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Rodolfo Fischer
Rodolfo José Fischer Eichler, nicknamed ''Lobo'' (2 April 1944 – 16 October 2020) was an Argentina, Argentine international association football player of German-Brazilian descent. His tenacity awarded the tall attacker with the nickname ''El Lobo'', the "Wolf". With CA San Lorenzo de Almagro in Buenos Aires he won three championships and he remained one of the foremost strikers in the club's history. Among others, he also played for Botafogo FR in Brazil and CD Once Caldas in Colombia. Biography Fischer was born on 2 April 1944 (in Oberá, Province Misiones (Argentina), Misiones). He joined in 1963 the youth of the top club CA San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. From 1965 he played in the first team of the club with which he won in 1968 under the Brazilian manager Elba de Pádua Lima, Elba de Pádua Lima "Tim" undefeated the ''Campeonato Metropolitano'', the Metropolitan Championship – the first undefeated championship of any club in the history o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberá
Oberá, formerly Svea, is a city in the Mesopotamia, Argentina, interfluvial province of Misiones Province, Misiones, Argentina, and the head town of the Oberá Department. It is located 96 km east of the provincial capital Posadas, Misiones, Posadas, on National Route 14 (Argentina), National Route 14, and about 1,150 km north of Buenos Aires. It has 63,960 inhabitants according to the . Overview Oberá is the second city in size and importance of the province, and the core of the Sierras Centrales region. The area is a colorful landscape, with luxurious vegetation, streams, cascades and hilly areas. Oberá is also the educational and cultural capital of the central region of the province, with availability of universities and colleges (such as the National University of Misiones). Its economy is based on agriculture and industry. The local culture is marked by European influences, since the area was settled by numerous colonies of immigration to Argentina, immigrants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elba De Pádua Lima
Elba de Pádua Lima (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984), best known by the nickname ''Tim'', was a Brazilian footballer and coach. Tim was born in Rifaina, São Paulo. During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilian clubs Botafogo-SP, Portuguesa Santista, Fluminense, and Olaria; he won five Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941). He retired in Colombia with Atlético Junior of Barranquilla. He was also a member of the Brazil national team, at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, playing one match against Czechoslovakia, and at the South American Championship 1942, where he scored one goal. 44 years after participating in the World Cup as a player, Tim was the manager of the Peru national football team at the 1982 World Cup, in what is the longest interval ever between an individual's World Cup participations, and the longest World Cup career overall. Two years after the 1982 World Cup, he died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 69. He c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Zagallo
Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (; born 9 August 1931) is a Brazilian former professional football player, coordinator and manager, who played as a forward. Zagallo holds the record for World Cup titles in general with four titles in total. He was the first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a manager and as a player, winning the competition in 1958 and 1962 as a player, in 1970 as manager, and in 1994 as assistant manager. Zagallo also coached Brazil in 1974 (finishing fourth) and in 1998 (finishing as runners-up) and was a technical assistant in 2006. He is the first of three men, along with Germany's Franz Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager and the only one that has done it more than twice. In 1992, Zagallo received the FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA, for his contributions to football. He was named the 9th Greatest Manager of All Time by World Soccer Magazine in 2013. With the death of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jairzinho
Jair Ventura Filho (born 25 December 1944), better known as Jairzinho (), is a Brazilian former footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and top scorer of the legendary Brazilian national team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He is nicknamed as The Hurricane ( pt, o Furacão) for scoring limitless goals. A versatile forward, he was also capable of playing in a variety of other attacking positions, as a main striker, second striker, or even as an attacking midfielder. Jairzinho was known for his large afro towards the later stages of his career, as well as his burst of pace, dribbling, ball skills, finishing ability, shot power and devastating strength due to his large muscular build. Due to the economic and political situation of the time, as well as the Sport Legislation, he played most of his club football in South America where he spent eleven years at Rio de Janeiro club Botafogo. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup 1970
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside Europe and South America, and it was also the first held in North America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage. The tournament final had Brazil battle Italy, another FIFA two-time champion (and UEFA Euro 1968 winner), 4–1. Furthermore, during the tournament, Brazil also had to defeat another two-time champion (who were) South American champions Uruguay, by 3–1 in the semi-final, and defending champions England 1–0 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Cruzeiro (1967–1986)
The cruzeiro, initially denominated cruzeiro novo (), was the currency of Brazil between 1967 and 1986. It is the second of the 3 historical Brazilian currencies called "''cruzeiro''". It was introduced as ''cruzeiro novo'', with symbol NCr$, and remained with that denomination between 1967 and 1970 in the transition from the previous standard banknotes issued by American Bank Note Company and Thomas de la Rue to the new banknotes issued mainly by Casa da Moeda do Brasil. It was introduced due to inflation and financial instability in the country, and had a conversion rate of 1 ''cruzeiro novo'' = 1000 "old" cruzeiros. After the transition period for the Casa da Moeda do Brasil to be able to manufacture the new banknotes, the currency was renamed simply ''cruzeiro'', with symbol Cr$. The ''cruzeiro'' remained as the official currency until 1986, when the it was replaced by the ''cruzado'', at a rate of 1 ''cruzado'' = 1000 ''cruzeiros''. History Context Until the 1960s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Dinis
Joaquim António Dinis (born 1 December 1947, Luanda) is a former Angolan-Portuguese footballer. He played for Sporting, FC Porto and União Leiria in the Portuguese Liga, as forward. He is a brother of Angolan basketball coach Carlos Dinis. Dinis gained 14 caps and scored 5 goals for the Portugal national team. He did a great partnership with Eusébio at the Brazil Independence Cup in 1972, scoring all the 5 international goals of his career at the competition. He gave the name to the Joaquim Dinis Stadium in Luanda Luanda () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major Angola#Economy, industrial, Angola#Culture, cultural and Angola#Demographics, urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atl .... External links * 1947 births Living people C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players Clube Atlético de Luanda players Sporting CP footballers FC Porto players U.D. Leiria players C.D. Primeiro de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Independence Cup
The Brazil Independence Cup was an international association football, football tournament held in Brazil, from 11 June to 9 July 1972, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence. It was called the ''Minicopa'' by the Brazilians and the final was between Brazil national football team, Brazil and Portugal national football team, Portugal, in the Estádio do Maracanã, Maracanã Stadium. Brazil won 1–0, with Jairzinho scoring in the 89th minute. Brazil no longer had Pelé but still had Tostão, Jairzinho and Rivelino, the later two also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, in West Germany. Despite Portugal's quality results and team, including S.L. Benfica, Benfica players such as Eusébio, Jaime Graça, José Henrique, Humberto Coelho, Rui Jordão, and Toni (footballer, born 1946), Toni, the team missed the FIFA World Cup, World Cup 1974 and 1978 qualifying matches, so this tournament was their best result until the 1984 European Football Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracanã (stadium)
Maracanã most commonly refers to the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It may also refer to: People * Arlindo Maracanã (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Domingos Maracanã (born March 1961), Brazilian volleyball player Places * Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Maracanã River (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil, a river located in Maracanã neighborhood * Maracanã, Pará, a Brazilian municipality located in Pará state * Maracanã River (Amazonas), Brazil Sports * C.D. Maracaná San Rafael, a football club based in San Rafael Obrajuelo, El Salvador * Maracanã Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club * Maracanã Stadium (Estádio do Maracanã), a stadium located in the Maracanã neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, an indoor sporting arena, located in the Maracanã neighborhood, near the stadium * Estadio Parque Maracaná, a football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay * Estadio Maracaná, a football stadiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate, commonly known as River Plate, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Núñez, Buenos Aires, Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. Although many sports are practiced at the club, River Plate is best known for its professional association football, football team, which has won Argentina's Argentine Primera División, Primera División championship a record of 37 times, its latest title in 2021 Argentine Primera División, 2021. Domestic achievements also include 14 List of Argentine football national cups, national cups, with the 2021 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional, 2021 Trofeo de Campeones as the most recent, making River Plate the country's most successful team in domestic competitions with a total of 51 top-division titles. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
