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Wágner (footballer, Born 1985)
Wágner Ferreira dos Santos (born 29 January 1985), simply known as Wágner, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Wágner started his career at América Mineiro, where he shone along with Fred, an international Brazilian player, who, coincidentally, is again Wagner's colleague in Fluminense FC. Wágner went on to play for Cruzeiro, another team from Belo Horizonte. Cruzeiro sold Wágner to Al-Ittihad after a transfer fee of around €9 million in January 2007, but a clause in his contract allowed him to come back to Cruzeiro in June 2007 after Al-Ittihad could not finish paying his transfer fee. He was important in Al-Ittihad's championship run. On 7 August 2009 Championat.ru confirmed that Lokomotiv Moscow had acquired the Brazilian player, for 6 million euros. On 17 January 2011 he signed for Gaziantepspor for €3 million. After a feud with Gaziantepspor manager Abdullah Ercan, Wágner's con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sete Lagoas
Sete Lagoas (meaning 'Seven Lagoons' in Portuguese) is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The municipal area is 537;km² while the population was 241,835 in 2020. Location Sete Lagoas is situated about 70 kilometres from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. The BR 040 motorway connects Sete Lagoas with Belo Horizonte and the national capital Brasília. The altitude is 761 metres above sea level. It is surrounded by the following municipalities: Araçaí, Funilândia, Prudente de Morais, Capim Branco, Esmeraldas, Inhaúma, Paraopeba, and Caetanópolis. Climate According to data from the meteorological station of the municipality, the average temperature of the city between the years 1961 to 1990 was 20.9 °C. The coldest month (July) had an average of 17.5 °C while the hottest month (February) had an average of 23.0 °C. The four lowest temperature records at the Sete Lagoas meteorological station were as follows: 0.8 °C on July 18, 1926; 1.3 °C on Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the third-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the 17th-most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil. The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the Pampulha Complex. In planning the city, Aarão Reis and Francisco Bicalho sought inspiration in the urban p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2006 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 105th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A São Paulo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Ponte Preta, Fortaleza, São Caetano and Santa Cruz, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Atlético Mineiro declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions. Promotion The four best placed teams, which are Atlético Mineiro, Sport, Náutico and América-RN, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Paysandu, Guarani, São Raimundo and Vila Nova, were relegated to the following year's third level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Criciúma declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions. Promotion The four best placed teams in the final stage of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana began in 2002, replacing the separate competitions Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur (that had replaced Copa CONMEBOL) by a single competition. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana is considered a merger of defunct tournaments such as the Copa CONMEBOL, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana becomes eligible to play in the Recopa Sudamericana. They gain entry onto the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition, and also contest the J.League Cup / Copa Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2005 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 104th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Corinthians declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Coritiba, Atlético Mineiro, Paysandu and Brasiliense, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Grêmio declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions. Promotion The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Grêmio and Santa Cruz, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The six worst placed teams, which are Vitória, Bahia, Anapolina, União Barbarense, Criciúma and Caxias, were relegated to the following year's third level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Remo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions. Promotion The two best placed teams in the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021 the competition was chosen by the IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world. Due to historical peculiarities and the large geographical size of the country, Brazil has a relatively short history of nationwide football competitions. Only in 1959, with the advancements in civil aviation and air transport and the need to appoint a Brazilian representative to the first edition of the Copa Libertadores was a nationw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2004 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 103rd season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Santos declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Criciúma, Guarani, Vitória and Grêmio, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Brasiliense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions. Promotion The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Brasiliense and Fortaleza, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The six worst placed teams, which are América-RN, Remo, América-MG, Joinville, Mogi Mirim and Londrina, were relegated to the following year's third level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série C União Barbarense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions. Promotion The two best placed teams in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2003 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 102nd season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Cruzeiro declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions. Relegation The two worst placed teams, which are Fortaleza and Bahia, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Palmeiras declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions. Promotion The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Palmeiras and Botafogo, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The two worst placed teams, which are Gama and União São João, were relegated to the following year's third level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Ituano declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions. Promotion The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Ituano and Santo André, were promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Sul-Minas
Copa Sul-Minas was a Brazilian football competition that ran between 2000 and 2002, with teams from the three Southern states of Brazil, plus the Southeastern state of Minas Gerais. It replaced the 1999 tournament called Copa Sul which only included teams from the Southern states. In 2016, a successor to this tournament was created, the Copa Sul-Minas-Rio (also known as Primeira Liga), in this tournament there were not only teams from the Southern states and Minas Gerais, but they also added teams from 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 b .... In its three editions, Copa Sul-Minas was won by Minas Gerais teams. List of finals Copa Sul Copa Sul-Minas Copa Sul-Minas-Rio References Defunct football competitions in Brazil {{Brazil-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system. Although not having been played annually since its founding in 1971, the competition format has changed almost every season. Since 2006 it has been contested by 20 teams in a double round-robin format with the top four teams being promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A group and the bottom four teams being relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C group. 2022 Série B teams Champions of Série B Official champions Below is the table of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions according to the Brazilian Football Confederation: ;Knockout tournament ;Round-robin tournament ;Notes *In 1986, Treze, Central, Inter de Limeira and Criciúma were the champions of their respective groups and were promoted to the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2002 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 101st season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ---- ---- ---- Santos declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 5-2. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Portuguesa, Palmeiras, Gama and Botafogo, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B final was played between Fortaleza and Criciúma. ---- ---- ---- Criciúma declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions by aggregate score of 4-3. Promotion The champion and the runner-up, which are Criciúma and Fortaleza, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The six worst placed teams, which are Americano, Botafogo-SP, Sampaio Corrêa, Guarany-CE, XV de Piracicaba and Bragantino, were relegated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct Free Kick
A free kick is a method of restarting play in association football. It is awarded after an infringement of the laws by the opposing team. Direct and indirect free kicks Free kicks may be either direct or indirect, distinguished as follows: * An attacking goal may be scored directly from a direct free kick, but not from an indirect free kick. * Direct free kicks are awarded for more serious offences (handball and most types of foul play – see below for a complete list), while indirect free kicks are awarded for less serious offences * A direct free kick cannot be awarded in the offending team's penalty area: if a team in its own penalty area commits an offence normally punished by a direct free kick, a penalty kick is awarded instead. An indirect free kick may be awarded for an offence committed anywhere. Procedure Signal The referee signals an indirect free kick by raising the arm vertically above the head; a direct free kick is signaled by extending the arm horizon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
