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2001 Copa América Squads
Below are the rosters of the teams that participated in the 2001 Copa América. Group A Chile Head coach: Pedro García (footballer, born 1946), Pedro García Colombia Head coach: Francisco Maturana Ecuador Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez Venezuela Head coach: Richard Páez Group B Brazil Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari Mexico Head coach: Javier Aguirre Paraguay Head coach: Sergio Markarián Peru Head coach: Julio César Uribe Group C Bolivia Head coach: Carlos Aragonés Costa Rica Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães Honduras Head coach: Ramón Maradiaga Uruguay Head coach: Víctor Púa Withdrawn teams Argentina Argentine squad was revealed on 16 June 2001. The team ultimately withdrew fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Copa América
The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal. Brazil were the two-time defending champions, but they were knocked out of the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final. There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited. Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On 1 July they announced the cancellation of the tournament. Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on 6 July CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule. When the tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecos F
Tecos Fútbol Club, simply known as Tecos, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco, and associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG). It competes in Liga Premier de México, Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1971 as Club de Fútbol Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and commonly known as Tecos UAG, then changed its name to Club Deportivo Estudiantes Tecos in 2009. After the franchise was moved to Zacatecas in 2015, the club remained under its current name. It plays its home games in the Estadio 3 de Marzo (), named for the university founding day in 1935. Tecos have won the Liga MX, Primera División de México once and is the only team in Mexican football history to ascend from the two lower divisions and get the Championship (the other team that ascended from lower divisions was Oaxtepec, though it descended later). The club was runner-up in ... [...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] |
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was founded in 1916, and since 1959 has been owned by mass media company Televisa. The team plays its home games at Estadio Azteca, Estadio Banorte, the largest stadium in Latin America and List of association football stadiums by capacity, one of the largest in the world. América is one of the Liga MX#Founding members, founding members of the Primera División. The club has a long-standing rivalry with C.D. Guadalajara, Guadalajara, as both are the most successful and most supported teams in the country and are among the seven List of unrelegated association football clubs, clubs to have never been relegated. Matches between them are known as ''El Súper Clásico (Mexico), El Súper Clásico'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Rojas (footballer, Born 1974)
Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo (born 7 May 1974) is a Chilean football manager and former player. A centre-back, he played for clubs like Universidad de Chile, América and Colo-Colo. Club career As a youth player, he was with Academia Santa Inés, a traditional Football Academy based in La Serena. Rojas began his professional career in his native country, playing for Club de Deportes La Serena from 1990 to 1993. After his stint at La Serena, he signed with Unión Española. The following year Rojas made his debut in the Chile national team, appearing in a game against Argentina. After his time at Unión, Rojas was transferred to Universidad de Chile during the 1997 season. Ricardo's continued success at both club and national team levels brought attention to him from foreign teams. At the end of the 2000 season he was signed by the Mexican club Club América. Excluding a six-month loan in 2004 to Universidad Católica de Chile, Rojas has been a staple of the Club América ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportes Concepción (Chile)
Deportes Concepción is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción, Biobio Region. , they play at the second tier of the Chilean League system, the Primera B de Chile. The club was founded in 1966, by the organizations of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region of Chile. Their main rivals are Fernández Vial, with whom they play the "clásico penquista" and Huachipato. The club played their home games at Estadio Ester Roa in Concepción, Chile, which seats 30,448 people. History The team joined the second level of the Chilean professional league in 1966 and won the tournament a year later, gaining promotion to the Primera División de Chile. In 1991, the team joined in representing Chile in the Copa Libertadores, they passed through the 1st round phase but lost in the round of sixteen against América de Cali. In 1993, the club was relegat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristián Montecinos
Cristian Antonio Montecinos González (born 29 December 1970) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker for several teams in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. He also played for the Chile national team. Montecinos began his professional career in 1988. During his playing career he played for teams like Rangers, Unión Española, Deportes Temuco, Atlético Junior, Santos Laguna, Deportes Concepción, Cruz Azul, Colo-Colo, Necaxa, Puebla, Al Wasl, among others. Montecinos was member of Chile's 23-man squad at 2001 Copa América, whilst the team was coached by Nelson Acosta. Club career A product of his hometown's team youth set-up, Rangers de Talca, he professionally debuted in 1988. That year he only played one game and didn't scored goals at the second-level (Primera B. Then, and now at top-level following the team's promotion, he netted seven goals in 21 participations. In 1992, Montecinos was transferred to Unión Española, winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio Aros
Mauricio Fernando Aros Bahamonde (born 9 March 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Aros began his career in the youth squads of Deportes Concepción and debuted as a professional in 1995. In 1998, Aros left the club for Universidad de Chile and won two Primera División Chilean Championships and two Copa Chile trophies with the club. In 2001, he signed for Dutch club Feyenoord. He won the 2001–02 UEFA Cup with the club, as an unused substitute in the final, but did not receive regular playing time. In 2002, Aros was loaned to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and in 2003 he was loaned to Saudi club Al-Hilal. In the middle of 2004, Aros contract expired and he returned to Chile to play for Huachipato. He then moved to Cobreloa for two years. In the Clausura 2007 tournament, Universidad de Concepción made the finals of the playoffs and lost to Colo-Colo. International career Aros made his international debut for the Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unión San Felipe
Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger of ''Internacional'' and ''Tarcisio''. In November 2009, the club won the Copa Chile, their second major title, after beating Deportes Iquique in the final 3–0. With this victory, they gained qualification for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, beating LDU Quito 4–2 in the first leg, but losing 6–1 in Ecuador and being eliminated. The club is the only team in Chile ever to win the second level and then the first level in consecutive seasons (1970 and 1971). Honours National * Primera División ** Winners (1): 1971 * Copa Chile ** Winners (1): 2009 * Primera B ** Winners (3): 1970, 2000, 2009 South American cups history Current squad 2021 Winter Transfers In Out Managers * Julio Baldovinos (1961) * Luis Tirad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Corrales
Marcelo Enrique Corrales García (born 20 February 1971) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Santiago, Corrales formerly played for Palestino, Universidad Católica, Temuco, Provincial Osorno, Santiago Wanderers, Unión San Felipe, Al-Shabab, Universidad de Chile, Puerto Montt, Coquimbo Unido and Municipal Iquique. In 2010, he retired from football after playing for Coquimbo Unido, but he returned to the activity by joining San Antonio Unido in the Tercera A in 2012. Corrales is seventh on the list of all-time Chilean top scorers. International career Corrales represented Chile at under-15 level in a tournament played in Coquimbo. At senior level, he made two appearances for the Chile national team at the Copa América 2001, scoring one goal. Personal life His son, Joan, is a former footballer who was in the Coquimbo Unido youth ranks and played for Swedish side Rågsveds IF Rågsveds IF is a Swedish association foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Toro
Carlos Antonio Toro Coronado (born 4 February 1976) is a Chilean former football goalkeeper. Club career He reached his better season with Santiago Wanderers in 2001, being called up to the Chile national team. International career He represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1995 South American Championship and the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. At senior level, he made his debut on 21 March 2001 in a friendly against Honduras. He obtained a total number of three caps for his native country, and was a member of the team competing at the 2001 Copa América. In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001. Honours Club ;Santiago Wanderers * Primera División de Chile (1): 2001 The year's most prominent event was 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. The United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Wanderers
Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their games there since 1931 after moving from Barrio Puerto. Founded on 15 August 1892, it is the country's oldest club and the oldest football team in Chile and the entirity of the Americas. For this reason, Wanderers is known in Chile as the ''Decano del fútbol chileno'' ("The dean of Chilean football") and forms part of CONMEBOL's ''Club de los 100'', section which congregates Latin-American teams founded over 100 years ago. In 2007, the club was declared as part of Valparaíso's intangible heritage. The club's home colours are green shirts and socks with white shorts, which are based on the colours of the Irish national football team. Wanderers have a fierce rivalry with cross-city neighbours Everton and the two sides contest the Cl� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
