Metropolitanos Fútbol Club
Metropolitanos Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan professional football club based in Caracas. Founded in 2012, they play in the Venezuelan Primera División, holding home matches at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV. History Founded on 3 August 2012 under the name of ''Deportivo Metropolitano'', the club took Lara FC's place in the Segunda División for the 2012–13 season, as the latter had severe financial problems. After Lara's dissolution, Unión Lara SC was refounded and started to play in the Tercera División. After finishing fourth and missing out promotion, Metropolitanos achieved promotion to the Primera División at the end of the 2013–14 campaign, after finishing in the second position. After suffering relegation in 2015, the club immediately returned to the top tier after winning the second division in 2016. After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2017, Metropolitanos finished in the penultimate position overall in 2018, but benefitted from the league's expansion to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV is a multipurpose stadium (football, athletics, rugby) used mainly for association football in Caracas, Venezuela, which serves the home ground of Caracas F.C., Deportivo La Guaira, Metropolitanos F.C., and Universidad Central. It has a capacity of 23,940. History The stadium was designed by Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva. It was opened in 1951 and renovated in 2007. It used to be the home ground of Unión S.C. The stadium has hosted major events such as the Copa Libertadores, the 1983 Pan American Games and the South American qualifiers for the World Cup, as well as the former Copa Merconorte and matches of the Copa América. There have been several important football teams that have played at this stadium, such as Inter Milan, A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, USSR, Argentina and Brazil. The 1975 Copa América final between Peru and Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana began in 2002, replacing the separate competitions Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur (that had replaced Copa CONMEBOL) by a single competition. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana is considered a merger of defunct tournaments such as the Copa CONMEBOL, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana becomes eligible to play in the Recopa Sudamericana. They gain entry onto the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition, and also contest the J.League Cup / Copa Su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Football Clubs In Venezuela
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British infl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Association Football Clubs Established In 2012
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Jhon Giraldo
Jhon is a spelling variation of the English given name ''Juan, John''. Its usage is popular throughout English speaking regions of South America, but is mainly concentrated in Colombia, where the name is listed as one of the most common names in the country. Origin Jhon originates from Hebrew ''Yohanan'' (יוֹחָנָן), "Graced by Yah", or ''Yehohanan'' (יְהוֹחָנָן), "Yahweh is Gracious", also from Hebrew it translates to "not to meant be'". Notable people with the name Jhon Athletes Footballers * Jhon Castillo (born 1983), Colombian forward * Jhon Charría (born 1978), Colombian midfielder * Jhon Cley Jesus Silva (born 1994), Brazilian midfielder * Jhon Córdoba (born 1993), Colombian striker, who plays for German club FC Köln * Jhon Culma (born 1981), Colombian * Jhon Epam (born 1983), Equatoguinean striker * Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (born 1984), Colombian who last played for American team Chivas * Jhon Jairo Mosquera (born 1988), Colombian forward * Jhon Mos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manuel Di Maio , a common nickname for those named Manuel
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Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Portugal Places * Manuel, Valencia, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain * Manuel Junction, railway station near Falkirk, Scotland Other * Manuel (American horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel (Australian horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel and The Music of The Mountains, a musical ensemble * ''Manuel'' (album), music album by Dalida, 1974 See also *Manny Manny is a common nickname for people with the given name Manuel, Emanuele, Immanuel, Emmanuel, Herman, or Manfred. People * Manny Acosta (born 1981), Panamanian pitcher in the Mexican Baseball League * Manny Acta (born 1969), Dominican Major ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel De Oliveira (footballer)
Daniel de Oliveira Sechi (born 22 April 1970) is a retired Venezuelan football midfielder who coached the Venezuelan U-15 and U-17 national soccer teams. He is the Elite FIFA coaching instructor for Colegio de Entrenadores (Instructor #026) and Federacion Venezolana de Futbol. He is considered by Venezuelan soccer experts such as Richard Paez, Jorge Duran, Rodolfo Paladini among others) as the most prepared and potential coach of his country. He has been the ambassador of Copa Coca-Cola for three consecutive years. Among his advisors, tutors, teachers and coaches during his career are Juan Osorio (Colombia), Alberto Villalobos (VEN), his father Celso De Oliveira (BRA), Luis Molina (Perú), Arnold Ramirez (Costa Rica), John Ramirez (Colombia), Rafael Amaya (Colombia), Alfonso Mondelo (actual Soccer Director of MLS), Bruce Arena (USA), Bob Bradley (USA), Manolo Contreras (VEN), José "Pepito" Hernández (Spain), Jupp Heynckes (GER), Paco Rielo (Spain), Mike Jeffries (USA), Alvaro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hugo Savarese
Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a troll ** ''Hugo'' (game show), a television show that first ran from 1990 to 1995 ** ''Hugo'' (video game), several video games released between 1991 and 2000 * ''Hugo'' (stylised as ''hugo''), a 2022 album by British rapper Loyle Carner People and fictional characters * Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. * Hugo (name), including lists of people with Hugo as a given name or surname, as well as fictional characters * Hugo (musician), Thai-American actor and singer-songwriter Chulachak Chakrabongse (born 1981) Places in the United States * Hugo, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Hugo, Colorado, a Statutory Town * Hugo, Minnesota, a town * Hugo, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Hugo, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rafael Santana (footballer)
Rafael Santana (born 1 December 1944) is a Venezuelan association football, footballer. He played in eight matches for the Venezuela national football team from 1967 to 1979. He was also part of Venezuela's squad for the 1967 South American Championship. References 1944 births Living people Venezuelan footballers Venezuela international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Association football midfielders Venezuelan football managers Trujillanos FC managers Asociación Civil Deportivo Lara managers Venezuela national baseball team managers Caracas FC managers Carabobo F.C. managers Deportivo La Guaira managers Metropolitanos F.C. managers Estudiantes de Mérida managers Aragua F.C. managers UA Maracaibo managers Deportivo Petare F.C. managers {{Venezuela-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 Venezuelan Primera División Season
The 2015 Primera División season (''Torneo de Adecuación'') is the 34th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Teams Torneo de Adecuación The Torneo de Adecuación will be the tournament of the season. It began on July 12, 2015 and ended on December 13, 2015. Standings Knockout rounds Relegation Playoff External links Official websiteof the Venezuelan Football Federation The Venezuelan Football Federation ( es, link=no, Federación Venezolana de Fútbol or FVF) is the governing body of football in Venezuela. It was founded in 1925 and affiliated in 1952. It is a member of CONMEBOL as well as FIFA, and is in c ... Season regulationsFootball-Lineups {{DEFAULTSORT:Venezuelan Primera Division 2015 2014 in South American football leagues 2015 in South American football leagues Venezuelan Primera División seasons 2015 in Venezuelan football ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Venezuelan Tercera División
Tercera División is the third tier of the Venezuelan football league system. The Venezuelan second division was established in 2007. List of champions Titles by Team Notes External links Resolución de la FVF {{DEFAULTSORT:Venezuelan Segunda Division 4 Sports leagues established in 2007 2007 establishments in Venezuela Vene ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |