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1986 FIFA World Cup Group C
Group C of the 1986 FIFA World Cup was one of the groups of nations competing at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 1 June and its last matches were played on 9 June. Matches were played at the Estadio Nou Camp in León, Guanajuato, León and the Estadio Sergio León Chavez in Irapuato. The Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union topped the group on goal difference over France national football team, France. Both teams advanced to the second round. Hungary national football team, Hungary and Canada men's national soccer team, Canada were the other two teams, the latter making their debut at the World Cup. Standings Matches Canada vs France Soviet Union vs Hungary France vs Soviet Union Hungary vs Canada Hungary vs France Soviet Union vs Canada See also *Canada at the FIFA World Cup *France at the FIFA World Cup *Hungary at the FIFA World Cup *Soviet Union at the FIFA World Cup {{DEFAULTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so, and resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, and became the first country to host the World Cup more than once, after previously hosting in 1970. The World Cup was won by Argentina (their second title, after winning in 1978). Argentina was captained by the 25-year-old Diego Maradona, who played a large part in his team's success by scoring his " Hand of God" goal, as well as another voted "Goal of the Century", in the same quarter-final against England. These were two of the five goals that Maradona scored during the tournament, and he also created another five for his teammates. Argentina beat W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bridge
Ian Christopher Bridge (born 18 September 1959) is a football coach and former professional who played as a defender. A former player for the Canada national team, he has coached the Canada women's national team among other teams. Club career Bridge was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He began his pro career in 1977 and played in the NASL with the Seattle Sounders from 1979 to 1983 and with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 1984, and MISL indoor soccer with the Tacoma Stars. Over six NASL seasons he played 124 games and scored 13 goals. Following the demise of the NASL Bridge played for Swiss club FC La Chaux-de-Fonds for two seasons when the club was in the Swiss league first division. Later in the Canadian Soccer League, he played for the Victoria Vistas (1990), Kitchener Kickers (1991), and North York Rockets (1991). Ian played his youth soccer with thLakehill Soccer Associationin Victoria BC, and has an annually awarded Youth Player "Inspirational" trophy named in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Bossis
Maxime Jean Marcel Bossis (; born 26 June 1955) is a French retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Bossis spent most of his career playing for Nantes, a club he helped win three Ligue 1 titles and one Coupe de France. He obtained 76 caps (one goal) for the French national team, won the 1984 European Football Championship and played in two World Cup semi-finals. Club career Bossis was born in Saint-André-Treize-Voies, Vendée. A longtime starter for FC Nantes during the club's most successful period during the 1970s and 1980s, he was noted chiefly as a full-back on the left flank, but filled in at various roles in defence. Bossis spent much of his time at right back during Nantes' championship-winning seasons in 1977 and 1980, in which Thierry Tusseau normally started on the left, but made the left back position his own beginning in 1981. Bossis helped Nantes to finish first or second in every season between 1976 and 1981. The club added a third title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Amoros
Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He was capped 82 times for France, and played in the UEFA European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986. Club career Born in Nîmes, Gard, Amoros played most of his career for Monaco in the French first division. He missed his penalty in the 1991 European Cup Final for Marseille and subsequently Red Star Belgrade won the match 5–3 on penalties. International career Amoros was born in France to Spanish parents, escaping from Francisco Franco's regime. He represented the France national team. It was his stints with the ''Tricolor'' during the 1982 and 1986 World Cups in which he stood out. In the 1982 semi-final against West Germany, he hit the crossbar in the 89th minute, and in the penalty shoot-out he converted his kick before France were eventually eliminated. In the 1984 European Championships held in France, Amoros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joël Bats
Joël Bats (born 4 January 1957) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire senior club career in his native France, appearing in a total of 553 competitive club matches and 504 Division 1 matches for Sochaux, Auxerre and Paris Saint-Germain from 1976 to 1992. He made 50 appearances, 35 competitive matches and 15 friendly matches, for the France national team. Club career Sochaux Bats joined the youth academy of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He played for Sochaux's U19 youth team until the summer of 1974. He began his Sochaux professional career at the start of the 1974–75 season. Bats spent the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons playing only for the club's reserve team. After Bats was promoted to the club's first team in the summer of 1976, he had to compete with Albert Rust for playing time over the next four seasons, with the two of them being alternated in matches. Bats stayed at Sochaux until the end of the 1979–80 season. Aux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Waiters
Anthony Keith Waiters (1 February 1937 – 5 November 2020) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is better known for his coaching career in Canada. He managed the Vancouver Whitecaps to an NASL championship, and was in charge of the Canada national team, when they qualified for the 1986 World Cup, which is their first appearance in the tournament. Playing career Waiters began his career as an amateur with Northern League club Bishop Auckland, moving to Macclesfield Town in 1958. He was capped as an England Amateur in May 1959 while at Loughborough College. He played centre-half in schoolboy football and took up goalkeeping when serving in the RAF. The same year, he was spotted by Blackpool manager Ron Suart and signed to replace the aging George Farm. Turning professional, he appeared over 250 times for Blackpool. He won five England caps in 1964, as Alf Ramsey sought a backup for Gordon Banks with the 1966 World Cup imminent. Although selected in Ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branko Segota
Branko (Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka. People named Branko include: * Branko Babić (born 1947), Serbian football manager * Branko Baković (born 1981), Serbian footballer * Branko Baletić (born 1946), Serbian-Montenegrin film director and producer * Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director * Branko Bokun (1920–2011), Yugoslav-British author and journalist * Branko Bošković (born 1980), Montenegrin footballer * Branko Bošnjak (1923–1996), Croatian philosopher * Branko Bošnjak (born 1955), Yugoslav footballer * Branko Bošnjaković (born 1939), Dutch-Croatian physicist * Branko Brnović (born 1967), Montenegrin football manager * Branko Buljević (born 1947), Croatian-Australian footballer * Branko Cikatić (1954–2020), Croatian martial artist * Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), Macedonian polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Lowery
James Matthew Lowery (born January 15, 1961) is a former professional soccer player from Canada. Club career Born in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, Lowery joined the Coulson-Prescott Football Club. A midfielder, Lowery played for the University of Victoria and after graduation also played club soccer for the Canadian Soccer League team, the Vancouver 86ers. International career Lowery was a member of Canada's Olympic team which failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics, making one appearance in qualifying. He made his debut for Canada in a January 1986 friendly match against Paraguay and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring 1 goal. Lowery was on Canada's playing roster for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and played in the country's first game against France. In 2009, Lowery was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a member of the 1986 World Cup team. His final international game was a June 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals match against Mexico Mexico (Spanish: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Vrablic
Igor Vrablic (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels, as a striker. Early and personal life Vrablic was born in Bratislava and raised in Waterloo, Ontario. Career Club career Vrablic played with Kitchener Beograd at the youth level. He was drafted in the 2nd round, 13th overall in the 1982 NASL entry draft by the Toronto Blizzard. He played in the United States, Belgium, and Greece for the Golden Bay Earthquakes, RFC Sérésien and Olympiacos. He played for the Toronto Blizzard in 1988. In 1989, Vrablic played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Panhellenic. In 1991, he continued playing in the National Soccer League with North York Atletico Argentina SC. International career Vrablic earned 35 caps for Canada, representing them in the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1986 FIFA World Cup. His international career was ended in 1986 when, together with three other Canadian players, he was involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Valentine
Carl Howard Valentine (born 4 July 1958) is a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area. Born in England, he represented the Canada national team at international level. He was the head coach of Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League until taking the position as Vancouver Whitecaps FC club ambassador and staff coach in 2010, in the lead-up to the Whitecaps inaugural season in Major League Soccer. Club career Valentine had a career from the late 1970s to the late 1990s with several clubs, notably the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League, Oldham Athletic, West Bromwich Albion of the Football League, and the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League and later American Professional Soccer League. A striker, Valentine began his pro career in 1976 as a 17-year-old with Football League Second Division side Oldham Athletic. Valentine signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps and as a ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul James (soccer)
Paul John James (born November 11, 1963) is a retired professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He was a one-time CONCACAF champion who represented Canada at both the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games and 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He later worked as a soccer analyst and soccer coach. He is an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1998, was granted his Canada Soccer Coaching "A" Licence. After working as a player-coach in the Canadian Soccer League, he later served as a coach with Canada's national youth teams from 1998 to 2001, including the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2001. A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, James has added to his academic credentials by completing the prestigious Football Industries MBA (FIMBA) at the University of Liverpool in England. In February 2012, Paul revealed he had suffered from a crack cocaine dependency for many years. Paul was on a hunger strike to protest his mistreatment by York University over his "Substance D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Norman (soccer)
David McDonald Norman Jr. (born 6 May 1962) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Scotland-born Norman grew up playing soccer in Coquitlam, British Columbia and went on to play 17 years as a professional. Norman began his pro career with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League from 1981 to 1984, scoring three goals. During the winter months between 1980 and 1982, he played for University College Dublin A.F.C., in the League of Ireland, making 45 appearances and scoring 8 goals. Along with three Canadian teammates he was released in February 1982. Norman played one season of indoor soccer for the Whitecaps in 1983–84. He also played for the Tacoma Stars of the original Major Indoor Soccer League, and for the Winnipeg Fury, Calgary Kickers, Calgary Strikers, Edmonton Brick Men and Vancouver 86ers. International career He made his debut for Canada in a December 1983 friendly match against Honduras and earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
