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Manuel Mayorga
Manuel Jesús Mayorga Paniccia (born 2 January 1943) is a Peruvian retired association football player and manager. Nicknamed ''El búfalo'', he played as a Midfielder and played in the Brazil Independence Cup. Club career Playing as a midfielder since his youth, Mayorga's first major club accomplishment in the 1966 Torneo Descentralizado where his club, Sport Boys would reach second place and qualify for the 1967 Copa Libertadores. Around this period, he would meet with Brazilian World Cup player Zózimo with both playing in the same club until Mayorga was transferred to KDT Nacional for the 1968 season. He later played for Defensor Arica in the 1969 and 1970 seasons until he was transferred to Alianza Lima where he would be part of the winning squad of the 1975 Torneo Descentralizado. In his first season within Alianza Lima, he would score 3 goals in 24 matches with the next year scoring 7 goals. The following year, he would score 2 goals and despite making less appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callao
Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists of the whole Callao Region, which is also coterminous with the Province of Callao. Founded in 1537 by the Spaniards, the city has a long naval history as one of the main ports in Latin America and the Pacific, as it was one of vital Spanish towns during the Spanish America, colonial era. Central Callao is about west of the Historic Centre of Lima. History El Callao was founded by Spanish colonists in 1537, just two years after Lima (1535). It soon became the main port for Spanish commerce in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific. The origin of its name is unknown; both Amerindian (particularly Yunga language (Peru), Yunga, or Coastal Peruvian) and Spanish sources are credited, but it is certain that it was known by that name since 1550. Other sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Castillo (footballer)
Javier Castillo (born August 29, 1983 in Chitré, Herrera Province, Panama) is a minor league baseball player. He played for Panama in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2009 World Baseball Classic. He played professionally in the minor leagues from 2002 to 2010, mostly in the Chicago White Sox farm system. In 2002, he played with the Dominican Summer League White Sox, hitting .193 in 2002 and .238 in 2003. With the Bristol White Sox in 2004, he hit .272 in 60 games. Baseball America ranked him as the 17th best prospect in the league that year. He split the 2005 season between the Great Falls White Sox and Kannapolis Intimidators, hitting .219 with the former and .226 with the latter. In 2006, he played with Kannapolis again, hitting .256 in 94 games. He appeared in two games in the World Baseball Classic that year. With the Winston-Salem Warthogs and Charlotte Knights in 2007, he hit a combined .283 in 119 games. In 2008, he played for the Knights and Birmingham Barons, hitting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individuals, economic and social groups, etc. The rivalry can be over attainment of any exclusive goal, including Recognition (sociology), recognition: Competition occurs in nature, between living organisms which co-exist in the same natural environment, environment. Animals compete over water supplies, food, mates, and other resource (biology), biological resources. Humans usually Survival of the fittest, compete for food and mates, though when these needs are met deep rivalries often arise over the pursuit of wealth, power, prestige, and celebrity, fame when in a static, repetitive, or unchanging environment. Competition is a major tenet of market economy, market economies and business, often associated with business competition as companies a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Copa Libertadores
The 1991 Copa Libertadores was won by Colo-Colo of Chile after defeating Olimpia of Paraguay with a 3–0 aggregate score in the finals. The championship would mark a first for a Chilean club team in an international tournament. Twenty-one clubs from all South American countries within Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) participated. Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 * Colombian club teams América, and Atlético Nacional were unable to play at their home venues. Their games were held in Miami, Florida and San Cristóbal, Venezuela. Round of 16 * The top three teams in every group qualified along with Olimpia the champion of Copa Libertadores 1990 * First leg matches were played on April 16 and April 17, 1991. Second leg matches were played on April 24 and April 25, 1991. Quarterfinals * First leg matches were played on May 1, May 2, and May 3, 1991. Second leg matches played on May 8 and May 10, 1991. Semifinals * Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Torneo Descentralizado
The 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tournament of Peruvian football, was played by 41 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments, whose winner advanced to national finals. The national champion was Sporting Cristal. Regional I Metropolitan North South Central Oriental Octagonal Liguilla Final Regional I final Regional II Metropolitan *Note: The championship was suspended after 9 games until mid-July. One player Hector Mathei (Deportivo Municipal) was killed and seven other players injured in a bomb attack on a club dressing room (Deportivo Municipal vs Alianza Lima). North South Central * Note: Two players and an official of the Union Minas (Central zone of the decentralized championship), were injured and a member of the coaching staff was killed when the team's bus was shot at as the squad returned from an away match. Highway robbers or terrorists were thought to be responsible. The central-zone championship, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Company
Miguel Alejandro Company Chumpitazi (born January 12, 1945) is a Peruvian association football, football coach, ex-football player (1965–1973), and sports reporter. Playing career Company didn't have a great track record during his playing days. He did manage to play for notable teams such as Chiclayo based club Juan Aurich and José Gálvez FBC of Chimbote around the 1970s. Managerial career In the early 1980s Company contributed to Peruvian magazine Ovación by interviewing football figures such as César Luis Menotti. Then in 1985 he would start his managerial career with Asociación Deportiva Tarma in the 1985 Torneo Descentralizado season. In his first two years as a manager he coached several clubs in a very short time such as Juventud La Joya, Colegio Nacional de Iquitos, Hungaritos Agustinos, and Unión Huaral. Then in 1987 Company had his first experience in charge of a big Peruvian club, Sporting Cristal. Lasting only one year and a half, he was in charge of the ''Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Torneo Descentralizado
The 1989 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football was played by 42 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments. The national champion was Unión Huaral. Due to the 1989 Copa América, a minor tournament (1989 Torneo Plácido Galindo) was played during the season by 42 clubs. The winner would qualify for the Liguilla Regional II Playoffs. Regional I Metropolitan Central North Oriental South Liguilla playoff Liguilla Sporting Cristal ganó un solo partido y empató cuatro. Derrotó 3-0 al Alianza Atlético y empató a cero goles con los otro cuatro equipos. Final play-off El martes 16 de Mayo de 1989 Sporting Cristal y Alianza Atlético disputan la final en el estadio Nacional ante 7,332 espectadores. Los goles fueron marcados por Martin Dall'Orso a los 24 minutos del primer tiempo y por Francesco Manassero a los 42 minutos del segundo tiempo. Regional II Metropolitan North Group A Group B South Central Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís (, ''Saint Louis'') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on São Luís Island, Upaon-açu Island (Big Island, in Tupi language, Tupi Language) or São Luís island, Ilha de São Luís (''Saint Louis' Island''), in the Baía de São Marcos (''Saint Mark's Bay''), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré River, Pindaré, Mearim River, Mearim, Itapecuru River, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. São Luís has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km (397 miles). The city proper has a population of some 1,108,975 people (2020 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE estimate). The metropolitan area totals 1,605,305, ranked as the List of largest cities in Brazil, 15th largest in Brazil. São Luís, created originally as ''Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan'', is the only Brazilian state capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil National Football Team
The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' (‘Canary Squad’, after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1916. Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The ''Seleção'' also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference, 247 points, and 19 losses. It is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs, and the only team to have won the World Cup in four different continents: once in Europe ( 1958 Sweden), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhibition Game
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. In team sports, matches of this type are often used to help coaches and managers select and condition players for the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team. An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, to commemorate an anniversary or a famous player, or to raise money for charities. Several sports leagues hold all-star games to showcase their best players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswaldo Ramírez
Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo (born March 28, 1947, in Lima, Callao) is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and on the Peru national football team, which won the 1975 Copa América. Club career Ramírez started his career with Sport Boys in 1966. In 1968 he was the top scorer in the Peruana Primera División. In 1969, Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramirez scored two historic goals against Argentina in the Bombonera (Argentina). This allowed Peru to compete in the 1970 Mexico World Cup and eliminated Argentina from the competition. In 1970, he joined Universitario de Deportes and won the league title in 1971 and 1974. From 1975 to 1977, he played for Atletico Espanol (Mexico). In 1977 Ramírez returned to Peru to play for Sporting Cristal and won the Peruana Primera División championship in 1979 and 1980, being top scorer in 1980. A short spell with Deportivo Galicia (Venezuela), was followed by Ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Football Federation
The Peruvian Football Federation ( es, Federación Peruana de Futbol or ) is the body that governs Association football in Peru. It was founded on August 23, 1922, and affiliated in 1924. A member of CONMEBOL since 1925, it directly oversees the Peru national football team, the Copa Federación, and the amateur leagues. It is indirectly involved in the organization of the Primera División (today Torneo Descentralizado), the Peruvian Primera División Femenina and Segunda División. It is headquartered in the Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) on Aviación Avenue 2085 in San Luis, Lima. Association staff References External links *Federación Peruana de Fútbol Website at FIFA site |
