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1999 Copa América Squads
Below are the rosters of the teams that participated in the 1999 Copa América. Group A Bolivia Head coach: Héctor Veira Japan Head coach: Philippe Troussier Paraguay Head coach: Ever Hugo Almeida Peru Head coach: Juan Carlos Oblitas Group B Brazil Head coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo Chile Head coach: Nelson Acosta Mexico Head coach: Manuel Lapuente Venezuela Head coach: José Omar Pastoriza Group C Argentina Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa Colombia Head coach: Ecuador Head coach: Carlos Sevilla Uruguay Head coach: Víctor Púa Víctor Haroldo Púa Sosa (born 31 May 1956 in Paso de los Toros) is a Uruguayan former football player and currently a football manager. Career He coached the Ur ... [...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. There was no qualifying for the final tournament. Mexico and Japan were invited to take part, with the latter becoming the first team to from outside the Americas to participate in the competition. Uruguay sent 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 participating squads: '' 1999 Copa América squads'' Venue selection Paraguay was chosen to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Etcheverry
Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas (born 26 September 1970) is a Bolivian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. A creative playmaker, he is considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time. Etcheverry played for D.C. United of Major League Soccer from 1996 to 2003. He helped D.C United win eight trophies during that time, and was nominated to the MLS Best XI in four consecutive seasons from 1996 to 1999. Club career Etcheverry, is nicknamed ''El Diablo'' (The Devil). Etcheverry was trained at Bolivia's Tahuichi Academy, after which he played professionally with Bolivian sides (Destroyers, Bolívar, Oriente Petrolero), Spain (Albacete), Chile (Colo-Colo), Colombia (América de Cali) and Ecuador (Barcelona, Emelec). Etchverry joined D.C. United of Major League Soccer in its inaugural season of 1996, and led the team to three MLS Cups and was named MLS MVP in 1998. In eight years with the team, Etcheverry played 191 league games, scoring 34 goals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the most important football teams of South America by FIFA. It is one of the eight Argentine first division teams that have won the Copa Libertadores. The continental trophy was won in the club's first entry to the contest, in 1985. The most remarkable sign of this team is the power of its youth teams, which unveiled some of the most talented footballers in Argentinian football history, with Diego Maradona as the greatest example of all. As a result, it has been described as "one of Argentina's most distinctive football clubs". History Early years The club was founded in the Villa Crespo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires on 14 August 1904, by a group of anarchist boys that were part of club "Mártires de Chicago" (chosen in homage to the eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Quinteros
Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato (born 15 February 1965) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Chilean club Colo-Colo. Born in Argentina, he played for the Bolivia national team. Playing career Club His clubs as a player include The Strongest and San José in Bolivia. He also played for San Lorenzo de Almagro, Argentinos Juniors and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in his native Argentina. International The defender played 26 international matches and scored once for the Bolivia national team, including two appearances in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. His only goal came in a friendly match against Honduras on January 29, 1993, when he opened the score in the 3–1 in the Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba. Managerial career After retiring as a player, Quinteros became a manager at San Lorenzo's youth academy. In 2003, he had a brief spell as first team manager. In 2005, he managed the Bolivian Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Justiniano
Miguel Raúl Justiniano Abella (born September 29, 1977, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian retired football midfielder who played for the Bolivia national team in Copa América 1999 and Copa América 2001. Club career At club level Justiniano had two spells with Blooming. During the first period with the ''millonarios'', he won back-to-back national titles. Subsequently, he would also play for Real Mamoré, Oriente Petrolero, Universitario de Sucre, Wilstermann, Bolívar, Guabirá and La Paz where he finished his career in 2009. International career As a plus, Justiniano also played for the Bolivia national team between 1999 and 2005, scoring 1 goal in 26 games. He represented his country in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1999 Confederations Cup. Honours Club * Blooming ** Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: 1998, 1999 * Bolívar ** Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Soria
Vladimir Soria Camacho (born 15 July 1964) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Bolívar. Club career Soria was born in Cochabamba. At club level, he played most of his career for Bolívar, where he won 8 national titles. He played in 451 games netting 52 goals. He also participated in 93 Copa Libertadores matches and scored 4 goals. Soria is third player with more appearances in the history of this international competition. National team Between 1989 and 2000 Soria has earned 51 caps and one goal for the Bolivia national football team. Among the most important tournaments at international level, Soria played in the |
Sporting De Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in La Liga Santander. Known as ''Los Rojiblancos'' because of their red and white striped jerseys, their home ground is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, in use since at least 1908. Traditionally their red and white shirts are accompanied by blue shorts with the socks recently also being blue. Its Asturian name is ''Real Sporting de Xixón''. The most important milestones of the club were in the 1970s and 1980s, when it finished as runner-up of the 1978–79 La Liga and played two finals of the Copa del Rey in 1981 and 1982. Real Sporting is also one of only nine Spanish teams that have never played below the second division. Its local rival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Cristaldo
Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz (born August 31, 1969 in Formosa, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Bolivian football midfielder. He is Bolivia's national team record cap holder alongside Marco Sandy. Club career Born in Argentina, he relocated to Santa Cruz, Bolivia at the age of 15. Cristaldo then began attending the prestigious Tahuichi football academy, and by the time he was 18 years old he made his official debut in first division. He played for Bolivian teams Oriente Petrolero (1990–92) and Bolívar (1993–98), winning 4 national titles combined during those years. In 1998, he went abroad to play for Sporting de Gijón in Spain and later with Cerro Porteño and Sol de América in Paraguay, not to mention a previous spell he had during 1994 with Argentine club Mandiyú de Corrientes and legendary Diego Maradona as the manager. In 2001, Cristaldo returned to Bolivia and played with The Strongest for the next six years. In 2007, during his second spell with Ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of Venezuelan military leader Simón Bolívar, it is the most successful and popular club in the history of Bolivian football, with 30 titles. The club was founded with a light blue color, which is why it is sometimes nicknamed "Celeste" (The Sky Blue). The club has two stadiums. Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar, which has a capacity for 5,000 people and is located in the Tembladerani neighborhood of La Paz, is only used for training sessions and friendly matches. Estadio Hernando Siles, which holds a capacity for 41,143 people, is the club's main stadium, and is used for official matches. Bolívar began playing the amateur era two years after its foundation, in 1927, where it finished runner-up, and it was in the 1932 tournament that the club won its first championship title. The club won consecutive championships in the years of 1939, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Liendo (footballer, Born 1978)
Luis Antonio Liendo Asbún (born February 25, 1978) is a retired Chilean-Bolivian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... midfielder, who has played in different leagues throughout South America, Europe and North America. He also played for the Bolivia national football team, Bolivia national team. Club career Liendo began his soccer career in 1997 playing for the Boca Juniors reserves team in Argentina then was signed by Club Bolívar, Bolívar in Bolivia. Liendo had a brief experience with Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid B in Spain. Shortly after his time in Spain, he was bought by Ascoli Calcio 1898, Ascoli in Italy. He also played for A.S.D. Spezia Calcio 2008, Spezia, Novara Calcio, Novara and Gela Calcio, Gela in Italy. After six years of playing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Santa Cruz
Club Real Santa Cruz is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia currently playing in the top-flight División Profesional after winning promotion in 2019. The club last played in the first division in 2004; they also played the Copa Bolivia in 2001, when they became runners-up. They play their home games at the Estadio Real Santa Cruz. History The club was formed on 3 May 1962. Achievements National honours * Second Division, Copa Simón Bolívar: **Champions (1): 1993 **Runners-up (1): 2019 *Copa Bolivia: **Runners-up (1): 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... References External linksBolivia – List of Final Tables 1950–1990nbsp;– RSSSFnbsp;– Fmbolivia.net Football clubs in Bolivia 1960 establishments in Bolivia Association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
