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Nicolás Figal
Jorge Nicolás Figal (born 3 April 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Boca Juniors. Club career Figal's career began with then-Primera B Nacional side Independiente in 2014, with his debut for the first-team coming on 4 May against Gimnasia de Jujuy; a match Independiente lost 1–0. Figal made five more appearances in all competitions in his first season with the club as they were promoted into the Primera División. His top division debut came on 10 August 2014 in a 3–0 home victory versus Atlético de Rafaela. Eighteen more appearances came in the rest of 2014 and in the following season, 2015, before he was loaned out to Primera División club Olimpo in February 2016. Figal scored his first pro goal against Rosario Central on 2 April. He returned to Independiente in June ahead of 2016–17, a campaign that saw him net his first goal for the team in; versus Arsenal de Sarandí on 23 April 2017. Sixty-nine total appearances came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
América, Buenos Aires
América is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and the head town of the Rivadavia Partido Rivadavia is a partido in the northwest of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on the border with La Pampa Province. It has an area of , and a population of 15,452 (). The partido, created in 1910, has the town of América as its capital, and ..., located some from Buenos Aires City and from the provincial capital, La Plata. Its population was, as per the 2010 census, 11,685. External links File:Busto de Rivadavia en América (Argentina).jpg File:Ermita Medalla Milagrosa-América (Argentina).jpg File:Iglesia de América (Argentina).jpg File:Palacio Municipal de Rivadavia (Argentina).jpg File:Zoo-1-América (Argentina).JPG File:Plaza Colón-Centro-América (Argentina).jpg File:Parque Municipal 17 de octubre-1-América (Argentina).jpg File:Hospital Municipal-1-América (Argentina).jpg Populated places established in 1904 Populated places in Buenos Aires Province< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina National Football Team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and Sky Blue'), they are the reigning world champions, having won the most recent World Cup in 2022. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a World Cup final six times; a record surpassed only by Brazil and Germany; Argentina played in the first ever final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to their South American rival Uruguay. Argentina's next final appearance came 48 years later, in 1978, when the team captained by Daniel Passarella defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in extra time, being crowned world champions for the first time. Captained by Diego Maradona, Argentina won their second World Cup eight years later, in 1986, with a 3–2 final victory over West Germany. They reached the final once more under the guidance of Maradona, in 1990, but were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Club Atlético Independiente Season
The 2018–19 season is Club Atlético Independiente's 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,650 clubs and 37,161 offi .... The season covers the period from 20 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. Current squad Out on loan Transfers In Out Pre-season and friendlies Friendlies Overview Primera División Standings Matchday Copa Argentina Round of 64 Round of 32 Copa Libertadores Round of 16 Independiente won 3–0 on aggregate Quarter-final River Plate won 3-1 on aggregate Copa Sudamericana First stage Suruga Bank Championship Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recopa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana), known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It is a match-up between the champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions. The competition has had several formats over its lifetime. Initially, the champions of the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Libertadores contested it. In 1998, the Supercopa Libertadores was discontinued and the ''Recopa'' went into a hiatus. The competition has been disputed with either a presently-used two-legged tie, two-legged series or a single match-up at a neutral venue. Together with the aforementioned tournaments, a club has the chance to win the ''CONMEBOL Treble'' all in one year or season. However, if the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudameric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the ''Libertadores'' (Spanish and Portuguese for ''liberators''), the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is "''America's Liberators Cup''". The competition has had several formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of the South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete and contested regularly from 2000 until 2016. In 2000 the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams. Today at least four clubs per country compete in the tournament, with Argentina and Brazil having the most representatives ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Club Atlético Independiente Season
The 2017–18 season is Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, wh ...'s 5th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Current squad . Out on loan Transfers In Out Loan in Loan out Pre-season and friendlies Friendlies Torneos de Verano Competitions Overview Primera División Standings Results by round Matchday Copa Argentina Round of 64 Round of 32 Copa Sudamericana First stage Second stage Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Recopa Sudamericana Copa Libertadores Group stage Notes Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
2016 Argentine Primera División
The 2016 Argentine Primera División - Copa Axion Energy was the 126th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 5 and ended on May 29. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty eight returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Primera B Nacional (Atlético Tucumán and Patronato). Two teams ( Nueva Chicago and Crucero del Norte) were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament. Lanús won their second title after defeating San Lorenzo 4–0 in the final. Competition format The tournament for the 2016 season was composed of two zones of 15 teams. Each team played the other 14 teams in its zone in a round-robin tournament and also played two interzonal matches against its rival team in the other zone, once home and once away. In the end, the winner of each played a final match on a neutral ground to determine the champion. Club information Stadia and locations Personnel Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Argentine Primera División
The 2015 Argentine Primera División or Torneo de Primera División 2015 "Julio H. Grondona" was the 125th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 13 and ended on December 6. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2014 Torneo de Transición and ten promoted from the 2014 Primera B Nacional (Aldosivi, Argentinos Juniors, Colón, Crucero del Norte, Huracán, Nueva Chicago, San Martín (SJ), Sarmiento, Temperley and Unión). No teams were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament. Competition format Each of the 30 teams plays the other sides once, along with an extra derby game, for a total of 30 matches for each side. The winners and runners-up of the first division qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores. Additionally, the winner of the 2015 Copa Argentina earned the Argentina 3 berth to the Copa Libertadores. The teams that place third to sixth in the league table advanced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Argentine Primera División
The 2014 Argentine Primera División, Torneo de Transición or Torneo Doctor Ramón Carrillo was the 124th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season was scheduled to start on August 1, 2014 but was postponed after the death of Julio Grondona, president of the Argentine Football Association, AFA on July 30. Finally, it began on August 8, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014. Originally the last match of the tournament was scheduled on December 7 but as River Plate played the finals of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana the matches Racing-Godoy Cruz and River Plate-Quilmes were played on December 14. Twenty teams competed in the league, seventeen returning from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Primera B Nacional (Championship winners Club Atlético Banfield, Banfield, runners-up Defensa y Justicia, and 3rd place Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente). Club Atlético Colón, Colón, Argentinos Juniors and All Boys had been relegated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Primera B Nacional
The 2013–14 Primera B Nacional was the 28th season of professional Argentine second division. For this season, the total teams was raised to 22; the champion, runner-up and winner of the tiebreaker playoff were promoted to Primera División. Club information Standings Tiebreaker Playoff Since Huracán and Independiente finished tied in points, a one-match playoff had to be held to determine who promoted to Primera División. The match was played on June 11 at Estadio Único in La Plata. The winner was Independiente by winning 2–0. Results Relegation The bottom two teams of this table faced relegation. Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Updated to games played on 8 June 2014. Season statistics Top scorers See also *2013–14 in Argentine football 2013–14 season of Argentine football is the 123rd se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diuretic
A diuretic () is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine. This includes forced diuresis. A diuretic tablet is sometimes colloquially called a water tablet. There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, through the kidneys. There exist several classes of diuretic, and each works in a distinct way. Alternatively, an antidiuretic, such as vasopressin ( antidiuretic hormone), is an agent or drug which reduces the excretion of water in urine. Medical uses In medicine, diuretics are used to treat heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension, influenza, water poisoning, and certain kidney diseases. Some diuretics, such as acetazolamide, help to make the urine more alkaline, and are helpful in increasing excretion of substances such as aspirin in cases of overdose or poisoning. Diuretics are sometimes abused by people with an eating disorder, especially people with bulimia nervosa, with the goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
