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1999 Copa América Group B
The Group B of the 1999 Copa América was one of the three groups of competing nations in the 1999 Copa América. It comprised Brazil national football team, Brazil, Chile national football team, Chile, Venezuela national football team, Venezuela, and Mexico national football team, Mexico. Group play began on June 30 and ended on July 6. Brazil won the group and faced Argentina national football team, Argentina, the runner-up of 1999 Copa América Group C, Group C, in the quarterfinals. Mexico finished second and faced Peru national football team, Peru, the runner-up of 1999 Copa América Group A, Group A, in the quarterfinals. Chile finished third and faced Colombia national football team, Colombia, the winner of 1999 Copa América Group C, Group C, in the quarterfinals. Venezuela finished fourth in the group and was eliminated from the tournament. Standings Teams that advanced to the 1999 Copa América knockout stage, quarterfinals *Group winners *Group runners-up *1999 Copa Am� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Copa América
The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited CONCACAF's Mexico, accepting their fourth invitation, and AFC's Japan, who made their debut at the tournament. Japan thus became the first country outside of Americas to participate at the Copa América. Uruguay fielded a youth team. Competing nations As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico (accepting their fourth invitation) from the CONCACAF and Japan from the AFC. * * * (holders) * * * * (invitee) * (invitee) * (hosts) * * * Venues A total of four host cities hosted the tournament. The opening and final game were hosted by Estadio Defensores del Chaco. Squads For a complete list of partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Vargas (footballer, Born 1976)
Jorge Vargas (born 8 February 1976 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean football manager and former football defender. Club career Vargas debuted in his country's first division in 1995 while playing for Huachipato on loan from Universidad Católica. After returning from his loan spell Vargas received little playing time for Universidad Católica and was consequently loaned out during the 1997 season to Coquimbo Unido, where he began to make a name for himself with his solid play. His play did not go unnoticed by Universidad Católica as he returned to the club and began to feature regularly. By 1999 Vargas established himself as the symbol and most prominent member of the club appearing in 38 matches and netting three goals. Vargas started drawing interest from Italian clubs and by the end of 1999 was sold to Reggina. With Reggina in the Italian Serie A, Vargas enjoyed the most successful part of his career. In four years he appeared in 97 league matches scoring three goals. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Acosta
Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed ''Pelado Acosta'' (''Bald'' Acosta), (born 12 June 1944 in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan-born Chilean football manager and footballer. He became a naturalized Chilean citizen in 1984 and managed several football teams. He is now retired. Career He managed the national team of Chile from 1996 to 2001, leading them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup despite having only managed club football with no national team experience before taking over the Chile job. He guided Chile to its first World Cup finals appearance after a 16-year absence. Finishing second in Group B behind Italy, Chile reached the Round of 16 for the first time since 1962, losing 4-1 to Brazil at the Parc des Princes. He would soon obtain a fourth place in the 1999 Copa América held in Paraguay and a historic bronze medal in charge of the U-23 team in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. His dismal results in the qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup led to his dismissal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Palacios
Raúl Alejandro Palacios Gamboa (born 30 October 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Palacios played in several teams, in- and outside Chile. At international level, Palacios was a member of the Chilean squad at the 1999 Copa América, where the team finished in fourth place. In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001. Honours Colo-Colo * Copa Chile: 1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ... Chile * : 2000 References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palacios, Raul 1976 births Living people People from Los Andes Province, Chile Chilean men's footballers Footballers from Valparaíso Region Men's association football midfielders Chile men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro González (footballer, Born 1967)
Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia, Chile, Valdivia) is a Chilean Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, football player nicknamed "Heidi". A Forward (association football), forward, with 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco Valdés, Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés, who has 215 official goals. International career González represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1987 South American U-20 Championship, 1987 South American Championship and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. At senior level, he earned 29 caps and scored 5 goals from 1993 to 2000. Managerial career After working for seven years in the Unión Española youth system, in August 2018 González became the General Manager of the Deportes Valdivia youth system and the coach of the under-19 level team. In 2019, he coached the first team for three months, returning to the youth system in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabián Estay
Fabián Raphael Estay Silva (born October 5, 1968) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Estay played for club sides in Chile, Switzerland, Greece, Mexico and Colombia. At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1987 South American Championship and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, where Chile reached the fourth place. At senior level, he was capped 69 times and scored five goals for the Chile national team between 1990 and 2001, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Estay made his debut for the senior national squad on October 17, 1990, in a friendly against Brazil. Personal life Estay has a long-term close friendship with the former fellow footballer Iván Zamorano, what interrupted from 2001 to 2007 due to the fact that Estay stated that Zamorano didn't support him when he was isolated from the América first team by the club leaders. In addition, Zamorano is the godfather of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Salas
José Marcelo Salas Melinao (; born 24 December 1974), nicknamed ''Bullfighter, Matador'' (due to his Goal celebration, goalscoring celebrations), ''El Fenómeno'' and ''Shileno'', is a Chilean former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Salas is considered the best striker in the history of Chile. He stood out during the 1990s and 2000s in clubs such as Club Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile, Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate, Società Sportiva Lazio, Lazio and Juventus FC, Juventus. He was the captain of the Chile national football team, Chile national team and the top scorer – scoring 45 goals in total: 37 goals for the Chile national football team (4 in Soccer World Cup, World Cups, 18 in World Cup qualification processes and 15 in friendlies) and 8 goals with the Chile Olympic football team. He played in Chile, Argentina and Italy, winning titles with each club he joined. The IFFHS ranked him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Zamorano
Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (; born 18 January 1967) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers and one of the greatest strikers of his generation. He first appeared as a member of the Chile national team in 1987, appearing on the team every year until 2001. During his tenure, he played in the 1998 World Cup, four Copa América tournaments, and the Olympics in 2000 with the u-23 team, where he won a bronze medal and was the top scorer of the tournament. He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubs Sevilla and Real Madrid; Italian club Inter Milan as well as Liga MX club América. He won the 1994–95 La Liga title and was the season's top scorer with Real Madrid. He also won the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan in 1998, as well as the Liga MX title with America his first season with the club. A powerful and prolific goal-scorer, he was particularly renowned for his strength and ability in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pizarro
David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés (born 11 September 1979) is a Chilean former professional Association football, footballer who last played as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile. He is usually deployed as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder, although he can also operate in a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, holding role in front of the back-line, in a more Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking position in the hole behind the strikers, or even as a Midfielder#Deep-lying playmaker (Strolling 10), deep-lying playmaker. An intelligent and technically gifted player, who possesses significant physical strength in spite of his diminutive stature, and an ability to dictate play in midfield, Pizarro is known in particular for his vision, range of passing, Dribbling#Association football, dribbling skills, and ability from Direct free kick, set pieces. Pizarro began his career in Chile with Santiago Wanderers, and later also played for Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Valencia (footballer, Born 1972)
Esteban Andrés Valencia Bascuñán (born 8 January 1972) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Chilean club Deportes Temuco. Club career A historical player of Universidad de Chile, in Chile he also played for Provincial Osorno, Deportes Puerto Montt, Palestino and Universidad Católica. Abroad he played for Colón in Argentina and Persegi Bali in Indonesia at the end of his career, where he faced other Chilean players such as Francisco Rotunno. International career Nicknamed "Huevito", Valencia obtained a total number of 48 caps for the Chile national football team, scoring three goals between 1994 and 2001. He made his full international debut on 30 April 1994. Following his return from Indonesia in 2008, he represented the Chile beach soccer team in the South American Championship, alongside retired professional footballers such as Rodrigo Cuevas, Rodrigo Sanhueza, and Carlos Medina, with Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Acuña
Clárence Williams Acuña Donoso (born 8 February 1975 in Rancagua) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Chilean league He started his career at Chilean club O'Higgins, whom he began playing for in 1994 at the age of nineteen. He played at O'Higgins until 1996, scoring eight goals in eighty-one games. He then caught the eye of professional club Universidad de Chile. They signed him, and he played ninety games for them between 1997 and 1999, again scoring eight goals. Newcastle United After impressive domestic and international performances, Acuña was attracting attention from many big clubs. He eventually signed for Newcastle United, after manager Bobby Robson beat off competition from Manchester United and Parma to clinch Acuña's signature, earning him a £900,000 move to Newcastle United in October 2000, after receiving a work permit. He made his debut for Newcastle on Saturday 28 October 2000 in a 1-0 away defeat to West H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Parraguez
Nelson Rodrigo Parraguez Riveros (born April 5, 1971) is a retired Chilean football midfielder who was capped 52 times for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2001, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Paraguez played most of his career for Universidad Católica where he won one league title and two Copa Chile. He also played abroad for Necaxa of Mexico and Nueva Chicago of Argentina. Honours Club ;Universidad Católica * Copa Interamericana (1): 1993 * Primera División de Chile (1): 1997 Apertura * Copa Chile (2): 1991, 1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ... International ;Chile * (1): References External links * Universidad Católica profile 1971 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
