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1998–99 In Argentine Football
In 1998–99 Boca Juniors were the winners of both league championships in Argentine football. Apertura, Torneo Apertura (''"Opening"'' Tournament) Top scorers Relegation :There is no relegation after the Apertura. For the relegation results of this tournament see 1998-1999 in Argentine football#Relegation 2, below Clausura, Torneo Clausura (''"Closing"'' Tournament) Top scorers Relegation Relegation table Argentine clubs in international competitions National team This section covers Argentina national football team, Argentina's matches from August 1, 1998, to July 31, 1999. Friendly matches 1999 Copa América References External linksAFA by ''Javier Romiser'' at rsssf. {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season, 1913, List of unrelegated association football clubs, has always played in the Argentine Primera División. The team has won 74 official titles, the most by any Argentine club. National titles won by Boca Juniors include 35 Argentine Primera División, Primera División championships,Campeones de la Primera División on AFA website and 17 List of Argentine football national cups, domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the Argentine Football Association for their successful 1925 Boca Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its association football, football team, which plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Apart from football, Ferro Carril Oeste hosts a wide variety of sports that can be practised at the club, such as athletics (sport), athletics, basketball, baseball, futsal, team handball, handball, field hockey, swimming (sport), swimming, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, volleyball. and, since 2001, Boxing, professional boxing shows, including world championship boxing contests. As its name indicates, the club had railway origins, being founded in 1904 by employees of the Buenos Aires Western Railway. The club had its glory days in the 1980s, having won numerous titles in several sports disciplines, being als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Lobo
Mario (; ) is a character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is an Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother, Luigi. Their adventures generally involve rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser while using power-ups that give them different abilities. Mario is distinguished by his large nose and mustache, overalls, red cap, and high-pitched, exaggerated Italian accent. Mario debuted as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'', a 1981 platform game. Miyamoto created Mario because Nintendo was unable to license Popeye as the protagonist. The graphical limitations of arcade hardware influenced Mario's design, such as his nose, mustache, and overalls, and he was named after Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale. Mario then starred in '' Mario Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Romeo
Bernardo Daniel Romeo (born 10 September 1977) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He amassed Argentine Primera División totals of 226 games and 85 goals, mainly at the service of San Lorenzo with whom he had three spells. He also spent four seasons in Germany with Hamburger SV, in a 17-year professional career. Club career Born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Romeo started his professional career in 1995 with Estudiantes de La Plata, playing exactly 40 Primera División matches. He blossomed as a top-rate player with San Lorenzo de Almagro, scoring 15 goals in only 17 matches in 2001's ''Clausura'', in an eventual league conquest. Romeo's performances caught the eye of German club Hamburger SV, and he continued to net at ease abroad, in two complete season plus two-halves, but came out empty in silverware (a DFB-Ligapokal notwithstanding). In January 2005, he was loaned to RCD Mallorca for six months, after which he was released. Having signed wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Calderón
José Luis Calderón (born 24 October 1970) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for 17 years between 1989 and 2006 without winning a trophy, but between the ages of 36 and 39 he won four major championships with three teams. Nicknamed ''Caldera'', he is remembered for a 48-metre goal he scored against Boca Juniors in 1999 and for his hat-trick against Estudiantes' derby rivals Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata on 15 October 2006. He retired in 2010, at almost 40 years of age. Club career After a promising spell in the youth system of Defensores de Cambaceres, he was transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata, the team he supported as a child, in 1992. His scoring helped the team return from relegation in 1994. Later, he played for Independiente for a year and Italian side S.S.C. Napoli during the 1997–98 season. He returned to Independiente for two years and then moved to Mexico to play with América and Atlas. Calderón has had mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clausura
The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. ' and ' are the Spanish words for "opening" and "closing". In French-speaking Haiti, these are known as the ' and the ', while in English-speaking Belize, they are respectively the ''Opening'' and ''Closing'' seasons. When used in the United States and Canada, they are known as the ''Spring Championship'' and ''Fall Championship'' (). The Americas The ' is held in the first half of the calendar year in Bolivia, Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay and Uruguay while it is held in the second half of the calendar year in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. The words ' and ' are used in most Latin American countries. Some, however, use different terminolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Quinteros
Jorge Roberto ''Polo'' Quinteros (born 27 July 1974 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career He has played for Argentinos Juniors in four different spells, his other clubs include RCD Mallorca in Spain, Talleres de Córdoba, San Lorenzo, Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in Chile, and Chacarita Juniors. The highlights of his career was being part of the San Lorenzo team that won the Clausura 2001 tournament of the Argentine Primera and the Universidad Católica team that won the Clausura 2005 title in Chile. The low points of his career include relegation from the Primera with Argentinos Juniors in 1996, and being knocked out of the semi-finals of the Chilean Primera by Unión Española, 9–10 on penalties, after scoring to put his team ahead in the game. Honours Argentinos Juniors *Primera B Nacional: 1996–97 San Lorenzo * Primera División Argentina: 2001 Apertura Universidad Catól ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Brizuela
Hugo Rolando Brizuela Benítez (born 8 February 1969) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Brizuela started his career with Sol de América in his homeland, with whom he won the 1991 Paraguayan Primera División and took part in the Copa Libertadores in 1989 and 1992. He spent the most part of his career in Chile playing for O'Higgins, Unión Española, Audax Italiano and Universidad Católica. In Argentina, he played for Argentinos Juniors and Chacarita Juniors in 1998 and 2001, respectively. In Mexico, he played for Pachuca and León. He was part of the Pachuca team that won the Invierno 2001 championship in Mexico. In Ecuador, he made an appearance for Barcelona SC. He ended his career with Audax Italiano in 2004 and O'Higgins in the 2005 Primera B. At international level, Brizuela represented Paraguay at the 1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo (; born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was recently the manager of Olimpia. Palermo played mainly as a forward for Boca Juniors. A prolific goalscorer, he is Boca Juniors' all-time top scorer with 236 goals, and is placed 7th among all-time Primera División top scorers with 227 goals in 408 matches. He also played in Argentina for Estudiantes de La Plata and in Spain for Villarreal, Real Betis, and Alavés. During his playing career, he was nicknamed ''Loco'' (, ) and ''Titán'' (, ). In a 2008 poll, Boca Juniors fans chose him as the greatest idol in the club's history. With the Argentina national team, Palermo earned 15 caps and scored 9 goals. He played at the 1999 Copa América and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with a decade-long hiatus in between. Since 2012, he has worked as a manager in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Paraguay. Club career Estudiantes Born in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Paler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
