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Pedro Canaveri
Pedro Canaveri (1891-?) was an Argentine politician and sports manager. He was member of the board of directors and president of the Club Atlético Independiente. In 1946, Canaveri was elected to the post of president of the Argentine Football Association. Biography Canaveri was born in Ramallo, Buenos Aires, son of Pedro Canaveris and María Telechea, belonging to a family of French Basque roots. His father a Creole of Irish descent, belonged to a family of tanners from the southern area of Barracas. In 1919, Pedro Canaveri began his career as president of the Club Atlético Independiente, where he was responsible for construction of the first concrete stadium in South America. He was the president of the institution of Avellaneda in the years 1919, 1922-1933 and 1942-1945. In 1931, he carried out a project to divide the thirty four teams of First division into three sections, A. B. C. In 1946 Pedro Canaveri was appointed president of the Argentine Football Association, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, which plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División and is considered one of The Big Five of Argentine football, Argentina's ''Big Five'' football clubs. Independiente was officially founded on 1 January 1905, although the institution had been formed on 4 August 1904. Originally from Monserrat, Buenos Aires, Monserrat, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, the club moved to Avellaneda in 1907. The association football, football team has won 16 Argentine Primera División, Primera División titles (the last one was the 2002–03 Argentine Primera División#Torneo Apertura, 2002 Apertura) and 9 List of Argentine football national cups, National cups. In CA Independiente in international football, international club football competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
