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1998 FIFA World Cup Group B
Italy finished clear winners of this group with seven points. Injury-time equalisers for Austria, first against Cameroon and then against Chile, meant that all three of these teams could still qualify with one match to go. Austria were then eliminated after losing their final game to Italy (despite scoring once again in injury-time). Chile conceded equalisers in all their games, but their three draws were enough for them to qualify in second place and advance with a record-low three points. Standings *Italy advanced to play Norway (runner-up of Group A) in the round of 16. *Chile advanced to play Brazil (winner of Group A) in the round of 16. Matches Italy vs Chile Cameroon vs Austria Chile vs Austria Italy vs Cameroon Italy vs Austria Chile vs Cameroon {{DEFAULTSORT:Group B Group B Group A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage
The 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage covers the games from the second round through to the final at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The top two teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage. Teams played one game against each other, with the possibility of extra time and penalties if a winner could not be determined after 90 minutes. Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage. Bracket The first games were played on 27 June 1998 and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris. Round of 16 Italy vs Norway Vieri scored his fifth goal of the finals and the only one of the game in the 18th minute with exquisite precision, bursting on to Di Biagio's pass 40 yards from goal. Norway had their moments but failed to finish as Pagliuca made some brilliant saves. Brazil vs Chile France vs Paraguay Nigeria vs Denmark Germany vs Mexico Netherlands vs FR Yugosla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demetrio Albertini
Demetrio Albertini (; born 23 August 1971) is the sporting director of Parma and a former professional Italian football midfielder and vice-president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). He is widely considered one of the legends of the A.C. Milan side of the 90s and a fundamental player for the Italian national team of the same period. He spent most of his career with Milan of the Italian Serie A, winning many trophies, including five Serie A titles and two UEFA Champions League titles with the club. He also played his final season for FC Barcelona, winning the Spanish League before retiring that year. A vital member of the Italian national team, Albertini was part of the squads that competed at the World Cups of 1994 and 1998, as well as the 1996 and 2000 European Championships, reaching the finals of the 1994 World Cup and Euro 2000. Club career Albertini, born in Besana in Brianza, province of Monza e Brianza near Milan, emerged as a product of A.C. Milan's youth ... [...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): 1994 * Primera División de Chile (1): 1997 Apertura * Copa Chile (2): 1991, 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ... International ;Chile * (1): References External links * Universidad Católica profile 1971 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chile int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Rojas Rojas
Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas (born 22 July 1974) is a retired Chilean football player. He played most of his career as a left-back, despite being right-footed. International career Rojas represented Chile at under-20 level in 1993 alongside players such as Claudio Lizama, Claudio Villan and Marcelo Salas. Claudio Andrés Villan Cerpa on Facebook At senior level, Rojas was capped 31 times for the Chile national team between 1995 and 2005, including three games at the . Personal life His common ni ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Reyes (footballer)
Pedro Antonio Reyes González (born 13 November 1972) is a Chilean football manager and former defender. Playing career He was capped 55 times and scored four goals for the Chile national team between 1994 and 2001, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In that tournament, Chile played to a 2-2 tie with Italy. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, Reyes helped Chile capture the bronze in football. He retired on 1 May 2008. In his last match, he played with his World Cup's teammates Iván Zamorano, José Luis Sierra, Jorge Contreras, Javier Margas among others. The match was in Estadio Regional, Antofagasta. Coaching career Reyes graduated as a football manager at the (National Football Institute), alongside former footballers such as Dante Poli, Héctor Robles, among others. He has mainly developed his career as assistant of José Luis Sierra in Colo-Colo, Unión Española, Al-Ittihad. Shabab Al-Ahli and Palestino. In December 2022, he assumed as coach of the Unión E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Margas
Javier Luciano Margas Loyola (born 10 May 1969) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Colo-Colo Margas was born in Santiago de Chile. He experienced the most successful period in his career with his first club Colo-Colo, where he was part of four league championship winning squads. He was also part of the club's first Copa Libertadores win in 1991, and also won two other international tournaments. Club América In 1996 Margas joined Club América in Mexico but didn't settle, returning to Chile in 1997. Universidad Católica Margas then joined Universidad Católica, where he was part of the squad that won the 1997 Apertura. West Ham United Margas' last years as a player were spent with West Ham United. He scored once during his spell with West Ham, in a 5–0 win over Coventry City in April 2000. In 2001, Margas gained notoriety for disappearing from England without a trace and many weeks passed before he was found in his home coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Fuentes
Ronald Hugo Fuentes Núñez (born 22 June 1969) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Unión Española. Club career Fuentes played his entire club career in Chile for two teams, he started his career in 1987 with Cobresal, and in 1994 he joined Universidad de Chile where he won four league titles and two Copa Chile titles. International career At international level, Fuentes was capped 50 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, at including four games at the 1998 FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moisés Villarroel (Chilean Footballer)
Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala (born 12 February 1976) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Career He played for Colo-Colo, where he was part of the 2006 apertura, 2006 clausura, 2007 apertura, 2007 clausura, 2008 clausura championship teams. Now he is the captain of Santiago Wanderers club where he started his football career. Villarroel's international debut came in a match against Venezuela, which Chile won 6–0 on April 29, 1997. He has capped 34 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1997 and 2005, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He has also represented his country in four Copa América tournaments. Villaroel has mainly played as a right sided defender and defensive midfielder. He has been described as a tough defensive minded player with a high work-rate. Coaching career Santiago Wanderers Short after retiring in 2014, Villarroel started coaching the youth teams at Santiago Wanderers. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Tapia
Nelson Antonio Tapia Ríos (born 22 September 1966) is a former Chilean football goalkeeper and current football manager of Ecuadorian club Olmedo. International career He made his debut for the Chile national team in 1994 against France. After his last match thus far, a 0–5 loss against Brazil in 2005, the tally is at 73 caps. He played all four games for Chile at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and he also won an Olympic bronze medal with Chile at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Managerial career While he was studying at the INAF (National Football Institute) to become a football manager, he worked as a goalkeeping coach of C.D. Universidad Católica at under-10 level and as the coach of the Molina football team, in his birthplace. In addition to this, he worked as coach at school and university level and as the Technical Director of both Unión Temuco and Colchagua. In 2015, he worked as a goalkeeping coach of Chile U17 and next he became the manager of Independiente de Cauquenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Maldini
Cesare Maldini (; 5 February 1932 – 3 April 2016) was an Italian professional football manager and player who played as a defender. Father to Paolo Maldini and grandfather to Daniel Maldini, Cesare began his career with Italian side Triestina, before transferring to AC Milan in 1954, whom he captained to win four Serie A league titles and one European Cup during his twelve seasons with the club. He retired in 1967, after a season with Torino. Internationally, he played for Italy, earning 14 caps and participating in the 1962 World Cup. He served as team captain for both Milan and Italy. As a manager, he also coached his former club Milan on two occasions, as well as Italian sides Foggia, Ternana and Parma. He had a successful career in charge of the Italy under-21 side, winning the European Under-21 Championship a record three consecutive times; he later also coached the Italy senior team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the Paraguay national football team at the 2002 FIFA W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi (; born 9 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was nicknamed "Superpippo" or "Alta tensione" by fans and commentators during his playing career. He is the manager of Serie B club Reggina. His younger brother, Simone Inzaghi, is also a former footballer and current manager of Italian club Inter. Inzaghi played as a striker for several Italian clubs, and spent the most notable spells of his club career with Juventus and AC Milan, winning two UEFA Champions League titles (2003, 2007), and three Serie A titles (1998, 2004, 2011). He is the seventh highest scorer in Italy, with 313 goals scored in official matches. He is currently the sixth-highest goal scorer in European club competitions with 70 goals, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Raúl and Karim Benzema. He is also Milan's top international goal scorer in the club's history with 43 goals. He also ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Chiesa
Enrico Chiesa (; born 29 December 1970) is an Italian football coach and former striker. A prolific goalscorer, Chiesa played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and performed regularly in Serie A for over a decade, winning titles with Sampdoria, Parma, and Fiorentina; he later also spent a spell with Lazio. He moved to Siena where he became a household name and, thanks to his goals, the Tuscan side stayed in the top division for many seasons. He retired with Figline in 2010, the club with which he subsequently began his coaching career. He won the 1998–99 UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia with Parma, finishing the former tournament as the top scorer, with 8 goals. At international level, he represented the Italy national team on 17 occasions between 1996 and 2001, scoring 7 goals, and was also part of the Italian squads that took part at UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He is father to Federico Chiesa, who is a professional footballer himself currently pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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