAF]] semi-final.
At the end of his first season with D.C. United, his team received the 2007 [[MLS Supporters' Shield]], the award for gaining the most points overall in a season. In the 2007 MLS season, Emílio had 20 goals and won the [[MLS Golden Boot]] award. Emílio won the 2007 [[Major League Soccer MVP Award|MLS MVP award]] and the inaugural 2007 [[MLS Newcomer of the Year Award]].
After recovering from a lean start to the [[2008 MLS|2008 season]], Emílio scored his first career MLS [[hat-trick]] on 14 June against [[New York Red Bulls]].
Though not originally signed under the [[Designated Player Rule]], he later received a pay rise which took him over the maximum salary covered by the league, becoming a designated player.
Emílio received a green card in August 2009 for permanent residency in the United States and no longer counted against DC United's foreign player limit.
Emílio rejected a new contract with D.C. United that would have seen him sign at a significantly lower salary. He later joined former club [[Rio Branco Esporte Clube|Rio Branco]],<ref>{{cite news | url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2010/01/emilio_wont_return_to_dc_unite.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120919233250/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2010/01/emilio_wont_return_to_dc_unite.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 September 2012 | title = Emilio Won't Return to D.C. United | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = 8 January 2010 | first = Steve | last = Goff | access-date = 15 April 2011}}</ref> but on 28 April 2010, Emilio signed a three-month contract to return to former club [[D.C. United]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/2010/04/dc-united-re-signs-forward-luciano-emilio |title=D.C. United re-signs forward Luciano Emilio |publisher=D.C. United |date=28 April 2010 |access-date=15 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615031731/http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/2010/04/dc-united-re-signs-forward-luciano-emilio |archive-date=15 June 2011 }}</ref> He was released by D.C. United at the end of this short-term contract.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/penalty-kicks/dc-united-doesn039t-pick-emilio039s-contract-option | title = D.C. United doesn't pick up Emilio's contract option | publisher = The Examiner | date = 5 July 2010 | first = Craig | last = Stouffer | access-date = 15 April 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===Later career=== In August 2010, Emilio joined Uruguayan club [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]], which plays in [[Primera División Uruguaya]].
Emílio returned to Mexico to play for [[Atlante UTN]] in "La División de Ascenso" [[Mexico]]'s Second Division for the Clausura 2011 Tournament.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=926 | title = Atlante UTN | language = es | publisher = femexfut.org.mx | access-date = 15 April 2011 | archive-date = 18 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110518083524/http://femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=926 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|match played 5 April 2014}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|[[1. FC Köln]] |{{nowrap|[[1996–97 Bundesliga|1996–97]]}} |rowspan="3"|[[Bundesliga]] |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0 |- |[[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |[[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]] |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Real C.D. España|Real España]] |[[2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional|2002–03]] |rowspan="2"|[[Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras|Liga Nacional]] |34||21||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||21 |- |[[2003–04 Honduran Liga Nacional|2003–04]] |34||24||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||24 |- !colspan="2"|Total !68||45||0||0||0||0||0||0||68||45 |- |rowspan="4"|[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] |[[2004–05 Honduran Liga Nacional|2004–05]] |rowspan="3"|Liga Nacional |20||16||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||16 |- |[[2005–06 Honduran Liga Nacional|2005–06]] |38||22||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||22 |- |[[2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional|2006–07]] |18||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !76||43||0||0||0||0||0||0||76||43 |- |rowspan="5"|[[D.C. United]] |[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]] |rowspan="4"|[[Major League Soccer|MLS]] |29||20||1||0||2||0||8||4||40||24 |- |[[2008 Major League Soccer season|2008]] |27||11||2||3||colspan="2"|—||7||2||35||16 |- |[[2009 Major League Soccer season|2009]] |27||10||3||0||colspan="2"|—||5||3||35||13 |- |[[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]] |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !87||41||6||3||2||0||20||9||115||53 |- |[[Rio Branco Esporte Clube|Rio Branco]] |[[2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C|2010]] |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série C|Série C]] |11||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||11||1 |- |[[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]] |[[2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season|2010–11]] |[[Uruguayan Primera División|Primera División]] |6||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||1 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Toros Neza]] |[[2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season|2010–11]] |rowspan="2"|[[Ascenso MX]] |19||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||3 |- |[[2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season|2011–12]] |35||19||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||19 |- !colspan="2"|Total !54||22||0||0||0||0||0||0||54||22 |- |[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] |[[2012–13 Honduran Liga Nacional|2012–13]] |Liga Nacional |5||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||1 |- |[[Grêmio Catanduvense de Futebol|Grêmio Catanduvense]] |2013–14 |[[Campeonato Paulista Série A3|Série A3]] |4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !317!!154!!6!!3!!2!!0!!20!!9!!345!!166 |}
==Honours==
===Club=== '''D.C. United''' *[[Major League Soccer]] Supporter's Shield: [[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]] * [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]]: [[2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2008]]
'''Olimpia''' * [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras]]: [[2004–05 Honduran Liga Nacional|2004–05 Clausura]], [[2005–06 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional|2005–06 Apertura]], [[2005–06 Clausura Honduran Liga Nacional|2005–06 Clausura]]
'''Querétaro''' * [[Liga de Ascenso|Primera División A]]: Clausura 2005
'''Real España''' * [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras]]: [[2003–04 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional|2003–04 Apertura]]
'''XV de Piracicaba''' * [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série C]]: 1995
===Individual=== *[[Major League Soccer MVP Award|Major League Soccer MVP]]: 2007 *[[MLS Golden Boot]] Winner: 2007 *[[MLS Newcomer of the Year Award|MLS Newcomer of the Year]]: 2007 *[[MLS Best XI]]: 2007
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071030150204/http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t103&player=emilio_l&playerId=emi385627&statType=current MLS player profile]
{{2007 MLS Best XI}} {{D.C. United MVP}} {{Authority control}}
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