Pedro Castro (footballer, Born 1993)
Pedro Henrique de Castro Silva (born 5 February 1993), known as Pedro Castro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for AvaÃ. Club career Born in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Castro finished his graduation in prolific Santos FC's youth setup, and was promoted to the first team in January 2012, after impressing with the U-20's. Pedro Castro made his professional debut on 5 August, starting in a 0–3 away loss against Náutico. On 24 September 2013 he signed a new deal with the club, extending his link until 2016. On 16 December, Pedro Castro was loaned to La Liga side RCD Espanyol until the end of the European season, with a €5 million buyout clause; a few days later, it was confirmed that he will play initially for the reserves in Segunda División B. However, Pedro Castro only appeared twice with the B-side during the campaign, and subsequently returned to ''Peixe''. On 22 July 2014 he joined Paraná Clube also in a temporary deal, until t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants (estimated in 2020). The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name (which is Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Round Turn'') is due to the round shape of a curve in the ParaÃba do Sul river around which the city was built. Situated in Volta Redonda is Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Brazil's second largest steel producer. Today its economy, despite still being based on Industrial sector, industry, is quite diverse, and largely focused on the areas of services and trade. Due to this, Volta Redonda is worldly known as ''Cidade do Aço'' (which is Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Steel City''). The city borders with the municipalities of Barra Mansa (north, northwes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season being relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. Since its inception, a total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Barcelona winning the inaugural La Liga and Real Madrid winning the title a record 35 times, most recently in the 2021–22 season. During the 1940s Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the champions ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system. Although not having been played annually since its founding in 1971, the competition format has changed almost every season. Since 2006 it has been contested by 20 teams in a double round-robin format with the top four teams being promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A group and the bottom four teams being relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C group. 2022 Série B teams Champions of Série B Official champions Below is the table of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions according to the Brazilian Football Confederation: ;Knockout tournament ;Round-robin tournament ;Notes *In 1986, Treze, Central, Inter de Limeira and Criciúma were the champions of their respective groups and were promoted to the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2014 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 113th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on April 19, 2014, and concluded on December 7, 2014. *Atlético Mineiro *Atlético Paranaense *Bahia *Botafogo * Chapecoense *Corinthians *Coritiba *Criciúma * Cruzeiro *Figueirense *Flamengo *Fluminense *Goiás * Grêmio *Internacional *Palmeiras * Santos *São Paulo *Sport * Vitória Cruzeiro won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Vitória, Bahia, Botafogo and Criciúma, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on April 19, 2014 and concluded on November 29, 2014. *ABC * América (MG) * América (RN) *Atlético Goianiense *Avaà * Boa Esporte *Bragantino *Ceará *Icasa *Joinville * Luverdense ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013 Santos FC Season
The 2013 season is Santos FC's 101st season in existence and the club's fifty-fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. Santos reached the Campeonato Paulista Finals for fifth consecutive season, but failed to win their fourth consecutive title as they lost by 2–3 on aggregate for their biggest rival, Corinthians. On 25 May 2013, Santos announced that they had sold Neymar to Barcelona for a fee of € 57 million. A week later, the club sacked the head coach Muricy Ramalho due to the discontent of the crowd and the club's directors with his results. For his place, Claudinei Oliveira assumed as caretaker. As part of Neymar's sold to Barcelona, Santos played in the Joan Gamper Torphy against them and suffered their third worst defeat in history, losing by 8–0. In the Copa do Brasil, Santos were eliminated in the Round of 16, losing 1–2 on aggregate score to Grêmio. On 30 August, Claudinei Oliveira was promoted to head coach after 3 months as caretake ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaà due to sponsorship with Assaà Atacadista, is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021 the competition was chosen by the IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world. Due to historical peculiarities and the large geographical size of the country, Brazil has a relatively short history of nationwide football competitions. Only in 1959, with the advancements in civil aviation and air transport and the need to appoint a Brazilian representative to the first edition of the Copa Libertadores was a nationw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012 Santos FC Season
The 2012 season was Santos Futebol Clube's 100th season in existence and the club's fifty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. Santos won the Campeonato Paulista title for the third consecutive time and became the first team in 43 years to win three straight São Paulo state championships. Neymar was the top scorer and the best player. They also competed in the Libertadores as the defending champions, exiting in the semi-finals after a 1–2 aggregate loss against eventual winners Corinthians. On 26 September, Santos beat Universidad de Chile with an aggregate of 2–0 to win the Recopa Sudamericana for the first time. Santos' youth team won the U20 Campeonato Paulista by beating São Paulo 2–0 on aggregate score. Santos finished the Campeonato Brasileiro in eighth place after winning their last match 3–1 against Palmeiras on 1 December. Key events *5 January: Santos announce that Nike Inc. will become club's official kit supplier. *9 Janu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avaà Futebol Clube
Avaà is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... The population is 5,436 (2020 est.) in an area of 540 km². References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santa Cruz Futebol Clube
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco state football league. History Early history On February 3, 1914, eleven young men aging from 14 to 16 years founded a football society. Because the boys used to play football on the streets by the yard of the ''Santa Cruz'' Church, the club was named after that church, which is situated on Santa Cruz Street in Recife. At the first meeting, they decided the position of each member, the name of the club "Santa Cruz Foot-Ball Club", and the society's colors. The original colors were black and white. Some time after, the color pattern was changed because another local team (Sport Club Flamengo) already had those colors. Therefore, the club included the red color by suggestion of Teófilo Batista de Carvalho, also known as ''Lacraia''. ''L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 Segunda División B
The 2013–14 Segunda División B season was the 37th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 25 August 2013, and the season ended on 22 June 2014 with the promotion play-off finals. Summary before the 2013–14 season Playoffs de Ascenso: * CD Tenerife (P) * CD Leganés * Real Oviedo * Caudal Deportivo * Deportivo Alavés (P) * SD Eibar (P) * Bilbao Athletic * Lleida Esportiu * CE L'Hospitalet * Huracán Valencia CF * Levante UD B * CD Alcoyano * Real Jaén (P) * FC Cartagena * Albacete Balompié * Lucena CF Relegated from Segunda División: * CD Guadalajara * Racing de Santander * SD Huesca * Xerez CD Promoted from Tercera División: * Racing de Ferrol (from Group 1) * Elche CF Ilicitano (from Group 6) * CD Puerta Bonita (from Group 7) * Burgos CF (from Group 8) * Algeciras CF (from Group 10) * UD Las Palmas Atlético (from Group 12) * La Hoya Lorca CF (from Group 13) * CD Sariñena (from Group 17) * CD Toledo (from Group 18) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sport (Spanish Newspaper)
''Sport'' is a Spanish daily sports newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. History and profile Founded in 1979, ''Sport'' is owned by Grupo Zeta, which also publishes ''El Periódico de Catalunya''. Ideologically, it defines itself as the newspaper of the supporters of FC Barcelona, its slogan being "Sempre amb el Barça" (''always with Barça'' in Catalan), and caters primarily to a Catalonia-based readership, despite being written in Spanish. It also covers RCD Espanyol and Catalan and Spanish football in general, plus other sports, especially basketball, motor sports, cycling, handball, and tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball .... References External linksOfficial homepage {{Spain newspapers 1979 establishments in Spain Newspapers published in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Segunda División B
Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It was below the top two professional leagues, the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga) and the ''Segunda División'', and above the ''Tercera División''. The Segunda División B included the reserve teams of a number of La Liga and Segunda División teams. For the 2021–22 season, Segunda División B was replaced by Segunda División RFEF, which became the fourth tier due to the creation of a new, semi-professional third division by the Spanish federation (RFEF) called the Primera División RFEF. History The term ''Segunda División B'' was first used in 1929. It was used to designate a third level of teams after the ''Primera División'' and a ''Segunda División A''. This division featured 10 teams and a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |