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South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino) is an international association football competition for women's national teams. It is held every two years for South American players under the age of 20 and serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In its inaugural year, 2004, it was played by U-19 players. The last edition was held in 2022 in Chile. Brazil has won all the competitions with 9 titles in total. For the 2002 and 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, South America was given one qualification spot. In 2002 Brazil and Peru played a two legged play-off for one spot allocated to South America. Brazil won 12–0 on aggregate. Since 2006 South America has been given two spots for the now-renamed FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In this tournament, Brazil has reached the third-place match three times and Colombia reached the third-place match in 2010. Argentina has been eliminated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member soccer associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA. CONMEBOL national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each. It is considered one of the strongest confederations in the world. The World Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship
The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national association football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow stadiums (Dynamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Stadium and Torpedo Stadium) and one in Saint Petersburg ( Petrovsky Stadium). This was the third women's world youth championship organized by FIFA, but the first with an age limit of 20. The first two events, held in Canada in 2002 and Thailand in 2004, had an age limit of 19. FIFA changed the age limit to prepare for the creation of an under-17 championship in 2008. North Korea won the tournament. They became the first Asian team to win a FIFA women's tournament and the first Asian football team to win any FIFA tournaments since Saudi Arabia's triumph in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. Venues Squads Tournament The draw for the tournament was held in Moscow's City Hall on 22 March 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belén Aquino
Belén is the Spanish name for Bethlehem. Belen, Belén or Beleń may also refer to: Places Argentina * Belén, Catamarca * Belén de Escobar, Buenos Aires Province Bolivia * Belén (Aroma), La Paz Department, Bolivia * Belén (Potosí), Bolivia Colombia * Belén, Boyacá * Belén, Nariño * Belén de Andaquies, Caquetá * Belén de Bajirá, Antioquia * Belén de Umbría, Risaralda *Belén, Medellín, Antioquia. Peru * Belén District, Maynas * Belén District, Sucre Turkey * Belen, Çanakkale * Belen, Ezine *Belen, Hani * Belen, Hatay, a town and district of Hatay Province * Belen, Kumluca, Antalya Province * Belen, Kıbrıscık, Bolu Province *Belen, Tarsus, Mersin Province * Belen Pass United States * Belen, Mississippi * Belen, New Mexico ** Belen (Rail Runner station) Elsewhere * Belén, Chile * Belén (canton), Heredia, Costa Rica * Belén, Honduras * Belén, Rivas, Nicaragua *Belén River, Panama * Belén, Paraguay * Beleń, Poland * Belén, Uruguay Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geyse Da Silva
Geyse da Silva Ferreira (born 27 March 1998), commonly known as Geyse or Pretinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Barcelona and the Brazil women's national team. Early life Geyse de Silva Ferreira was born on 27 March 1998, in Maragogi, Brazil. She was born to Maria Cristina "Cris" Gomes da Silva, a street sweeper and daycare worker who raised Geyse and her five siblings- Aline, Geovanne, Gisele, Alisson, and José Willamys- as a single mother. Geyse's father, a fisherman, had an abusive relationship with her mother. Geyse played futsal for two years in Pernambuco. She later played football for União Desportiva Alagoana (UDA), a team based in Maceió. She then moved to Centro Olímpico, where she made limited appearances. Club career Corinthians (2017) Geyse debuted for Corinthians on 12 March 2017, scoring in a 4–0 win over São Francisco. Throughout her single season with Corinthians, she played in 27 mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamila Rodríguez
Yamila Tamara Rodríguez (born 24 January 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian Série A1 club SE Palmeiras and the Argentina women's national team. Club career On 9 March 2019, Rodríguez scored the first official goal of Boca Juniors women's team playing in La Bombonera The Alberto José Armando Stadium is a football stadium located in La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Widely known as La Bombonera (; en, The chocolate box) due to its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands ro .... International career Rodríguez represented Argentina at the 2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship. International goals ''Scores and results list Argentina's goals tally first'' Personal life Rodríguez is openly lesbian. References External links * 1998 births Living people People from Posadas, Misiones Sportspeople from Misiones Province Argentine women's footballers Women's associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andressa Cavalari Machry
Andressa Cavalari Machry (born 1 May 1995), commonly known as Andressa or Andressinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SE Palmeiras and the Brazil women's national team. She participated in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Early life Andressinha was born in Roque Gonzales in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. She played futsal as she grew up. She started playing football at a young age and had the support of her father, Elizeu Machry, who would take her to training and games. Her father was also a professional footballer. Club career Andressinha started her football career at Esporte Clube Pelotas in Nova Esperança do Sul after the club conducted an open tryout in 2009. The following year, she joined Kindermann of Santa Catarina, and remained with the team until 2014, when she was called to the Brazilian national team. Andressa helped the team win League titles in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketlen
Ketlen Wiggers (born 7 January 1992), commonly known as Ketlen, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for Santos in Brazil and the Brazil women's national football team. Since playing for Vitória das Tabocas, she has sometimes worn the nickname "Barbie" on her shirt. Pernambuco residents thought her light skin, blue eyes and fair hair bore a resemblance to the fashion doll manufactured by Mattel. Club career In the 2013 Damallsvenskan season Ketlen played five times for Vittsjö. Ketlen transferred from Centro Olímpico to Boston Breakers in December 2014. After Ketlen played 61 minutes of one match, the Breakers agreed to release her from her contract due to homesickness. Since leaving the Breakers in 2015, Ketlen has played for in Brazil for Santos FC in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino. International career Ketlen's senior debut for Brazil came in October 2011, in a 2–0 Pan American Games win over Argentina Argentina (), officially the Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanna Larissa Santana De Carvalho
Alanna Larissa Santana de Carvalho (born 10 March 1990), simply known as Alanna, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Salvador, Bahia, Alanna began his career at local side São Francisco. In 2010, after impressing with the under-20 national team, she moved to Ferroviária. Alanna subsequently played for Duque de Caxias, São José-SP and Kindermann before returning to São Francisco in 2014. She returned to São José in the following year before signing a contract with Corinthians for the 2017 season. Alanna moved to Santos in 2018, being a regular starter before suffering a knee injury which kept her sidelined for more than a year. International career Alanna represented Brazil at under-20 level in the 2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship and the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the former tournament with seven goals. Honours Club São José-SP *Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2013 *Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulce Quintana
Dulce María Quintana Giménez (born 6 February 1989) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club SE AEM and the Paraguay women's national team. Club career Quintana spent most of her early career playing for clubs in Brazil and Chile. She won the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina with Club Sportivo Limpeño, before securing a move to RCD Espanyol of Spain in January 2017. International career Quintana represented Paraguay at two South American U-20 Women's Championship editions ( 2006 and 2008). At senior level, she played in four Copa América Femenina editions ( 2006, 2010 and 2014), captaining her side in the 2022 edition. International goals ''Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first'' Honours Club Sportivo Limpeño * Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Érika
Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 4 February 1988), commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's youth teams, but mainly as a central defender or " volante" (defensive midfielder) for the senior national team. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the club level, Érika enjoyed three successful spells with Santos and was hurt when the male parent club disbanded the female section in 2012. She also spent the 2009 season with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) franchise FC Gold Pride. After the demise of Santos, Érika and nine other former Santos players agreed to join Centro Olímpico. She played for Paris Saint-Germain between 2015 and 2018 before retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta (footballer)
Marta Vieira da Silva (born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team. Marta is often regarded as the greatest female footballer of all time. She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year six times, five of them being consecutive (from 2006 through 2010) and the latest award coming in 2018. Marta holds the record for being Brazil's top international goalscorer of any gender, with 115 goals. With 17 goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup tournament (women's or men's). Moreover, she was the first footballer of any gender to score at five World Cup editions, a feat matched by Christine Sinclair in 2019 and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2022, and also the first female footballer to score at five consecutive Olympic Games. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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