Itamar Batista da Silva

Itamar Batista da Silva, 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.