Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira’s Adidas adiZero F50 match worn boots. Amauri wore
this boots during the season 2012/2013 with Parma. Both boots are personalized
with “11”, “HUGOLEO”, “MILEY”, “CINDY” and “CYNTHIA”. Following his impressive
performances when at Palermo, Amauri was suggested to be a potential call-up of
the then Azzurri coach Roberto Donadoni, who stated he might be interested in
calling him to the Italian squad. Amauri, who has not appeared at international
level for the Brazilian team, would have been indeed eligible in the future to play
for the Italian national team because he was eligible to acquire Italian
nationality by marriage to a Brazilian-Italian woman; however, according to
Italian law Amauri was forced to wait for at least one year from the day of the
proclamation of his wife as an Italian citizen, which did not happen before April
2009. On 31 January 2009, Brazilian coach Dunga selected Amauri, who was still
ineligible to play for Italy at the time, as a replacement for the injured Luís
Fabiano in an international friendly against Italy. However, a few hours later, in
the aftermath of a Juventus league game on the same day, Juventus chairman
Giovanni Cobolli Gigli stated the club's intention not to allow the player to
respond to the call-up. On November 2009, Amauri himself confirmed his decision
to play for Italy instead of Brazil, following remarks by Italian striker Giampaolo
Pazzini who was critical about the possibility of having a non-Italian born player
within the azzurri squad. After receiving Italian citizenship in April 2010, Amauri
finally became eligible to play for the Azzurri.