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Frank Acheampong
Frank Opoku Acheampong (born 16 October 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen and the Ghana national team. Youth career He started his career with Ghanaian side King Faisal Babes, under the direction of Romain Krider, his first coach. He was invited for trials by Sheikh Mansour, who owns the English side Manchester City, to his base in Abu Dhabi, to be observed by Al-Jazeera, the other club he owns. He also has a child name James Halto In 2010, he was on trial for Croatian club NK Osijek but he couldn't obtain a work permit. Club career Buriram United In February 2011, he joined Thai League T1 side Buriram United. After his impressive performance in Thai League T1, Acheampong was invited for a trial with Scottish club Celtic in December 2012. In January 2013 Acheampong moved to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht on a loan spell until the end of the 2012–2013 season. R.S.C. Anderlecht On 16 April 2013, Acheampo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana National Football Team
The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football, doing it since 1957. The team consists of twenty players including the technical team. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is governed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) the governing body for football in Ghana and the oldest football association in Africa (founded in 1920). Prior to 1957, the team played as the Gold Coast. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF. Ghana qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times ( 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times ( 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). After going through 2005 unbeaten, the Ghana national football team won the FIFA Best Mover of the Year Award and reached the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became only the thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Halto
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2011 Thai Premier League
2011 Thai Premier League (known as Sponsor Thai Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams are competing in the league due to a two team expansion, with Muangthong United F.C., Muangthong United as the defending champions. The season started on 12 February 2011 and is generally broken down into 2 legs. The first leg being played from February to early June with the second leg taking place from late July to November. During the league break, the opening rounds of the Thai FA Cup, FA Cup and Thai League Cup, League Cup take place. Teams Bangkok United F.C., Bangkok United were relegated to the 2011 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2010 Thai Premier League, 2010 season in the bottom three places and lost in promotion/relegation play-off. 2010 Thai Division 1 League champions Sriracha F.C., Sriracha, runners-up Khonkaen F.C., Khonkaen and third place Chiangrai United F.C., Chia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buriram PEA F
Buriram (, , , 'city of happiness') is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Thailand, capital of Buriram Province, about northeast of Bangkok. The town occupies ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of Mueang Buriram District. In 2012 it had a population of 27,862. History Almost a thousand years ago, the present-day Buriram was part of the Khmer Empire. Ruins from that time attest to its destruction. The most significant of them is on an extinct volcano and is protected in the Phanom Rung Historical Park. According to inscriptions found, Buriram's ruler recognized the hegemony of the Khmer Empire's emperor. Before the ascent of Bangkok, little was known about Buriram. In the early Bangkok Period, in the early-19th century, the town originally called ''Muang Pae'' was renamed ''Buriram''. After administrative reforms in the late 19th century, Buriram was incorporated into Siam as a province. Administration divisions There are 18 ''chumchons'' (villages) ( th, ชุมชน) in Buriram. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Football Team
The , nicknamed the , represents Japan in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan. Japan was not a major football force until the end of the 1980s, with a small and amateur team. For a long time in Japan, football was a less popular sport than Baseball in Japan, baseball and sumo. Since the 1990s, when Japanese football became fully professionalized, Japan has emerged as one of the most successful teams in Asia; they have qualified for the last seven FIFA World Cups with knockout stage appearances in 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022, and won the AFC Asian Cup a record four times, in 1992 AFC Asian Cup, 1992, 2000 AFC Asian Cup, 2000, 2004 AFC Asian Cup, 2004 and 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2011. The team also finished second in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Japan remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 African Youth Championship Qualification
The 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification phase consisted of three rounds of two-legged matches. Some countries had a bye to the First Round. The winners of the Second Round matches qualifies for the finals. Preliminary round The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 April, and the second legs on 4, 5 and 6 May 2012. First round The first legs were played on 27, 28 and 29 July, and the second legs on 10, 11 and 12 August 2012. 1 The Benin v Côte d'Ivoire (1st leg) was postponed to 5 August 2012. 2 Gambia withdrew following the first leg. 3 Zimbabwe withdrew following the first leg. 4 Lesotho withdrew. Second round The first legs have been played on 21, 22, 23 September 2012, and the second legs on 5, 6, 7 October 2012. Qualified teams References External linksMatches and Results {{African Youth Championship Qualication Qualification 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco National Under-20 Football Team
Morocco national under-20 football team, represents Morocco in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Morocco. The current coach is Zakaria Aboub. Honours * African Youth Championship: ** Winners (1): 1997 * Arab Cup U-20: ** Winners (2): 1989, 2011 * UNAF U-20 Tournament: ** Winners (2): 2015, 2020 *Islamic Solidarity Games ::Gold Medalists (1): 2013 * Mediterranean Games ::Gold Medalists (1): 2013 *Jeux de la Francophonie ::Gold Medalists (1): 2017 *Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth The Arab Cup U-20 () is an association football, international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world. The teams come from Confederation of African Football ... ::Winner (1): 1989 FIFA World Cup U-20 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Tournament Records UNAF U-20 Tournament record Arab Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong, Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwest China. Its total population was 12,952,907 as of the 2020 census. The total urban population was 9.28 million. Since the 1980s, as part of the China Western Development, economic growth of inland China especially for the central and northwest regions, Xi'an has re-emerged as a cultural, industrial, political and educational centre of the entire central-northwest region, with many facilities for research and development. Xi'an currently holds sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, sub-provincial status, administering 11 districts and 2 counties. In 2020, Xi'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China PR National Football Team
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced in 1955 as the ( French for European Champion Clubs' Cup), and commonly known as the European Cup, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champions of Europe's domestic leagues, with its winner reckoned as the European club champion. The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group stage in 1991 and allowing mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KAA Gent
Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (, English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname ' ( en, The Buffalos), is a Belgian sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football team is the best known section within the club and has been playing in the Belgian First Division A since the 1989–90 season. They won the national league once, in 2014–15, in addition to four Belgian Cup victories. Ghent played their home matches in the Jules Ottenstadion in Gentbrugge from 1920 until 2013, when they moved to the Ghelamco Arena. Their team colours are blue and white. The principal sponsor is the financial institution VDK bank. The field hockey and track and field divisions were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sports clubs in Belgium. The club was then known under its French name La Gantoise (and it is still referred to as such in the French-speaking part of Belgium). They changed their name to the curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSC Lokeren
Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ceased to exist in 2020 after going bankrupt.Sporting Lokeren failliet verklaard – rechtbank stelt curatoren aan hln.be, Yannick De Spiegeleir, 20 April 2020 A few days after the bankruptcy, the club announced that rather than dissolving entirely, it would merge with KSV Temse to form Lokeren-Temse, starting in the |
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