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1979 Copa América
The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye into the semi-finals. Squads Group stage The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals. ---- ''Peru qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.'' ---- Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ''Chile won 3–1 on points.'' ---- ''Paraguay won 3–1 on points''. Finals ''2–2 on points. A play-off was played on a neutral ground to determine the winner.'' ''As the play-off finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Morel
Eugenio Félix Morel Bogado (born 2 February 1950) is a retired professional footballer. He has been characterized as a very fast, talented left-footed player who scored many goals playing the left forward position. Childhood and youth Morel was seven years old when his family decided to go to Argentina in 1957. With other hopes in the great Buenos Aires, he started to practice football which eventually will become his living for many years to come. Career Morel played his first games in Racing Club in Argentina in 1969, showing his quality in the tough Argentine football leagues. He had his debut in the first division league in 1970. Other teams he played for include Talleres de Remedios de Escalada (1972), Libertad of Paraguay (1974 to 1979), Argentinos Juniors (1980 to 1981), San Lorenzo de Almagro (1982), Cerro Porteño of Asunción (1983) and Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia (1984). Later on he played for clubs of the countryside of Paraguay between 1986 and 1987 and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Páez
Richard Alfred Mayela Páez Monzón known as Richard Páez (born 31 December 1953) is a Venezuelan football manager former coach of Deportivo Cuenca from Ecuador and of the Venezuela national football team. Playing career Club Born in Mérida, Páez played club football for Estudiantes de Mérida, Portuguesa, Deportivo Táchira and Universidad de Los Andes. International He also played for the Venezuela national football team in the 1970s. Managerial career During his tenure, which lasted from January 2001 to November 2007, Venezuela achieved its best period in international football, improving from its status of being the worst team in South America. The squad reached the semi-final of the 2007 Copa America, and also had several victories in FIFA World Cup qualifying. In early 2008, he was signed as Alianza Lima's coach but was fired from his post a few months later. In November 2011, Páez became the first Venezuelan football manager to win a competition outside of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Yáñez
Patricio Nazario Yáñez Candia (born January 20, 1961) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Yáñez began his career in 1977 with San Luis and won the Copa Apertura Segunda División and Chilean Segunda División in 1980. He moved to Spain to play for Real Valladolid, and won the Copa de la Liga in 1984. For the 1985–86 season, he went on loan to Real Zaragoza, before playing for Real Betis. In 1990, he returned to Chile, briefly playing for Universidad de Chile, before ending his career with Colo-Colo. During his time there, he won the Chilean Primera División twice and the Copa Chile, Copa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana once. International career Yáñez appeared 43 times for the national team, scoring five goals. He made his debut on June 13, 1979, in a friendly against Ecuador, replacing Jorge Neumann, and had his last match on November 16, 1994, against Argentina. He played for his native country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. El P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Soto (footballer, Born 1950)
Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides (born July 10, 1950) is a Chilean former football defender who played as a centre back. Career Soto played for his native country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In total for his country he played 48 matches scoring 1 goal between 1975 and 1985. Soto is one of the biggest idols of Chilean club Cobreloa. He also played for club football for Chileans CD Magallanes and Unión Española, and Brazilian side Palmeiras. Honours Unión Española * Chilean Primera División (1): 1975 Cobreloa * Chilean Primera División (3): 1980, 1982, 1985 Lozapenco * Chilean Tercera División Tercera División de Chile (Third Division of Chile), is the fourth tier of Chilean football (soccer). It is organized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur de Chile. It is both the fourth level of ... (1): References External links * Mario Sotoat MemoriaWanderers Mario Sotoat PlaymakerStats at PartidosdeLaRoja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Rivas (footballer, Born 1953)
Carlos Humberto Rivas Torres (born 24 May 1953) is a Chilean retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Rivas was a midfielder for Colo-Colo in 136 official games over five seasons, and he scored 40 goals during that time. "Idolos: Mediocampistas: Carlos Rivas," ''Colo-Colo Sitio Oficial'', While he was on the team, the team won two national championships (1979 and 1981) and two ''Polla Gol'' championships (1981 and 1982). In 1983, he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with Edmonton Eagles. The remainder of the 1983 season he played in the National Soccer League with Dinamo Latino, and played once more with the club during the 1985 season. Rivas served as an assistant under Dave Turner in 1986, but still performed as a player for the Toronto Blizzard in the National Soccer League. In late 1986, he signed with league rivals Toronto Italia. In 1987, he served as a player-coach in the National Soccer League with Chile Lindo. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Véliz
Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz (born September 3, 1945) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a left winger for Everton, O'Higgins, Unión Española and Colo-Colo of Chile and in the Chile national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Managerial career He worked as manager of both Chile U17 and Chile U20, leading the first in the 1993 FIFA World Championship and the second in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. From 1998 to 2000 he worked for the Sporting CP youth system, where he coincided with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Quaresma and Fábio Paím. Personal life He is well known by his nickname ''Pollo'' (Chicken). His son, Daniel Sebastián Véliz, represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1992 South American Championship. In 2004, he was elected a councillor of Santiago, supported by Party for Democracy. In 2009, he was a candidate for deputy, supported by for . In 2010, he switched to the other political hand after supporting Sebastián ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torneo Regional Federal and Primera D), including domestic cups: Copa Argentina, Copa de la Liga Profesional and the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional. The body also manages all the Argentina national teams, including the Senior, U-20, U-17, U-15, Olympic and women's squads. Secondly, it also organizes the women's, children, youth, futsal, and other local leagues. The AFA also organised all the Primera División championships from 1893 to 2016–17. From the 2017–18 season the "Superliga Argentina", an entity which was administrated independently and had its own statute, took over the Primera División championships. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Espósito
Carlos Alfonso Espósito (born November 4, 1941) is a retired Argentine football referee. He is known for having refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... ReferencesProfile 1941 births Argentine football referees FIFA World Cup referees Living people 1986 FIFA World Cup referees Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Argentine people {{Argentina-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Morón
Jaime Morón (16 November 1950 – 2 December 2005) was a Colombian footballer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1950 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Cartagena, Colombia Association football forwards Colombian footballers Olympic footballers of Colombia Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Millonarios F.C. players Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Footballers at the 1971 Pan American Games Colombia international footballers Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Gabriel Chaparro
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex "Didí" Valverde
Alex Valderrama Pinedo (born 1 October 1960), nicknamed Didi, is a Colombian former footballer who played as a forward. He made 20 appearances scoring five goals for the Colombia national team from 1979 to 1985. He was also part of Colombia's squad for the 1979 Copa América The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye ... tournament. References External links * * 1960 births Living people People from Santa Marta Colombian footballers Association football forwards Colombia international footballers Unión Magdalena footballers Millonarios F.C. players Atlético Junior footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Deportivo Táchira F.C. players Colombian expatriate footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate footballers in Venezuela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
