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Julián Alfaro
Julián Israel Alfaro Gaete (born 2 September 2001) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean Primera División side Magallanes. Club career Born in Quinta Normal, Santiago de Chile, Alfaro was with the football academy of his hometown, Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Quinta Normal, since he was four years old before joining the Universidad de Chile youth system. The top goalscorer of the under-19 team, he was on the bench in the Chilean Primera División match against Unión La Calera on 29 September 2018. Since 2019, he was loaned to Magallanes until the end of the 2021 season, being finally transferred in the 2022 season. He has taken part of a successful stint of Magallanes, winning three consecutive titles: the 2022 Primera B, getting the promotion to the Chilean top division, the 2022 Copa Chile, qualifying for the 2023 Copa Libertadores, and the 2023 Supercopa de Chile versus Colo-Colo. In 2023, he became the team captain in place of Iván Vásquez. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinta Normal
Quinta Normal is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is named after a large park in the area. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta Normal spans an area of and has 104,012 inhabitants (50,509 men and 53,503 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 10.6% (12337 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Stats *Population: 95,597 (2006 projection)Sistema de Información Regional Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Average annual household income: US$17,919 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 10.8% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 77.01, mid-high, 19 out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Copa Libertadores
The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores will be the 64th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana in the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage. Flamengo will be the defending champions. Teams The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament: *Copa Libertadores champions *Copa Sudamericana champions *Brazil: 7 berths *Argentina: 6 berths *All other associations: 4 berths each The entry stage is determined as follows: *Group stage: 28 teams **Copa Libertadores champions **Copa Sudamericana champions **Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil **Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations *Seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia National Football Team
The Colombia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Colombia) represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member of CONMEBOL and are currently ranked 17th in the FIFA World Rankings. The team are nicknamed ''Los Cafeteros'' due to the coffee production in their country. Notably, the national team has been a symbol of nationalism, pride, and passion for many Colombians worldwide. Colombia is known for having a passionate fan base, and the team's dances during goal celebrations have been symbolic. The Colombian team has participated in six World Cups ( 1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014 and 2018). In the 2014 edition held in Brazil, the team achieved its best World Cup performance, reaching the quarter-finals and coming fifth in the final standings. Its greatest international achievement is winning the Copa América in 2001 as hosts, also setting a new re ... [...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] |
2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL)
The South American section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in Canada, the United States and Mexico for national teams who are members of South American Football Confederation ( CONMEBOL). A total of slots (6 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for CONMEBOL teams. Format On 22 August 2022, the CONMEBOL sent a request to FIFA asking to keep the current qualification format that has been used since the 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifications in South America. This was confirmed, with the first games of the qualifiers tentatively to be played in March or June 2023. On 27 February 2023, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez announced that the qualifiers would start in September 2023, which was ratified by the CONMEBOL Council in the run-up to the 73rd FIFA Congress held on 16 March in Kigali, Rwanda. The qualification structure will remain the same as in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mercurio
''El Mercurio'' (known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's newspaper of record and it is considered the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. ''El Mercurio'' is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P. (''Sociedad Anónima Periodística'' 'joint stock news company'), which operates a network of 19 regional dailies and 32 radio stations across the country. History The Valparaíso edition of ''El Mercurio'' was founded by Pedro Félix Vicuña ( Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna's father) on September 12, 1827, and was later acquired by Agustín Edwards Ross in 1880. The Santiago edition was founded by Agustín Edwards Mac Clure, son of Edwards Ross, on June 1, 1900. In 1942 Edwards Mac Clure died and his son Agustín Edwards Budge took over as president. When Edwards Budge died in 1956, his son, Agustín Edwards Eastman, took control of the company. Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Lasarte
Martín Bernardo Lasarte Arróspide (born 20 March 1961) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender, most recently the manager of the Chile national team. He represented five teams in his country, and also had a three-and-a-half-year spell in Spain with Deportivo during a 16-year senior career. Lasarte began working as a coach in 1996, and managed several clubs over the next decades including Nacional where he also had played. Playing career Lasarte was born in Montevideo to a Spanish father and an Uruguayan mother, with the former having immigrated from the Basque Country. In his country, he represented C.A. Rentistas (two spells), Central Español, Rampla Juniors (twice), Club Nacional de Football and Defensor Sporting, winning four major titles with the fourth club including the 1988 edition of the Copa Libertadores followed by the Intercontinental Cup. Abroad, Lasarte played four seasons for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain. In 1990–91 he helped th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinaldo Rueda
Reinaldo Rueda Rivera (born 16 April 1957) is a Colombian Association football, football coach. When he was the coach of the Colombia national under-20 football team, Colombia U-20 team, they finished 3rd at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He also led the Colombia national under-17 football team, Colombia U-17 team to 4th at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. After an unfavorable start to the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2006 World Cup qualification phase (only 1 point after 5 games) the Colombian Football Federation made Rueda the coach of the Colombia national football team, senior team. Under him, the team improved, coming from near last to finish 6th, though failing to qualify. Then, he moved to Honduras and guided their Honduras national football team, national team to a place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Early life Born in Cali, Rueda holds a physical education degree. He completed his master's degree at the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile National Football Team
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Training Camp
A training camp is an organized period in which military personnel or athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule of training in order to learn or improve skills. Athletes typically utilise training camps to prepare for upcoming events, and in competitive sports, to focus on developing skills and strategies to defeat their opponents. A military training camp generally refers to the period of boot camp, or further or refresher training. Military Mixed martial arts In mixed martial arts (MMA), a training camp (also often referred to as a fight camp or just camp) is the period prior to an organised bout in which a fighter trains specifically for the upcoming event. Fighters will usually train at a martial arts gym, where they may have other fighters and coaches able to assist them with various forms of training, including in different styles of martial arts. If they have one, a fighter would generally work with their regular coach. Some fighters, especially in profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Vásquez
Iván Gonzalo Vásquez Quilodrán (born 13 August 1985) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Magallanes as a midfielder. Club career Born in Lautaro, Cautín Province, Vásquez joined Club Deportivo Universidad Católica's youth system in 2000 at the age of 15. He made his Chilean Primera División debuts three years later, and was part of the squads that won the 2005 Clausura and finished in second position at the 2007 Apertura; in 2006, he was loaned to fellow league club Cobreloa. In 2009, Vásquez joined O'Higgins FC. He scored his first competitive goal for his new team on 21 November 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Unión Española. Vásquez moved to Audax Italiano on a three-year contract on 10 July 2011, going on to be a midfield mainstay in the following seasons. International career Vásquez represented Chile at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, playing all the games in an eventual round-of- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
