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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 Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rancagua
Rancagua () is a city and commune in central Chile and part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It was originally named Santa Cruz de Triana by Spanish colonists. In 2012, its population was 232,211. The main economic activities range from mining, tourism, agriculture, timber, food production and services to minor industrial activities. The city also serves as the administrative and legal center of the region. Together with Machalí and Gultro, it forms the Rancagua conurbation. After Curicó, Talca and Concepción, it is one of the most important and densely populated cities of the south central zone of Chile. History Foundation period The Rancagua Valley was occupied by the local Picunche. They fell briefly under the control of the Inca Empire in the 15th century. Its remains in structures can still be found near the city today. Through their civil engineeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parma F
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second most populous city in Emilia-Romagna after Bologna, the region's capital. The city is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the stream of the same name. The district on the far side of the river is ''Oltretorrente''. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called ''Parma''. The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry", with reference to the time when the city was capital of the independent Duchy of Parma. History Prehistory Parma was already a built-up area in the Bronze Age. In the current p ... [...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] |
El Día (Chile)
''El Día'' is a Chilean newspaper based in La Serena serving the Coquimbo Region The Coquimbo Region ( es, Región de Coquimbo, ) is one of Chile's 16 regions (first order administrative divisions). It is bordered by Atacama to the north, Valparaíso to the south, Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. .... History ''El Día'' was founded by Pedro Vega Gutiérrez on April 1, 1944, with 1,200 copies of the first edition sold from a building at the corner of Calle Los Carrera and Calle Brasil in the center of La Serena. Antonio Puga Rodríguez acquired the newspaper in 1959, and his family continues to own it through the company, Antonio Puga y Cía Ltda. As of 2015, ''El Día'' had an estimated 55,000 daily readers. References External links''El Día en Internet''(online edition) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dia, El Newspapers published in Chile Mass media companies of Chile Spanish-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1944 1944 establishments in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, which has a capacity of approximately 18,750 seats. History *Seasons in Primera División: 27 (1963–65), (1978–80), (1984), (1991–2007), (2019–2020), ( 2022–) *Seasons in Primera B: 36 (1959–62), (1966–74), (1976–77), (1981–83), (1985–90), (2008–2018), (2021) *Copa Libertadores Appearances: 1 (1992) *Copa Sudamericana Appearances: 1 (2020) *Largest Margin of Victory: 6–0 v. Cobresal in (1999) *Largest Margin of Defeat: 1–9 v. Cobreloa in (1999) *Highest home attendance: 14,935 v. Colo-Colo, ''Copa Libertadores'', (17 March 1992) *Most goals scored (Primera División matches): 56, Marcelo Corrales (2004-2007) *Best Finish in Primera División: Runner-up (1991 & 2005–A) *Best Finish in Copa Chile: Semifinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Management
Sport management is the field of business dealing with sports and recreation. Sports management involves any combination of skills that correspond with planning, organizing, directing, controlling, budgeting, leading, or evaluating of any organization or business within the sports field. The field of sport management has its origins in the Physical Education Department. The discipline has evolved over time to be rooted in the History and Sociology departments. Development of sport management has also extended to esport management growing over the past decade to a $4.5 billion dollar industry as of 2018. The opportunities in sport management have expanded to include sports marketing, sports media analytics, sports sponsorships and sports facilities management Education Bachelor's and master's degrees in sport management are offered by many colleges and universities. It is important to focus on Sports science when one does research on the impact of sport degrees. The top five univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico National Football Team
The Mexico national football team () represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation (). It competes as a member of CONCACAF. Mexico has qualified to seventeen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994, making it one of six countries to do so. Mexico played France in the first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930. Mexico's best progression in World Cups has been reaching the quarter-finals in both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil. Mexico is historically the most successful national team in the CONCACAF region, having won eleven confederation titles, including eight CONCACAF Gold Cups and three CONCACAF Championships (the precursor to the Gold Cup), as well as two NAFC Championships, one North American Nations Cup, one CONCACAF Cup and two gold medals of the Central American and Caribbean Games. It is one of eight nations to have won two of the three most important foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay National Football Team
The Uruguay national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Uruguay) represents Uruguay in international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The Uruguayan team is commonly referred to as ''La Celeste'' (The Sky Blue). Regarded to be one of the greatest footballing nations of all time, Uruguay has won the Copa América 15 times being tied with Argentina for the most titles in the history of the tournament. Uruguay won their most recent title in 2011 Copa América, 2011. Additionally, Uruguay are the holders of Four stars above Uruguay's football crest, four FIFA World Championships: The team has won the FIFA World Cup twice, including the first World Cup in 1930 FIFA World Cup, 1930 as hosts, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final. Their second title came in 1950 FIFA World Cup, 1950, upsetting host Brazil 2–1 in the final match, which had the highest attendance for a football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa América 1999
Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI * Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet * Canadian Owners and Pilots Association * Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association * Parliamentary Conference of the Americas * COPA (gene), a human gene that encodes the coatomer subunit alpha protein * Controlling Profitability Analysis, Profitability Analysis (SAP) *COPA-COGECA, a union of European farmers Copa Copa may refer to: * Copa Heizung GmbH, COPA branded hydronic steel panel and bathroom radiator supplier based in Germany * Copa Airlines, an international airline based in Panama * Copa America, the main association football competition of the South American men's national football teams * ''Copa'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae * Copacabana (nightclub), a nightclub in New York City * Copa Room, now-defunct Las Vegas nightclub at The San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, it shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil National Football Team
The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' (‘Canary Squad’, after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1916. Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The ''Seleção'' also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference, 247 points, and 19 losses. It is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs, and the only team to have won the World Cup in four different continents: once in Europe ( 1958 Sweden), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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