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Roberto Cereceda
Roberto Andrés Cereceda Guajardo (born 10 October 1984) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for Chilean club Audax Italiano. Club career Audax Italiano Cereceda started in the youth ranks of Colo-Colo before moving to another Santiago club, Audax Italiano. In 2002, Cereceda made his professional debut with Chilean club Audax Italiano. Cereceda made 93 caps with Audax and scored six goals in the five years he played with the first team. Audax made their first appearance in international competition in 2007, in which Cereceda participated. In the third group match against Alianza Lima of Peru, Cereceda scored his first goal in international competition in the 3-1 victory. The team along with Cereceda tied with São Paulo of Brazil with 11 points in group play but failed to make the second round due to goal differential. His play in the tournament and in the national tournament led him to return to his former club Colo-Colo. Colo-Colo Prior to the 2007 Torneo Clausura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago, Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 8 million which is nearly 40% of the country's population, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely in the country's central valley. Most of the city lies between above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal and Balmaceda Park. The Andes Mountains can be seen from most point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Vidal
Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo (; born 22 May 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Chile national team. His displays during his time at Juventus led him to be nicknamed ''Il Guerriero'' ("The Warrior"), ''Rey Arturo'' ("King Arthur") and ''La Piranha'' by the Italian press due to his hard-tackling and aggressive, tenacious style of play. Vidal started his career with Colo-Colo, where he won three Chilean Primera División titles. He relocated to Europe, where he joined Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and played there for four seasons. He then moved to Juventus in 2011, where he became widely recognized as one of the best midfielders in world football. At Juventus, he won the '' Scudetti'' in all four of his seasons and also was integral for them in reaching the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final. Vidal was named to the ten-man shortlist for the 2015 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award following his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Copa Chile
The 2011 Copa Chile was the 32nd edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national cup tournament. The competition started on May 11, 2011 with the preliminary rounds and concluded on November 16, 2011 with the second leg of the final. The winner qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana. Schedule Teams A total 76 clubs were accepted for the competition; one club, Juventud Puente Alto, folded before the fixtures were released, leaving 75 clubs in the draw. The teams for this edition were from the Primera Division, Primera B, Tercera Division, Tercera B, regional amateur club champions, and selected amateur teams. Primera División * Audax Italiano *Cobreloa *Cobresal *Colo-Colo *Huachipato *Deportes Iquique *Deportes La Serena *Ñublense * O'Higgins *Palestino *Santiago Morning *Santiago Wanderers *Unión Española *Unión La Calera *Unión San Felipe * Universidad Católica *Universidad de Chile *Universidad de Concepción Primera B *Coquimbo Unido *Curicó Unido * Depor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Chile
The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Championship''), played from 1933 to 1950. The cup is now open to every member club of the Chilean football league system, from professional teams; ( Primera División, Primera B & Segunda División), down to teams from the ANFA: Tercera División. Since the season 2009, the winners obtained a direct Copa Sudamericana spot for the next season, however this was change starting from the 2015 edition; since then the winners obtains a direct Copa Libertadores spot for the next season. In the history of the tournament, the Primera División teams have dominated the competition; but, because this is contested in a knockout tournament format, the opportunity for lower-level teams upsetting a top level squad is a real possibility. That was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primera División De Chile
Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (other), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera Alí Rafael Primera Rosell (31 October 1941 – 16 February 1985) was a Venezuelan musician, composer, poet, and political activist. He was born in Coro, Falcón State, Venezuela and died in Caracas. He was one of the best known representatives ..., Venezuelan musician, composer, poet, and political activist * Spanish Primera, Spain's highest football competition {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL)
The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw ten teams competing for places in the finals in South Africa. The format is identical to that used for the previous three World Cup qualification tournaments held by CONMEBOL. Matches were scheduled so that there were always two games within a week, which was aimed at minimizing player travel time, particularly for players who were based in Europe. The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fifth-placed team met the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup. Standings On 24 November 2008, FIFA suspended the Peruvian Football Federation from all international competition due to governmental interference in its operations. The suspension was lifted on 20 December 2008. Results The round-by-round fixtures were same as the 2002 and 2006 qualifying tournament. Round 1 ---- ---- --- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning "The Crazy Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Leeds United. He is a former player and played as a defender for Newell's Old Boys, Instituto and Argentino de Rosario. Bielsa played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys' Argentine Primera División, First Division team, but retired when he was 25 to focus on coaching. Bielsa has managed several football clubs and also the national teams of Argentina national football team, Argentina and Chile national football team, Chile. He developed his career as coach of Newell's Old Boys where he won several titles in the early 1990s, before moving to Mexico in 1992, briefly coaching Atlas F.C., Club Atlas and Club América. Bielsa returned to Argentina in 1997 to manage Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Vélez Sarsfield, leading them to the 1997–98 Argentine Primera Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tercera
''La Tercera'' ( es, The Third One), formerly known as ''La Tercera de la Hora'' ('the third of the hour'), is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is ''El Mercurio''s closest competitor. ''La Tercera'' is part of Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos ( Latin American Newspaper Association), an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sou .... History The newspaper La Tercera was founded on July 7, 1950 by Picó Cañas family. In the beginning it was called La Tercera de la Hora, as it was the evening edition of the now defunct newspaper ''La Hora''. Later in the 1950s it left aside its connection with La Hora to become a morning paper. Initially, La Tercera was linked to the Radic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ADN Radio Chile
ADN (In English: DNA) (acronym: ''Actualidad, Deportes, Noticias'', in English: ''News,'' ''Sports, News'') is a Chilean radio station that broadcasts on 91.7 MHz FM in Santiago, Chile. ADN transmits across the entire country on channel 669 (with D-Box) of the cable operator VTR and via the internet worldwide. The station's voiceover is Fernando Solís Lara. The station's signal reaches nearly all the national territory through 34 frequencies and is the only radio news network that transmits on the Easter Island. The station combines contemporary adult music, news, sports, and current events, which makes it popular among a younger audience. Its target listeners are between the ages of 25 and 45. ADN prides themselves on journalistic integrity, made possible by contributors Mauricio Hofmann, Mirna Schindler, Andrea Aristegui, Antonio Quinteros, Iván Núñez, Eduardo Fuentes Silva, Andrea Hoffmann, Sandra Zeballos, Carlos Costas, Francisco Mouat, Juan Cristóbal Guarello, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter Continental Cup
The Inter Continental Cup - Malaysia 2008 was an invitational football tournament, staged in Kuala Lumpur from May 15 to May 25, 2008. The eight-nation tournament features the national Olympic teams (Under-23), including the teams of Nigeria and Australia that participated in that year's 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The other teams taking part are Croatia, Chile, Iraq, Ireland, Togo and hosts Malaysia. All teams participated with their under-23 selection, except Croatia, which sent its under-21 team. Argentina was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but withdrew later, replaced by fellow South American team Chile. Togo also replaced fellow African team Ghana who also withdrew from the tournament. All the matches were played at the KLFA Stadium in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur and the MBPJ Stadium in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Acosta
Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed ''Pelado Acosta'' (''Bald'' Acosta), (born 12 June 1944 in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan-born Chilean football manager and footballer. He became a naturalized Chilean citizen in 1984 and managed several football teams. He is now retired. Career He managed the national team of Chile from 1996 to 2001, leading them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup despite having only managed one professional team before taking over the Chile job. He took over Bolivia in 2004, but seriously failed and returned to manage Chile in 2005. In July 2007 Acosta resigned from managing the Chile national team soon after the Copa América, the latter was held in Venezuela. In September 2007, he was appointed manager of Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar, one of the top provincial teams in Chile. On June 3, 2008, he led Everton to their first Chilean League title in 32 years and ended the domestic dominance of Colo-Colo. In late 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Torneo Clausura (Chile)
The 2009 Torneo Clasura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Clausura Copa BancoEstado 2009 ( en, Clausura National Championship Banco Estado Cup 2009), was the 86th top tier tournament. It began on July 12 and is scheduled to end on December 16. Colo-Colo were the champions, winning its 29th title. Classification Stage Standings Results Playoff stage Colo-Colo qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage. Top goalscorers Updated as of games played on December 9, 2009.Source: Relegation Relegation for this season will be determined by an aggregate table of the Classification Stages of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The teams that finish 17th and 18th will be automatically relegated to the Primera B for the next season. The teams that finish 15th and 16th will play a relegation/promotion playoff against two teams from the 2009 Primera B season. Relegation/promotion playoff By finishing 15th in the relegation table, Palestino was pitted aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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