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Léo (footballer, Born 1988)
Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda (born 30 January 1988), commonly known as Léo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Chapecoense. Club career Grêmio Born in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Léo joined Grêmio's youth setup at the age of 12. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 25 July 2007, coming on as a first-half substitute for Itaqui in a 2–0 away win over Náutico. Léo scored his first professional goal for Grêmio on 16 September 2007, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over rivals Internacional. He then became a regular starter for the side, and helped the club finish second in the 2008 Série A. Palmeiras On 18 December 2009, Léo moved to fellow top tier side Palmeiras on a five-year contract, with Maurício moving in the opposite direction on loan; Grêmio also saw R$ 6.5 million of a R$ 8 million debt being discounted on the move. He made his club debut the following 16 January, starting and scoring his team's sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around 18 million supporters and more than 80,000 affiliated fans. Despite being primarily a football club, Palmeiras competes in a number of different sports. The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the state of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as in the Brasileirão Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants in 1914, as "Palestra Itália" (). However, the club changed its name on 14 September 1942, as a result of Brazil joining the Allies in the Second World War against Italy ("Itália" in Portuguese) and the Axis powers. Since then, Palmeiras has won 15 top-tier national competitions, including a record 11 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 4 Copas do Brasil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Real
The Brazilian real (plural, pl. '; currency symbol, sign: R$; ISO 4217, code: BRL) is the official currency of Brazil. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The Central Bank of Brazil is the central bank and the issuing authority. The real replaced the Brazilian cruzeiro real, cruzeiro real in 1994. As of April 2019, the real was the twentieth most traded currency. History Currencies in use before the current real include: * The ''Portuguese real'' from the 16th to 18th centuries, with 1,000 ''réis'' called the ''milréis''. * The ''Brazilian real (old), old Brazilian real'' from 1747 to 1942, with 1,000 ''réis'' also called the ''milréis''. * The ''Brazilian cruzeiro (1942–1967), first cruzeiro'' from 1942 to 1967, at 1 cruzeiro = 1 ''milréis'' or 1,000 ''réis''. * The ''Brazilian cruzeiro novo, cruzeiro novo'' from 1967 to 1970, at 1 cruzeiro novo = 1,000 first cruzeiros. From 1970 it was simply called the ''Brazilian cruzeiro (1967-1986), (second) cruzeiro'' and was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 106th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A São Paulo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Corinthians, Paraná, Juventude and América-RN, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Coritiba declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions. Promotion The four best placed teams, which are Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo and Ituano, were relegated to the following year's third level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Bragantino declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions. Promotion The four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Bragant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance!
''Lance!'' is a daily sports newspaper in Brazil, and its first edition was published in 1997. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, and they print regional versions for some of the other Brazilian states. History Its tabloid format as well as its news design quickly became a success, and ''Lance!'' is also popular among Brazilian TV and radio sports journalists and reporters. Its 3000th edition was published on January 29, 2006. There are ''Lance!'' offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, and they also publish regional versions in Curitiba and Manaus. ''Lance!'' also issues a weekly magazine called ''Lance! A+''; its first edition was published in 2000. Trophies The newspaper awards the winner of the first turn of the Série A with the Troféu Osmar Santos, while the second turn winner is awarded with the Troféu João Saldanha Troféu João Saldanha is an award given by the Brazilian newspaper ''Lance!'' to the winner of the second half of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 63rd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 16th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition started on 27 April and ended on 8 December 2019. The top six teams as well as the 2019 Copa do Brasil champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to Série B for 2020. Palmeiras were the defending champions. During the 2019 season, the official match ball was the Nike Merlin CBF. Flamengo secured their sixth league title with four matches to spare on 24 November and just one day after winning the 2019 Copa Libertadores, following Palmeiras' 2–1 loss to Grêmio at home. Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Mineiro
Campeonato Mineiro is the state football league of the state of Minas Gerais and is controlled by the Minas Gerais Football Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: before and after the construction of the Mineirão, in September 1966. The Mineirão is the biggest football stadium of Minas Gerais and it is located in Minas Gerais' state capital, Belo Horizonte. Before the stadium's inauguration América and Atlético were the most successful teams in the state, but after the construction of the Mineirão, known as the "Era Mineirão" ("Mineirão Era"), another team from the capital, Cruzeiro, also gained prominence. Atlético is the most successful team in the competition, having won 47 championships as of 2022, trailed by Cruzeiro with 40 championships. As with many other Brazilian football state leagues, the Campeonato Mineiro is much older than the Brazilian League itself. This is partly because in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil (footballer, Born June 1987)
Carlos Gilberto Nascimento Silva or simply Gil (; born 12 June 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Corinthians. International career On 19 August 2014, Gil was called up to play for the Brazil national team against Colombia and Ecuador by new manager Dunga His debut took place during the match against Ecuador, which Brazil won 1-0. Gil played at the 2014 edition of the Superclásico de las Américas, where Brazil defeated Argentina 2-0. He was placed in the standby list for the 2015 Copa América. Gil had a controversially disallowed goal, in which he was ruled to have fouled an opposition player before heading into the net, in a FIFA World Cup qualifier away to Paraguay, in March 2016. The match ended 2-2. Later that year, he was called up to the 23-man squad which would compete at the Copa América Centenario. In June 2017, Gil was recalled to the national team, now coached by Tite, who included the defender on his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edcarlos
Edcarlos Conceição Santos (born 10 May 1985 in Salvador, Bahia), known simply as Edcarlos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Club career Edcarlos comes from the youth of São Paulo. In 2004, he joined the first team of the club, being part of the historic 2005 team that conquered the Campeonato Paulista and the Copa Libertadores and then the FIFA Club World Cup. He played the two games at the Club World Cup, helping São Paulo win the title for the first time in the club's history. The following year, he helped the team win their first Campeonato Brasileiro since 1991. In 2007, he moved to Europe and signed with the Portuguese club Benfica in August 2007 for €1.8M. Under coach José Antonio Camacho he was a regular player and played among other things in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup, partnering with Luisão, due to David Luiz injury. However his performances were subpar and he moved on loan the following year, returning t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universo Online
Universo Online (Portuguese for "Online Universe") (known by the acronym UOL) is a Brazilian web content, products and services company. It belongs to Grupo Folha enterprise. In 2012, UOL was the fifth most visited website in Brazil, below only Google portals (Google Brasil, Google USA, YouTube) and Facebook. According to Ibope Nielsen Online, UOL is Brazil’s largest internet portal with more than 50 million unique visitors and 6.7 billion page views every month. Overview UOL is the world’s largest Portuguese speaking portal, which is organized in 42 thematic stations with more than 1,000 news sources and 7 million pages. The portal provides website hosting, data storage, publicity dealing, online payments and security systems. It also holds more than 300 thousand online shops, 23 million buyers and 4 million people selling goods and services in its portals UOL includes: *UOL Cliques, ads and publicity portal. *Radar de Descontos, group buying portal. *Emprego Certo, jobs p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro Amaro
Leandro Amaro dos Santos Ferreira (born June 19, 1986 in Campinas) is a Brazilian football defender, who plays for São Bernardo. Career Contracted since his youth with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Leandro Amaro had several loan spells with Cabofriense, Villa Nova, Marilia, Villa Nova, Goianiense and Botafogo-SP before signing for Palmeiras in 2010. After two years in the Palmeiras team he was loaned out successively to Avaí, Náutico and Chapecoense in 2013 and 2014 before his contract expired. In 2015 he was contracted to ABC, but agreed a mutual termination in August. He played with Itumbiara in early 2016, but was signed by Mirassol in April of that year to strengthen their side in the quarter-final stages of the Campeonato Paulista second division. At the end of that campaign he moved to Guarani for the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, winning promotion. He was not retained by Guarani, and signed for Ferroviária for the 2017 Campeonato Paulista. From there he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinho Campos
Edimo Ferreira Campos (born 15 January 1983), commonly known as Edinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Career In January 2010, Palmeiras confirmed that the club signed another reinforcement for the team. This season, the club signed the defensive midfielder for 4 years, until December 2013. In January 2011, Fluminense sign the player for peticion by, Muricy Ramalho, coach of the Fluminense. On 19 December 2013, with the end of his contract with Fluminense, transferred to the Grêmio for the 2014 season. On the June 6, 2016, it was involved in a change for player Negueba, in the which Edinho will act for Coritiba. Career statistics Honours Club ;Internacional *Campeonato Gaúcho: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 *Copa Libertadores: 2006 *FIFA Club World Cup: 2006 *Recopa Sudamericana: 2007 *Copa Sudamericana: 2008 ;Fluminense *Campeonato Carioca: 2012 *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2012 ;Coritiba *Campeonato Paranaense Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurício Ramos (Brazilian Footballer)
Maurício Donizete Ramos Júnior (born April 10, 1985 in Piracicaba) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back who plays for XV de Piracicaba. Honours Club ;Coritiba * Paraná State Championship: 2008 ;Palmeiras *Copa do Brasil: 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... References External links 1985 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Iraty Sport Club players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Sharjah FC players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Adanaspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Al-Sailiya SC players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players UAE Pro League players TFF First League players Qat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
