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Raúl Leguías
Raúl Moisés Leguías Ávila (born 9 October 1981) is a football forward who plays for AD Santa Rosa. Club career A much-travelled striker or attacking midfielder, Leguías has spent most of his playing career in Panama and Nicaragua but he has also played club football in Guatemala, El Salvador, Angola and Uruguay. He made his debut with Guatemalan second division side San Pedro in February 2009 only to return to Nicaragua to play for Managua and Real Estelí. In summer 2012 he joined Angolan outfit Onze Bravos, where he scored on his debut and signed for Diriangén a year later. In January 2014 he arrived in Uruguay to play for Cerro Largo. Leguías and compatriot Luis Fernando Copete joined Costa Rican side AS Puma for the 2015 Verano season. Leguias with 107 Goals Scored in 14 Seasons with 8 different teams occupies the 8th position among the top scorers in the history of the Short Tournaments (as of the 2003–04 season) in the Liga Primera de Nicaragua. Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colón, Panama
Colón () is a city and seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city. Originally it was located entirely on Manzanillo Island, surrounded by Limon Bay, Manzanillo Bay, and the Folks River; however, since the disestablishment of the Panama Canal Zone, the city's limits have been redefined to include Fort Gulick, a former U.S. Army base, as well the former Panama Canal Zone towns of Cristobal, Margarita, and Coco Solo. History The city was founded by the United States in 1850 as the Atlantic terminal of the Panama Railroad, then under construction to meet the demand during the California Gold Rush for a fast route to California. For a number of years early in its history, the sizable United States émigré community called the town Aspinwall after Panama Railroad promoter William Henry Aspinwall, while the city's Hispanic co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportivo Walter Ferretti
Club Deportivo Walter Ferretti is a Nicaraguan football team who play in the Nicaraguan Premier Division. They are based in Managua. History The club was founded in 1984 on the initiative of Walter Ferretti Fonseca. Its intention was to serve as the sporting wing of the Sandinista Police, and it initially competed in an institutional league for government ministries. Later, the team moved into the Nicaraguan league system. At that time, they competed under the name of DGPS (''Dirección General de La Polícia Sandinista''). DGPS stormed through the lower levels of the Nicaraguan league system, winning the Second Division in 1985 with an undefeated record. That lifted them to the top flight of the country, where they have competed ever since. Late in 1988, Ferretti died in a car accident on the road to Leon. In 1991, the club was renamed to C.D. Walter Ferretti in his honor. The 1997–98 season saw Ferretti win its first ever title, defeating Masachapa 1–0 in the cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''''. . The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Pedro Marrero
Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Pedro Marrero, the home of CF Ciudad de La Habana, is a multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is now used primarily for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 and was built in 1929. History Originally named Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical (or familiarly, La Tropical), it hosted the 1937 Bacardi Bowl and many Cuban League baseball games. After the revolution, it was renamed for Pedro Marrero, a young man who died in the attack on the Moncada Barracks. Geography The stadium is located in the ward of Ceiba, part of the municipal borough of Playa; next to the borders with Nuevo Vedado, borough of Plaza de la Revolución. See also * Estadio Panamericano *Estadio Latinoamericano The Estadio Latinoamericano (Spanish for ''Latin American Stadium'') is a stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the second largest baseball stadium in the world by capacity. Gran Estadio, a spacious pitchers' park ... References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Copa Centroamericana
The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was the 12th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was organized by the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' or UNCAF, and took place in Costa Rica from 18 January to 27 January 2013. The top five teams go on to participate in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The tournament consisted of two stages. In the group stage of the tournament finals, the seven teams competed for points in two round-robin groups, one of four teams and the other of three, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These four teams advanced to the semi-final stage, with the winners advancing to the final, while the losers contested a third-place match. The fifth-place match was played between the third-ranked teams from the group stage. In the final, Costa Rica defeated defending champions Honduras 1–0, with Giancarlo González's goal in the 38th minute giving Costa Rica their seventh Central A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup Qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones, each organized by their respective confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe). For each World Cup, FIFA decides the number of places in the finals allocated to each of the zones, based on the numbers and relative strengths of the confederations' teams. As a courtesy, the host receives an automatic berth selection, as has happened with the immediate past tournament winner during much of the competition's history. All other finalists are determined on a standalone qualifying round achievement without regard to previous achievements. History The berths for the inaugural 1930 tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama National Football Team
The Panama national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Panamá) represents Panama in men's international football and is governed by the Panamanian Football Federation. The team represents all three FIFA, CONCACAF and the regional UNCAF. Panama qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time for the 2018 tournament in Russia and scored their first goal of the World Cup against England, although they lost the match 6–1. They finished bottom of their group. Panama finished as runners-up in the 2005 Gold Cup and 2013 Gold Cup, losing to the United States on both occasions. Panama has also competed in the sub-regional Copa Centroamericana which they won in 2009, beating Costa Rica in the final (0–0 on full-time, 5–3 on penalties). They finished in third place on three occasions ( 1993, 2011, 2014), and finished as runners-up behind Honduras in the 2017 edition, which they hosted. The national team is nicknamed "Los Canaleros" ("The Canal Men"), in refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Copa Centroamericana
The 2011 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2011 Central American Cup) was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international association football, football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) of the CONCACAF region. It took place in Panama from January 14 to January 23, 2011. It was the second time for Panama to host the tournament. On January 23, 2011 Honduras won the cup by defeating Costa Rica 2-1 in the final. The top five teams from this tournament qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The group stage draw was conducted on September 2, 2010 in Panama City. Participating nations All seven Union Centroamericana de Fútbol, UNCAF members participated in the tournament: * * * * * * * Venue All matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City. Squads Group stage ;Tiebreakers # Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams. # Greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Primera
The Liga Primera de Nicaragua is the top division of football in Nicaragua, organized by the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol, it was created in 1933. It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura from August through November and Torneo de Clausura from January through May. Each of the regular seasons is followed by a playoff of the top four teams over a two-legged semifinal and subsequent final. The relegation end has the bottom team of the aggregate table dropped as well as the loser of the playoff of the 8th and 9th-place teams. Current teams 2018–19 Primera División Statistics Champions Teams in bold are currently participating in Primera División de Nicaragua. Records Following are records in Liga Primera de Nicaragua: * Manuel "Catarrito" Cuadra ''(highest goal scorer in the league with 142 goals)'' * Oscar "Chiqui" Calvo ''(most goals in a season with 44 goals in 1967 playing for Flor de Caña in the old format of the game)'' * Sergio Gago ''(most goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Fernando Copete
Luis Fernando Copete Murillo (born 12 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga Primera club Diriangén FC. Born and raised in Colombia to Colombian parents, Copete has played in the Nicaraguan league and subsequently capped for the Nicaragua national team. Club career Puma Generaleña In 2015, Copete and his then Nicaragua national team mate Raúl Leguías joined Costa Rican side AS Puma. Copete went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy in early 2016, but did not earn a contract. Sonsonate Copete signed with top flight Primera División side Sonsonate for Clausura 2018 tournament. On 29 March 2018, Copete scored his debut goal for Sonsonate in a 3–1 victory against Isidro Metapán in the Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos. Deportivo Pasto In July 2018, Copete signed with Deportivo Pasto. International career Copete became a naturalized citizen of Nicaragua in 2014. According La Prensa, he did not com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua National Football Team
The Nicaragua national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Nicaragua) represents Nicaragua in men's international football and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. Nicaragua achieved its first qualification to a major international competition in 2009, as they qualified for the 2009 Gold Cup as the last entrant from Central America, after a 2–0 win over Guatemala in the fifth place match in the 2009 Nations Cup. However, the team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Due to American influence throughout the country's history, baseball has more of a following as both a pursuit and spectator event in Nicaragua than football. History Nicaragua traveled to El Salvador for their first ever international, losing 9–0 to the hosts on 1 May 1929. They did not play another match for over twelve years, until the qualifying group for the 1941 CCCF Championship in Costa Rica. They lost all 4 games: 7–2 to the hosts Costa Rica on 10 May, 8–0 to El Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
