The 2009
South American Youth 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 ...
(Sudamericano sub-20) was a football competition for national teams U-20 who are associated with the football federation
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, Suri ...
. It was the 24th time the tournament was held and took place in Venezuela from January 19 to February 8. It also served as qualification for the
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...
.
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
won the tournament, becoming champions for the tenth time.
The tournament was initially hosted in Peru, however following FIFA sanctions over Peruvian Government's investigation of the FPF's corruption, it was moved to Venezuela.
Teams
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Squads
First Group Stage
Group A
(*) Colombia qualified to the following round after winning a coin toss
Match schedule
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Group B
Match schedule
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Final Group
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Winners
Goal scorers
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Walter
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Robin Ramírez
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Hernán Pérez
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Abel Hernández
Abel Mathías Hernández Platero (born 8 August 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis.
Hernández began his career with Central Español and Peñarol, and spent five-and-a-hal ...
;4 goals
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Eduardo Salvio
Eduardo Antonio Salvio (born 13 July 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club UNAM.
Salvio started his career with Lanús in 2008. After moving to Europe in 2010, he won two UEFA Europa League, wit ...
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Federico Santander
Federico Javier Santander Mereles (born 4 June 1991) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Reggina and the Paraguay national team.
Club career Early career
Santander started in the youth divisions o ...
;3 goals
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Douglas Costa
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Costa s ...
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Mauricio Gómez
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Hernán Pertúz
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Nicolás Lodeiro
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Jonathan Urretavizcaya
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Santiago García
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Salomón Rondón
José Salomón Rondón Giménez (; born 16 September 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Venezuela national team, and is currently a free agent.
After starting out at Aragua, he went on to spend most o ...
;2 goals
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Jonathan Cristaldo
Jonatan Ezequiel Cristaldo (born 5 March 1989), nicknamed "Churry", is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Primera División.
Club career
Cristaldo made his debut for Vélez Sárs ...
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Alan Kardec
Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Júnior (born January 12, 1989), known as Alan Kardec, is a Brazilian professional football player who plays for Atlético Mineiro as a striker.
He is named after the systematizer of Spiritism, Allan Kardec.
Cl ...
*
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* Geoffrey Giuliano, American author
* Maurizio Giuliano, writer and Guinness-record-holding traveler Given name
* Giuliano Gemma, actor
...
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Maylson
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Marco Perez
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Joao Rojas
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Aldo Andrés Paniagua
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Juan José Barros
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Yonathan Del Valle
;1 goal
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Leandro Velázquez
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Career
Club career
Velázquez made his league debut for Vélez ...
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Marcelo Benítez
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Cristian Gaitán
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Iván Bella
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Jehanamed Castedo
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Nicolás Darío Tudor
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Tales
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Dentinho
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Sandro
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Boris Sagredo
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Charles Aránguiz
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With his former club Universidad de Chile, Aránguiz was ...
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Yamith Cuesta
Yamith Cuesta (born April 17, 1989, in Turbo) is a Colombian footballer.
Career
Club
Cuesta made his debut in the Colombian First Division with Bogota club Santa Fe in 2007, playing 24 matches and scoring two goals.
In 2008, he joined Expreso ...
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Cristian Nazarith
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Career
Club
Nazarit began his career in the youth ranks of América de Cali. In 2008, he moved to Independien ...
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Elkin Blanco
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Sherman Cárdenas
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Juan Luis Anangonó
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Jefferson Pinto
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Club career
He came from Emelec's youth system and he is believed to be one of the most prom ...
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Gustavo Cristaldo
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Celso Ortiz
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Career
On 26 August 20 ...
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Luis Trujillo
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Tabaré Viudez
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Alejandro Peña
Alejandro Peña Vásquez (born June 25, 1959) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 1" , 200 lb. , he batted and threw right-handed.
Peña made his Major League debut on August 13, 1981 (in time to be included on t ...
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Leandro Cabrera
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Marcelo Andrés Silva
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Maximiliano Córdoba
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Matías Aguirregaray
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His nickname is ''"El Vasquito"''. He also holds a Spanish passport, allowing him ...
;1 goal cont.
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Jonathan Charquero
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Louis Ángelo Peña
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Carlos Enrique Fernández
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Pablo Camacho
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José Manuel Velázquez
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Club career
Velázquez started his ...
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Rafael Acosta
;own goals
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Alejandro Peña
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(from Venezuela)
Qualified for the
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...
Brazil
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Paraguay
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
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See also
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2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...
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2009 South American Under 17 Football Championship
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2009
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Under
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*Bülent Ünder (born 1949), Turkish footballer
*Cengiz Ünder (born 1997), Turkish footballer
*Marie Under
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2008–09 in Venezuelan football
2009 in youth association football