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Lacina Traoré
Lacina Traoré (born 20 May 1990) is an Ivorian professional Association football, footballer who last played as a Forward (association football), forward for Portuguese club Varzim S.C. He is nicknamed “The Big Tree”, due to his 2.03m frame, which puts him among the tallest professional footballers. Club career Early career Growing up in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Traoré began his career with Jean-Marc Guillou's football school ASEC Mimosas, before joining Stade d'Abidjan in 2006. He played in Abidjan until January 2008, when he joined the Romanian club CFR Cluj. CFR Cluj Traoré made his European debut with CFR Cluj, CFR, scoring a second goal in the first match of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, against F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen. He then scored another goal in the 3–2 home loss against AC Sparta Prague, Sparta Prague. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city proper in Africa, after Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg. A cultural crossroads of West Africa, Abidjan is characterised by a high level of industrialisation and urbanisation. It also is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa. The city expanded quickly after the construction of a new wharf in 1931, followed by its designation as the capital city of the then-French colony in 1933. The completion of the Vridi Canal in 1951 enabled Abidjan to become an important sea port. Abidjan remained the capital of the Ivory Coast after its independence from France in 1960. In 1983, the city of Yamoussoukro was designated as the official political capital of Ivory Coast. However, Abidjan has officially been d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and Swiss League Cup winners once. Basel have competed in European competitions every season since 1999–2000. They have qualified for the Group stages of the Champions League more times than any other Swiss club – a total of seven times – and are the only Swiss club to have ever qualified to the Group stages directly. In 2021 they set the new record for a Swiss team with the most successful international group stage campaign by reaching 14 points in their Conference League group. Since 2001, the club has played its home games at St. Jakob-Park, built on the site of their previous home, St. Jakob Stadium. Their home colours are red and blue, leading to a nickname of "''RotBlau''". History Foundation FC Basel was star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round (five through the Champions Path, five through the Non-Champions Path). The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 14–15 September, 28–29 September, 19–20 October, 2–3 November, 23–24 November, and 7–8 December 2010. The top two teams in each group advanced to the first knockout round, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the Europa League Round of 32. Partizan and Žilina became only the 11th and 12th teams in UEFA Champions League history to lose all six group stage matches. Seeding The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 26 August 2010 at 6:00 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). Teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2010 UEFA club coefficients. The title holders, Internazionale, were automatically seeded into Pot 1. Teams from the same national association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACF Gloria Bistrița
Asociația Club de Fotbal Gloria Bistrița (), commonly known as Gloria Bistrița, or simply as Gloria, was a Romanian professional association football, football football team, club based in Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County founded on 6 July 1922 and dissolved in 2015. History The club was founded on 6 July 1922 and among the founding staff members there were: Simion Sbârcea as the club's president; Teofil Moldovan as the club's secretary; Ion Bota; Dumitru Hara; Simion Pop; Ioan Archiudean; and others as the club's administration committee members. Throughout its earlier history, the club had several other names: ''Ceramica Bistrița'' (before World War II), ''CS Bistrița'' (after World War II) and ''Progresul Bistrița'' until 1956, when the old name, Gloria, was readopted. In 1954, the team participated in the Liga II promotion playoffs but missed on the promotion, in spite of the fact that, at that time, Gloria had on its team future Romania national football team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Sportul Studențesc București
FC Sportul Studențesc, commonly referred to as Sportul is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest, that last played at senior level in the Liga IV. Founded in 1916, Sportul Studențesc was one of the oldest Romanian clubs still active. The club's best European performance came in the 1979–80 Balkans Cup, when it won the trophy, defeating Yugoslavian side NK Rijeka in the final. The club made it to the Balkans Cup final on one other occasion, in 1976 Balkans Cup, 1976, when it lost to another Yugoslavian side, Dinamo Zagreb. In the UEFA Cup, Sportul Studențesc's most notable performance came in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, 1987–88 season, when the club reached the Third Round. Domestically, Sportul Studențesc's best league performance was a second-place finish in the 1985–86 Divizia A, 1985–86 season, just behind (back then) European Champions, FC Steaua București, Steaua București. In the Romanian Cup, Sportul Studenţesc made it to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Astra Giurgiu
Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent the majority of its history in the lower leagues. On 19 October 2022, the club was officially shut down. Astra only began to achieve success in the late 1990s under the ownership of businessman Ioan Niculae, having reached the top flight for the first time in 1998. In 2012, after more than nine decades in Prahova County, it moved its home ground south to Giurgiu, a city at the border with Bulgaria. On short notice, Astra became a prominent figure in Romanian football and head coach Marius Șumudică won it the national title in the 2015–16 season. The club also holds one Cupa României and two Supercupa României trophies. Between 2017 and 2021, Astra lost three Cupa României finals, all on the home ground of its former local opponent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Bud
Cristian Ionuț Bud (; born 26 June 1985) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for CS Făurei. Career Early years In 2004, Bud began his career with his hometown club Liberty Salonta after being bought from Sporting Baia Mare's Academy. In the same year, he started playing with the senior side scoring vital goals in 52 appearances and scoring 25 goals. In his last season with the club, they managed to promote to Liga 1 after years in the second division. Gaz Metan Mediaș Following the success at Liberty, in 2009–2010 season, Bud signed a two years contract with Gaz Metan Mediaș for a fee of 500,000 Euro, becoming their most expensive ever player. Bud was a regular starter in his stint at the club scoring 11 goals in Liga 1 helping the club stay in the first division. CFR Cluj In December 2010, Bud was bought by CFR Cluj becoming a very important player for the club. In his first season, he won the Romanian Championship and the Romanian Cup. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Sparta Prague
) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fullname = Athletic Club Sparta Praha Fotbal a.s. , founded = , owner = J&T Credit Investments (60%)Daniel Křetínský (40%) , chairman = Daniel Křetínský , chrtitle = President , manager = Brian Priske , mgrtitle = Head coach , league = Czech First League , season = 2021–22 , position = 3rd of 16 , pattern_la1 = _spraha2223h , pattern_la2 = _spraha2223A , pattern_b1 = _spraha2223h , pattern_b2 = _spraha2223A , pattern_ra1 = _spraha2223h , pattern_ra2 = _spraha2223A , pattern_sh1 = _adidasblack , pattern_sh2 = _spraha2223A , pattern_so1 = , pattern_so2 = _spraha2223A , leftarm1 = 6E0303 , leftarm2 = FFDD00 , body1 = 6E0303 , body2 = FFDD00 , rightarm1 = 6E0303 , rightarm2 = FFDD00 , shorts1 = FFFFFF , sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009. The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round. Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in the round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage. Seedings The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009. Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients: Pot 1 held teams ranked 9–32, Pot 2 held teams ranked 35–74, Pot 3 held teams ranked 76–108, while Pot 4 held teams ranked 115–203 and unranked teams. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Thursday. th Title Holder CL-c Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round ( Champions Path) CL-n Losing teams from the Champions League play-off round ( Non-Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Guillou
Jean-Marc Guillou (born 20 December 1945) is a French football coach and former player, who played at the 1978 World Cup. Club career Guillou was born in Bouaye, Loire-Atlantique. He played for Angers SCO, OGC Nice, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC Mulhouse, and AS Cannes. International career Guillou made his debut for the France national team in March 1974 in a match against Romania, which France won 1–0. Between 1974 and 1978 he played 19 times for the French national side, including at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina. He played his last match for France at the 1978 World Cup losing to Italy 2–1 on 2 June in Mar del Plata. Post-playing career Guillou gave former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger his first break in coaching by appointing him as his assistant at AS Cannes in 1983. Guillou was the founder of the Abidjan football school Académie de Sol Beni, eventually becoming the manager, technical director and coach at ASEC Abidjan. He currently runs a number of football schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacina Traoré 2011
Lacina is both a masculine and female given name and a surname. Notable people with that name include: Given name *Lacina Traoré (born 1990), Ivorian footballer Surname * Corbin Lacina (born 1970), American football player and sports broadcaster * Ferdinand Lacina (born 1942), Austrian politician * Jan Lacina (born 1970), Czech politician * Joe Lacina (born 1985), American artist, curator, and designer * Patricia A. Lacina (born 1960), American diplomat * Petr Lacina (born 1973), Czech judoka * Sarah Lacina, American police officer * Vladek Lacina (born 1949), Czech rower See also * Lymire lacina ''Lymire lacina'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found on Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of ..., a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacina Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
