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Hiroki Itō (footballer, Born 1999)
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and left-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Japan national team. Club career Júbilo Iwata After growing through Júbilo Iwata youth ranks, Hiroki Ito was promoted to the first team in 2018. He debuted as a pro in March 2018 in J. League Cup, and would soon make his first appearance in J1 League in August 2018. In 2019, he was loaned out to Nagoya Grampus, where he made nine appearances in all competitions. VfB Stuttgart In June 2021, Ito joined Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on loan, and was assigned to play for the second team in the Regionalliga Südwest. However, he was instantly promoted to the first team by coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, and started his first match in a 6–0 away win against BFC Dynamo in the DFB-Pokal. Afterwards that year, on 26 November, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–1 win over Mainz. On 20 May 2022, VfB Stuttgart exercised a purchase option which tied Ito to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart has won the List of German football champions, national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07, the DFB-Pokal four times and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record two times. In the all-time Bundesliga table the club sits in fourth place. The football team plays its home games at the MHPArena, in the Neckarpark which is located near the Cannstatter Wasen, where the city's Cannstatter Volksfest, fall beer festival takes place. Second team side VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the 3. Liga, which is the highest division allowed for a reserve team. The club's junior teams have won the Under 19 Bundesliga#Championship winners, national under 19 championships a record ten times and the Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Eintracht have won the List of German football champions, German championship once, the DFB-Pokal five times, the UEFA Europa League twice and finished as runner-up in the UEFA Champions League, European Cup once. The team was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga at its inception and has spent a total of 56 seasons in the top division, thus making them the seventh longest participating club in the highest tier of the league. The club has 150,000 members, and thus is the third largest club on this level in Germany. Since 1925 their stadium has been the Waldstadion (Frankfurt), Waldstadion, which is currently named Deutsche Bank Park for sponsorship reasons. Eintracht Frankfurt have either won or drawn more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 UEFA Champions League Knockout Phase
The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 11 February with the knockout phase play-offs and ended on 31 May 2025 with the final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, to decide the champions of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase, with 16 entering in the play-offs and 8 receiving a bye to the round of 16. Times are CET/ CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Qualified teams The knockout phase involved the top 24 teams that qualified from the league phase. The top 8 teams received a bye to the round of 16, while teams finishing in positions 9 to 24 entered the knockout phase play-offs. Format Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic F
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Football clubs *Celtic F.C., a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow **Celtic F.C. Women *Bangor Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Blantyre Celtic F.C., Scottish, defunct *Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., South African *Castlebar Celtic F.C., Irish *Celtic F.C. (Jersey City), United States, defunct *Celtic FC America, from Houston, Texas *Celtic Nation F.C., English, defunct *Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., English *Cork Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Cwmbran Celtic F.C., Welsh *Derry Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Donegal Celtic F.C., Northern Irish *Dungiven Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Farsley Celtic F.C., English *Leicester Celtic A.F.C., Irish *Lurgan Celtic F.C., Northern Irish *South Lismor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metatarsal
The metatarsal bones or metatarsus (: metatarsi) are a group of five long bones in the midfoot, located between the tarsal bones (which form the heel and the ankle) and the phalanges ( toes). Lacking individual names, the metatarsal bones are numbered from the medial side (the side of the great toe): the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal (often depicted with Roman numerals). The metatarsals are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the hand. The lengths of the metatarsal bones in humans are, in descending order, second, third, fourth, fifth, and first. A bovine hind leg has two metatarsals. Structure The five metatarsals are dorsal convex long bones consisting of a shaft or body, a base ( proximally), and a head ( distally).Platzer 2004, p. 220 The body is prismoid in form, tapers gradually from the tarsal to the phalangeal extremity, and is curved longitudinally, so as to be concave below, slightly convex above. The base or posterior extremity is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 UEFA Champions League
The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League was the 70th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 33rd season since it was rebranded from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. This was the first season under a new format, which had 36 participating teams that played eight games each against different opponents in a league phase, all the teams being ranked in a joint group. This increased the total number of matches played in the competition from 125 to 189 (excluding qualifying rounds). Luis Enrique's Paris Saint-Germain defeated Simone Inzaghi's Inter Milan 5–0 in the final, which was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, to win their first Champions League title in a record margin of victory. As winners of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain automatically qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase, the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup finals, the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup group stage, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Bundesliga
The 2023–24 Bundesliga was the 61st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 18 August 2023 and concluded on 18 May 2024. The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2023. On 14 April 2024, Bayer Leverkusen were crowned champions for the first time with five matches to spare following a 5–0 win over Werder Bremen, becoming the thirteenth different champion in Bundesliga history and ending previous holders Bayern Munich's run of eleven consecutive titles. Bayer Leverkusen crushed the competition en route to becoming the first Bundesliga team to finish a season unbeaten, with a record of 28 wins and six draws. Teams A total of 18 teams participated in the 2023–24 edition of the Bundesliga. Team changes SV Darmstadt 98 returned to the Bundesliga after a six-year absence while 1. FC Heidenheim competed in the Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history. Stadiums and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes League table ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 DFB-Pokal
The 2021–22 DFB-Pokal was the 79th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 6 August 2021 with the first of six rounds and ended on 21 May 2022 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB). Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions, having defeated RB Leipzig 4–1 in the previous final to clinch their fifth title, but lost to FC St. Pauli in the round of 16. Leipzig won this year's edition with a win over SC Freiburg. As Leipzig already qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, the UE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berlin. The team competes in the Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. BFC Dynamo was founded in East Germany in 1966 from the football department of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin. BFC Dynamo established itself as a top-team in the DDR-Oberliga in the mid-1970s. Supported by extensive youth work, BFC Dynamo eventually became one of the most successful clubs in East German football. BFC Dynamo is the record champion in East Germany, with ten consecutive league championships from 1979 through 1988, under coach Jürgen Bogs. In 1989, the team became the first and only winner of the DFV-Supercup. BFC Dynamo renamed FC Berlin during ''Die Wende''. One of the largest hooligan scenes in Germany was formed around FC Berlin. You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pellegrino Matarazzo
Pellegrino Matarazzo (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional soccer coach and retired player. He was previously a youth coach of 1. FC Nürnberg and 1899 Hoffenheim. In December 2019, Matarazzo was appointed head coach of VfB Stuttgart. He has lived in Germany since 2000. Early life Matarazzo was raised in Fair Lawn, New Jersey to Italian immigrants. He has three younger brothers: Leo, Frank, and Antonio, all of them were in a Napoli fanclub at the time Diego Maradona played there. Leo and Antonio also played at Columbia. He played several sports growing up, including basketball and volleyball due to his height, but saw the most success in soccer, being a four-year varsity starter for Fair Lawn High School, leading them to the state tournament as a senior for the first time in nearly twenty years. He went on to play at Columbia University, where he earned a degree in applied mathematics in 1999. Playing career After his graduation from Columbia, Matarazzo decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga Südwest
The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nordost, Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga West. The league was formed in 2012, when the clubs from the Regionalliga Süd, except those from Bavaria, were joined by the clubs of the Regionalliga West from Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate.DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen DFB website. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010 History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
