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Tomás Ángel
Tomás Ángel Gutiérrez (born 20 February 2003) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Nacional. Early life Ángel was born on 20 February 2003 to former footballer Juan Pablo Ángel, while Juan Pablo was playing in England for Aston Villa. Because of this, Tomás Ángel was born in Birmingham, England. Ángel inherited his passion for football from his father, and would accompany his father to training when he was playing for the New York Red Bulls. His elder brother Gerónimo is a musician, actor and model who featured on Colombian kid's talent show, , while his younger brother Pascual is also a footballer. The three were raised in England until 2007, when they moved to the United States. Club career Early career Having lived in the United States until the age of ten, Ángel moved to Colombia in 2013, going on to play for the academy of Atlético Nacional, the former club of his father. He moved to Club Deportivo Estudiantil, where he played under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracol Radio
Caracol Radio (''Cadena Radial Colombiana'', "Colombian Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in Medellín in 1948 when ''La Voz de Antioquia'' station acquired the 50% of ''Emisoras Nuevo Mundo'', based in Bogotá. Julio Mario Santo Domingo was its main shareholder until 2003, when Spanish Grupo Prisa bought the ''Grupo Latino de Radio'', whose 17% was Santo Domingo's. History In 1945 Colombian Liberal Party politicians César García, Jorge Soto del Corral, Luis Uribe Piedrahita, Alberto Arango Tavera, Carlos Sanz Santamaría, José Gómez Pinzón, Alfonso López Pumarejo, and Alfonso López Michelsen created ''Sociedad Radiodifusión Interamericana'', which would create the Emisora Nuevo Mundo in Bogotá. On 3 September 1948, ''La Voz de Antioquia'' acquired the 50% of Emisora Nuevo Mundo. Caracol would be legally founded in 1949. Coltejer, a textile company which had invested in La Voz de Antioquia and Emisoras Nuevo Mundo, would own some s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Colombiano
''El Colombiano'' (''The Colombian'') is the leading newspaper in Antioquia Department in Colombia whose headquarters are located in Medellín. The first edition of this newspaper was published on February 6, 1912, which only had one page, 13 advertisements, but no news articles. In 1976, the first color pictures were added and in 1980, the content of this newspaper changed from 8 to 6 columns. On February 16, 2001, it was released with its current layout. ''El Colombiano'' 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 southe .... See also * '' El Mundo'' External links El Colombiano official website El Colombiano / English Antioquia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 23rd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It will be hosted by Indonesia, which will be the first FIFA tournament hosted by the country. It will also be only the second U-20 World Cup to be held in Southeast Asia, first since 1997, and the first FIFA tournament in the region since the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Indonesia was originally due to host the tournament in 2021, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced FIFA to cancel the tournament, who awarded the 2023 hosting rights to the country on 24 December 2020. Ukraine, the 2019 champions, were not able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the seventh consecutive title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Cárdenas
Héctor Fabio Cárdenas Berrío (born 28 August 1979) is a Colombian football manager, currently in charge of the Colombia national under-20 team. Career Born in Cali, Cárdenas worked for the Valle del Cauca Department League and Boca Juniors de Cali before joining Deportivo Cali in 2011, as a youth coach. On 9 October 2012, he was named interim manager of the first team for the remainder of the season, after Julio Comesaña resigned. Cárdenas returned to his previous role after the appointment of Leonel Álvarez, but was named manager of the club on 26 February 2014, after Álvarez was sacked. On 2 December 2014, Deportivo Cali announced that Cárdenas would not be the manager of the club for the ensuing campaign, and he subsequently returned to the youth setup. On 13 March 2017, Cárdenas was again named manager of the first team in the place of Mario Yepes Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (; born 13 January 1976) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 South American U-20 Championship
The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and es, Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or pt, Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age of 20. This tournament also serves as qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. History The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (11 times). Format All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William (footballer, Born 1967)
William Amaral de Andrade (born 27 December 1967), known simply as William, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Playing career William was born in Rio de Janeiro. During his extensive career he played most notably for S.L. Benfica, from where he arrived in 1990 after spells at two other Portuguese clubs, C.D. Nacional and Vitória de Guimarães. During his five-year spell, William helped Benfica to two Primeira Liga titles, forming an efficient partnership with compatriot Ricardo Gomes after arriving as a replacement for another Brazilian, Carlos Mozer. In the 1990–91 season he did not miss one single game for the champions, and still scored four goals. After one season in France at SC Bastia, William moved to Spain with SD Compostela, being fairly used during four years (although he was never an automatic first-choice), two in La Liga and two in the second division. He then returned to Portugal and Vitória Guimarães, alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Superliga Colombiana
The 2023 Superliga Colombiana (officially known as the Superliga BetPlay Dimayor 2023 for sponsorship purposes) was the twelfth edition of the Superliga Colombiana, Colombia's football super cup tournament organized by DIMAYOR. It was contested by Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Pereira, champions of the 2022 Categoría Primera A season The 2022 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2022 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and en ... tournaments, from 8 to 16 February 2023. Atlético Nacional defeated Deportivo Pereira 5–3 on aggregate to win their third Superliga Colombiana title. Teams Matches First leg Second leg ''Atlético Nacional won 5–3 on aggregate. References External linksSuperliga on Dimayor's website {{Atlético Nacional matches Superliga Colombiana Superliga Superliga Superliga Colombi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto ''"Més que un club"'' (''"More than a club"''). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the fourth-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $4.76 billion, and the world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €582.1 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and garnet stripes, hence nicknamed ''Blaugrana''. Domestically, Barcelona has won a record 75 trophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Categoría Primera A Season
The 2023 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2023 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship purposes) is the 76th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 24 January and will end on 10 December 2023. Deportivo Pereira are the defending champions, having won the 2022 Finalización tournament. Format The competition format for this season was approved by the Extraordinary Assembly of DIMAYOR on 14 December 2022, which decided to keep the same system used in the previous season, with two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) of three stages each. Teams 20 teams will take part in the season, the top 18 teams from the relegation table of the previous season as well as the 2022 Primera B champions Boyacá Chicó and the winners of the Primera B promotion play-off Atlético Huila. Boyacá Chicó were the first team to earn promotion, winning the Primera B title on 21 November 2022 after beating Atlético ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Autuori
Paulo Autuori de Mello (born 25 August 1956), known as Paulo Autuori, is a Brazilian football executive and manager who is the current manager of Atlético Nacional. Early life A football fan since early childhood and a futsal player, Paulo Autuori had to give up his dream of becoming a professional footballer after contracting poliomyelitis in his teens. The disease left him with an atrophied leg and a permanent limp on his walk, which prevented him from playing. However, he did not give up his dream of being part of the footballing world, and decided to learn other aspects of the game, specifically becoming a manager. Autuori's first jobs were working as a physical coach for clubs such as Portuguesa (RJ), and Nacional in Portugal. At Nacional, Paulo Autuori was promoted to manager of the main team, and has enjoyed a successful coaching career ever since. Autuori graduated in Physical Education at Universidade Castelo Branco; and attended a Sport Admninstration course at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Sarmiento
Pedro Enrique Sarmiento Solís (born 26 October 1956) is a Colombian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas. Playing career Club Born in Medellín, Sarmiento played for Atlético Nacional and América de Cali during his professional career. After winning several national club titles he became a trainer. In 2004, he won the fourth title for Independiente Medellín. International Sarmiento made 37 appearances for the senior Colombia national football team from 1980 to 1985, including participating in nine qualifying matches for the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups and the 1983 Copa América. He also played for Colombia at the 1980 Olympic Games in the Moscow. Managerial career After retiring from playing, Sarmiento began coaching football. He has led Deportivo Cali, América de Cali, Santa Fe, Independiente Medellín and Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Deportivo Fútbol Club S. A. is a professional Colombian footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
