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2005–06 Atlético Madrid Season
Atlético de Madrid failed to live up to the high expectations, in spite of the appointment of multiple Copa Libertadores-winning coach Carlos Bianchi. The defensive triangle of goalkeeper Leo Franco and central defenders Luis Perea and Pablo Ibáñez, all of which played a huge part in Atlético conceding only 31 goals. The defensive tactics left high-profile striker Fernando Torres alone up front, and despite having Maxi Rodríguez in support, the duo were the only players able to function offensively for the club, which responded with a €23 million signing of 18-year-old superstarlet Sergio Agüero from Independiente. Squad Goalkeepers * Leo Franco * Iván Cuéllar * Ismael Falcón * Roberto Defenders * Juan Velasco Damas * Antonio López * García Calvo * Francisco Molinero * Valera * Luis Perea * Pablo Ibáñez * Pablo Sicilia * Antonio Moreno Midfielders * Gonzalo Colsa * Zahínos * Luciano Galletti * Ariel Ibagaza * Maxi Rodríguez * M ...
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Atlético De Madrid
Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Club Madrid, which later evolved into Atlético Madrid) *Athlético Marseille (formerly Groupe Sportif Consolat and sometimes referred to as Marseille Consolat), French amateur football club * Avendale Athletico, South African football club from Cape Town Atletico / Atlético * Atlético Albacete, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha * Atletico Arezzo, or S.S. Arezzo, Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany *Atlético Arteixo, Spanish football team based in Arteixo, A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia *Atlético Astorga FC, Spanish football team based in Astorga in the autonomous community of Castile and León * Atlético Bahía, Mexican football club in ...
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Iván Cuéllar
Iván Cuéllar Sacristán (born 27 May 1984), nicknamed Pichu, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sporting de Gijón. Formed at Atlético Madrid, he spent most of his career with Sporting de Gijón, where he made 221 total appearances. Club career Atlético Madrid Cuéllar was born in Mérida, Extremadura, and earned his nickname "Pichu" – local dialect for a young boy – from a cousin. He spent time at Real Madrid before continuing his development at hometown club Mérida UD, where he made his senior debut aged 17 in a 1–0 loss away to Granada CF in Segunda División B. After completing his formation at Atlético Madrid, he made his first appearance for the first team in the last matchday of the 2004–05 season, in a 2–2 draw against neighbours Getafe CF. In 2006–07, benefitting from the forced absence of starter Leo Franco, Cuéllar played a further seven games, including a 0–6 home defeat to FC Barcelona on 20 May 2007. Sportin ...
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Ariel Ibagaza
Ariel Miguel Santiago Ibagaza (born 27 October 1976) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. Nicknamed ''El Caño'', his usual position was attacking midfielder, and he was well known for his technique and vision. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain – where he represented mainly Mallorca – and amassing La Liga totals of 343 matches and 33 goals over 12 seasons. Playing career Born in Buenos Aires, Ibagaza began his professional career with Club Atlético Lanús, and moved in July 1998 to RCD Mallorca in Spain alongside teammate Gustavo Siviero (another Argentine, Carlos Roa, had done the same move the previous season), being part of the Balearic Islands side that finished third in his first year, narrowly missing on UEFA Champions League group stage entry. In the 2000–01 campaign Ibagaza, best known for his playmaking decisions, scored a career-best ten goals, and continued to be an undisputed starter – and ...
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Luciano Galletti
Luciano Martín Galletti (; born 9 April 1980) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a right winger. In a professional career that lasted 14 years he played mostly in Spain, with Zaragoza and Atlético Madrid, but also represented Olympiacos, winning five major titles with the latter club. He was also retired from 2010 to 2013, before returning to active with OFI Crete. An Argentina international in the 2000s, Galletti appeared with the national team at the 2005 Confederations Cup. Club career Early years and Italy Born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Galletti's career began with Estudiantes de La Plata, where his father Rubén Horacio played as a right-wing forward during the 1970s. He scored once in 24 games in his second season in the Primera División. In January 1999, Galletti joined Parma A.C. in Italy, but failed to break into the first team, moving in the following transfer window to another club in the country, Serie B's S.S.C. Napoli – loaned ...
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José Ignacio Zahínos
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ...
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Gonzalo Colsa
Gonzalo Colsa Albendea (born 2 April 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who usually played as a central midfielder. He amassed La Liga totals of 340 matches and 29 goals over 14 seasons, representing in the competition Racing de Santander (two spells), Atlético Madrid, Valladolid and Mallorca. Club career A product of Racing de Santander's youth academy, Colsa was born in Santander, and he appeared sporadically with the first team (with an unassuming Segunda División stint with CD Logroñés in between) during his first four seasons, although he scored three goals in 19 games in 2000–01, with the Cantabrians being relegated from La Liga. After representing Atlético Madrid, Real Valladolid and RCD Mallorca, Colsa returned to Santander for 2006–07 campaign, as an undisputed starter and one of the team's captains. In the second season in his second spell he played all the matches as Racing achieved a first-ever qualification to the UEFA Cup, and netted two times. C ...
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Antonio Moreno Sánchez
Antonio Moreno Sánchez (born 13 February 1983 in Puerto Real, Province of Cádiz) is a Spanish former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a right-back. External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Antonio 1983 births Living people People from Puerto Real Footballers from the Province of Cádiz Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Atlético Madrid C players Atlético Madrid B players Atlético Madrid footballers Mérida UD footballers CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Atlético Sanluqueño CF players CD Gu ...
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Pablo Sicilia
Pablo Sicilia Roig (born 10 September 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played usually as a central defender. He spent most of his 11-year professional career with Tenerife, appearing in 197 competitive games over six seasons, one spent in La Liga. Club career Sicilia was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. After starting professionally with local UD Vecindario, he joined Atlético Madrid for the 2004–05 season, but was mainly registered with the reserves. On 19 February 2006 he made his sole appearance with the first team, playing one minute in a 3–0 away win against neighbours Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op .... In the 2006–07 campaign, Sicilia signed for CD Tenerife in the second division, being an early first choice. In his thi ...
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Juan Valera Espín
Juan Valera Espín (born 21 December 1984) is a Spanish retired professional footballer. He operated as a defender or midfielder, on the right side of the pitch. He amassed La Liga totals of 200 matches and eight goals over 11 seasons, representing in the competition Murcia, Atlético Madrid, Racing de Santander and Getafe. Club career Born in Murcia, Valera made his professional debut at hometown's Real Murcia, and first played in La Liga in 2003–04, appearing in ten games during the season. In 2005–06 he moved to Atlético Madrid, where his progression was marred by injuries; on 25 February 2006, he scored twice as a substitute in a 5–0 home win against Málaga CF. On 1 September 2008, Valera agreed to a one-year loan at Racing de Santander. On 5 October he netted his first goal for the Cantabrians, in a 1–0 last-minute away victory over CA Osasuna; he also scored in December, but in an insufficient 3–1 UEFA Cup group stage defeat of Manchester Ci ...
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Francisco Molinero
Francisco José Molinero Calderón (born 26 July 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Mar Menor FC as a right-back. Club career Molinero was born in Ontígola, Province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha. After playing two La Liga seasons for Atlético Madrid (his first game being on 25 September 2004, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF), in whose youth system he grew, he served a Segunda División loan stint at Málaga CF. In July 2007, free agent Molinero agreed to a two-year deal to RCD Mallorca. He appeared sparingly throughout the season, moving the following campaign to Levante UD, recently relegated to the second division. On 21 July 2009, Molinero signed with Romania's FC Dinamo București, leaving Spain for the first time in his career. He spent only one year in Liga I, however, cancelling his three-year contract in the summer and returning to his country, joining division two club SD Huesca. In the 2011 off-seaso ...
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José García Calvo
José Antonio García Calvo (born 1 April 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender. During his professional career he represented both Madrid clubs, Real and Atlético (but was mainly associated with Valladolid), appearing in 355 La Liga matches over 15 seasons and scoring 12 goals. Club career A product of Real Madrid's youth system, Madrid-born García Calvo appeared in six games for the first team as they won the La Liga championship in the 1996–97 season, eventually totalling only 16 during his spell. His first match came on 2 March 1996, in a 5–0 home win against UD Salamanca ( Fernando Sanz, another centre-back from the academy, also played his first top-flight match that day); subsequently, he signed with Real Valladolid where he was a regular for four years, scoring his first professional goal in his first year. Calvo then spent five years in another club from the capital, Atlético Madrid. He was instrumental in the ''Col ...
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Antonio López Guerrero
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António ( Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In Galici ...
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