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Stanley Okoro
Stanley Osaretin Okoro (born 8 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a winger or forward. Career Born in Enugu, Okoro finished his graduation with Heartland FC, after spells with River Lane FC and National Grammar School. He made his senior debuts with the former in 2009. On 14 April 2010, Okoro joined UD Almeria in Spain, signing a four-year contract. He was initially assigned to the ''Juvenil'' squad, being promoted to the reserves in the following year. In July 2013, Okoro moved to Bulgarian A Professional Football Group side Cherno More Varna in a season-long loan deal. He played his first match as a professional on 3 August, starting in a 0–0 draw at CSKA Sofia, and scored his first goal on 11 December, netting the first of a 2–0 win at Lokomotiv Sofia. On 29 May 2014, Okoro was promoted to the Andalusians' main squad for the pre-season, but returned to the B-side in August. Released in the summer of 2015, he returned to his nation in 2016, signing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enugu
Enugu ( ; ) is the capital city of Enugu State in Nigeria. It is located in southeastern part of Nigeria. The city had a population of 820,000 according to the 2022 Nigerian census. The name ''Enugu'' is derived from the two Igbo words ''Énú Ụ́gwụ́'', meaning "hill top", denoting the city's hilly geography. Since the 17th century the location of present-day Enugu has been inhabited by the Enugwu-Ngwo and Nike ( ) subgroup of the Igbo people; . In 1900, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate was established by the colonial administration of the British Empire. The discovery of coal by the colonists led to the creation of what was then known as the Enugu Coal Camp, named after the nearby village of Enugu Ngwo, under which coal was first found. The nearby city of Port Harcourt was created for the purpose of shipping this coal abroad, being located south of the camp. Coal mining opportunities in Enugu attracted people from throughout the region; this marked the core of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a Nationalities and regions of Spain, "historical nationality". The territory is divided into eight Provinces of Spain, provinces: Province of Almería, Almería, Province of Cádiz, Cádiz, Province of Córdoba (Spain), Córdoba, Province of Granada, Granada, Province of Huelva, Huelva, Province of Jaén (Spain), Jaén, Province of Málaga, Málaga, and Province of Seville, Seville. Its capital city is Seville. The seat of the High Court of Justice of Andalusia is located in the city of Granada. Andalusia is located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, immediately south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Region of Murcia, Murcia and the Mediterr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Substitute (association Football)
In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is performing poorly, or for tactical reasons (such as bringing a striker on in place of a defender). A player who has been substituted during a match takes no further part in the game, in games played under the standard International Football Association Board Laws of the Game. Substitutions were officially added to the Laws of the Game in 1958. Prior to this most games were played with no changes permitted at all, with occasional exceptions in cases of extreme injury or players not arriving to matches on time. The number of substitutes has risen over time as well as the number of reserve players allowed to be nominated. It is now common for games to allow a maximum of 5 substitutions; some competitions allow for an additional substitution when playing ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar National Football Team
The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed ''Barea'' after the island's zebu The zebu (; ''Bos indicus'' or ''Bos taurus indicus''), sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in the Indian sub-continent. Zebu are characterised by a fatty ..., is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Malagasy Football Federation. It has never qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup, World Cup. It took part in its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, 2019. Among its biggest wins was a 1–0 home victory over Egypt national football team, Egypt in the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, qualification rounds of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations until being surpassed by a recent 2–0 win over Nigeria national football team, Nigeria in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, group stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification
This page details the process of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification phase. Forty-six African nations, including hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, entered the competition. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea automatically qualified as host countries. The other 44 nations were drawn into eleven groups, each containing 4 teams. Togo was later added to Group K after its reinstatement. In each group, teams played each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top team in each group qualified, as did the runner-up of Group K (which contained 5 teams) and the two best runners-up from the other groups. Qualified teams The teams qualified are: :1 Bold indicates champion for that year :2 ''Italic'' indicates host Draw CAF conducted the draw for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign on 20 February 2010. The draw was held at Lubumbashi, Congo DR where the CAF Super Cup was held on 21 February 2010. The 11 teams in Pot 1 were selected based on their ranking after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Akpala
Joseph Eneojo Akpala (born 24 August 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Akpala is a product of the Pepsi Football Academy in Lagos. His first professional contract came in April 2003 with Bendel United Football Club, a Division One club in Benin City. He later joined Bendel Insurance FC, Benin City in the Premier Division of the Nigerian Professional League, in February 2005. He was to finish as joint top scorer with 13 goals in 19 games. Subsequently, Akpala was signed by the Royal Charleroi S.C. of Belgian Jupiler Pro League in January 2006. He wore the number 27 jersey. He had a very successful campaign in 2007–08 as he topped the scorers chart with 18 goals. On 18 July 2008, Akpala joined Club Brugge signing a contract until 2013. On 22 August 2012, Bundesliga club Werder Bremen signed Akpala after facing competition from West Ham United and Celtic. On 19 August 2013, Akpala began a week-long trial with English Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland National Under-17 Football Team
The Switzerland national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The biggest success was the win of the World Cup in 2009 in Nigeria. Competitive record FIFA U-17 World Cup Record UEFA European U-17 Football Championship Record ''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.'' * Gold background color indicates first-place finish. Silver background color indicates second-place finish. Bronze background color indicates third-place finish Recent results 2021 Current squad * The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. * Match dates: 13–19 October 2022 * Opposition: , and *Caps and goals correct as of: 13 October 2022, after the match against References Swiss national teams * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain National Under-17 Football Team
The Spain national under-17 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Considered one of the strongest national team in under 17 level, Spain has participated in 9 out of 14 World Cup tournaments. Spain hold the record of playing the most finals without ever winning the tournament, having finished as runners-up on four occasions. Competitive record FIFA U-17 World Cup record UEFA European U-17 Championship record ''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.'' *Gold background color indicates first-place finish. Silver background color indicates second-place finish. Bronze background color indicates third-place finish. Honours * FIFA U-17 World Cup :* Runners-up (4): 1991, 2003, 2007, 2017 :* Third place (2): 1997, 2009 * UEFA U-17/16 Championship (U-17 since 2002) :* Winners (9): 1986, 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand National Under-17 Football Team
The New Zealand Under 17's football team, more commonly known as the Young All Whites, is controlled by New Zealand Football and represents New Zealand in international Under 17 or youth football competitions. New Zealand was the host nation for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Competition record OFC U-17 Championship The OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Since 2018 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup. FIFA U-17 World Cup 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Current squad The followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Kick (association Football)
A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. It is awarded when an offence punishable by a direct free kick is committed by a player in their own penalty area. The shot is taken from the penalty mark, which is 11 m (12 yards) from the goal line and centred between the touch lines. Procedure The ball is placed on the penalty mark, regardless of where in the penalty area the foul occurred. The player taking the kick must be identified to the referee. Only the kicker and the defending team's goalkeeper are allowed to be within the penalty area; all other players must be within the field of play, outside the penalty area, behind the penalty mark, and a minimum of 9.15m (10 yd) from the penalty mark (this distance is denoted by the penalty arc). The goalkeeper is allowed to move before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany National Under-17 Football Team
This article includes current squads of Germany U-19, U-18, U-17, U-16 and U-15 national football teams. Main coaches Germany national under-19 squad * The following players were called up for the friendly matches. * Match dates: 23, 26 and 29 November 2022 * Opposition: , and *Caps and goals correct as of: 26 November 2022, after the match against . Germany national under-17 squad Current squad * The following players were called up for the friendly matches. * Match dates: 25 and 28 November 2022 * Opposition: *Caps and goals correct as of: 25 November 2022, after the match against . Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection. Records FIFA U-17 World Cup * Runners-up (19851) * Third place ( 2007, 2011) * Fourth place (1997) * Golden Ball (Toni Kroos, 2007) UEFA European Under-19 Football Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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