Listed below are the dates and results for the
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America) ...
rounds for
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 sout ...
. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...
. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from
Oceania
Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...
, with the winner of this play-off also qualifying. For the first time, defending champions
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 ...
was required to go through the qualifying process and did not automatically qualify for the tournament.
Standings
*Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay qualified for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...
.
*Uruguay advanced to the
CONMEBOL/OFC play-off.
Results
Round 1
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Round 7
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Round 8
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Round 9
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Round 10
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Round 11
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Round 12
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Round 13
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Round 14
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Round 15
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Round 16
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Round 17
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Round 18
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Inter-confederation play-offs
The fifth-placed team then played the winner of the OFC qualifying group, Australia, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...
finals.
Qualified teams
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 236 goals scored in 92 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 2.57 goals per match.
;10 goals
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Ronaldo
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Notable people known as Ronaldo include:
As ...
;7 goals
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Hernán Crespo
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A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 19 years. At in ...
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José Cardozo
José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. H ...
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Jefferson Farfán
Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe (; born 26 October 1984) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who mainly played as a winger. Commonly known as Farfán or the nickname ''Foquita'' (Spanish for ''Little Seal''), he is known for his ...
;6 goals
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Adriano
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* Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theor ...
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Diego Forlán
Diego Martín Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation, Forlán is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi ...
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Ruberth Morán
Dickson Ruberth Morán Puelo (born August 11, 1973 in Mérida) is a retired Venezuelan football striker.
Club career
Morán has played professional club football in a number of countries, including; Venezuela, Spain, Colombia, Argentina and ...
;5 goals
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Joaquín Botero
Joaquín Botero Vaca (born 10 December 1977) is a Bolivian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He is the second all-time top goalscorer for the Bolivia national team with 20 goals, and was the top goalscorer in world foo ...
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José Alfredo Castillo
José Alfredo Castillo Parada (born February 9, 1983) is a Bolivian football attacker who plays for Wilstermann.
Club career
In 1991, he enrolled in the Tahuichi academy.
In 2002, he scored 42 league goals for Oriente Petrolero
Club Depo ...
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Kaká
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Agustín Delgado
Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá (born 23 December 1974) is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed ''Tín'', he was the all-time top scorer for the Ecuador national team with 31 goals in 71 games befor ...
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Edison Méndez
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Javier Chevantón
Ernesto Javier Chevantón Espinosa (born 12 August 1980) is a Uruguayan former footballer, who played as a forward.
He obtained a Spanish passport after playing a few years in Spain. Chevantón has been described as a player who possesses exp ...
;4 goals
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Ronaldinho
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian retired professional association football, footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deplo ...
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Juan Pablo Ángel
Juan Pablo Ángel Arango (born 24 October 1975) is a Colombian former footballer who last played as a striker for Atlético Nacional in Categoría Primera A.
He began his career at Nacional, whom he helped to win the championship in 1994, ...
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Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero (; born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan club Club Libertad. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team, ...
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Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Ñol" Solano Todco (born 12 December 1974), commonly known as Nobby Solano, is a retired Peruvian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant manager of the Peru national football team, as w ...
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Juan Arango
Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz (born 16 May 1980) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
He spent the better part of his professional career in La Liga with Mallorca, appearing in 196 official game ...
;3 goals
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Pablo Aimar
Pablo César Aimar (born 3 November 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national team.
Aimar played as an attacking midfielder. After starting his senior career at River Plate in 1 ...
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Luciano Figueroa
Luciano Gabriel "Lucho" Figueroa Herrera (; born 19 May 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Figueroa was born in Santa Fe. He began his professional career with Primera División club Ro ...
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Juan Román Riquelme
Juan Román Riquelme (; born 24 June 1978) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current vice-president of Boca Juniors, the club where he spent the majority of his playing career.[Mauricio Pinilla
Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera (born 4 February 1984) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker.
After beginning his career at Universidad de Chile, he signed for Inter Milan at the age of 19, but never appeared for ...]
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Tressor Moreno
Malher Tressor Moreno Baldrich (born 11 January 1979) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Named after classical music composer Gustav Mahler and famed french Footballer Marius Tr ...
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Luis Gabriel Rey
Luis Gabriel Rey Villamizar (February 20, 1980) is a Colombian former professional footballer who last played for Liga MX club Monarcas Morelia on loan from Club América.
A classical left-footed striker, Rey arrived to Mexico in 2001 and h ...
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Antonio Valencia
Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia (; born 4 August 1985), is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player throughout his career, initially as a right winger, before developin ...
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Carlos Gamarra
Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón () (born 17 February 1971) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level and was for a long time the most capped player ...
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Carlos Humberto Paredes
Carlos Humberto Paredes Monges (; born 16 July 1976) is a Paraguayan coach and former footballer.
His style of play led the Paraguayan media to call him the "Master of the Midfield". Paredes played defensive midfield, though he could also play ...
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Marcelo Zalayeta
Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta (; born 5 December 1978) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a striker.
Zalayeta began his club career with Danubio before moving to Peñarol for a season in 1997, where he won the Uruguayan Primera Divisi ...
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Giancarlo Maldonado
Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero (, born 29 June 1982) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career
River Plate
Maldonado began his footballing career in Uruguay, where he started out in the youth teams of Montevideo c ...
;2 goals
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Juan Pablo Sorín
Juan Pablo Sorín (born 5 May 1976) is an Argentine former footballer and current sports broadcaster, who played as a left-back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his native Argentina with River Plate, in Brazil with Cruzei ...
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Luis Cristaldo
Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz (born August 31, 1969 in Formosa, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Bolivian football midfielder.
He is Bolivia's national team record cap holder alongside Marco Sandy.
Club career
Born in Argentina, he relo ...
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Limberg Gutiérrez
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Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his car ...
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Robinho
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In 1999, at 15 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 2002 ...
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Luis Fuentes
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Luis Antonio Jiménez
Luis Antonio Jiménez Garcés (born 17 June 1984) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primera B club Magallanes.
He was also a member of the Chile national team from 2004 to 2021, playing at the Cop ...
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Milovan Mirošević
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Reinaldo Navia
Reinaldo Marcelino Navia Amador (born 10 May 1978) is a retired Chilean footballer.
Navia was a member of the Chile national squad that competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, making an offensive duo with the historic Chilean striker I ...
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Freddy Grisales
Freddy "Totono" Grisales (born 22 September 1975) is a retired Colombian football midfielder. He retired at the end of 2009. He played his last season with Junior in the Colombian Professional Football league.
Career
Grisales started his caree ...
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Frankie Oviedo
Frankie Oviedo (born September 21, 1973) is a Colombian former footballer and coach who played for various clubs of Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico as a midfielder. He retired in 2009 to lead a youth football academy in Cali. He capped 20 matches ...
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Víctor Pacheco
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John Restrepo
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Elkin Soto
Elkin Soto Jaramillo (born 4 August 1980) is a retired Colombian football midfielder.
Club career
Soto was born in Manizales, Caldas Department.
He was one of the fundamental parts in Once Caldas Copa Libertadores 2004 historic final against ...
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Marlon Ayoví
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A defender, he played 10 ...
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Paolo Guerrero
José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (; born 1 January 1984), known as Paolo Guerrero, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brasileirão club Avaí and the Peru national team.
Forging his career in Germany, Guerrero s ...
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Andrés Mendoza
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Jorge Soto
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Carlos Bueno
Carlos Heber Bueno Suárez (born 10 May 1980) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Artigas F.C. as a striker.
Club career
Born in Artigas, Artigas Department, Bueno started his career at C.A. Peñarol. He moved abroad in 20 ...
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José Torrealba
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Gabriel Urdaneta
;1 goal
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Fabricio Coloccini
Fabricio Coloccini (; ; born 22 January 1982) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Coloccini began his club career at Boca Juniors in his native Argentina attracting the attention of A.C. Milan. He failed ...
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Andrés D'Alessandro
Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro (born 15 April 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
He has played top-flight football in Argentina, Germany, England, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay. He won an Olym ...
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César Delgado
César Fabián Delgado Godoy (born 18 August 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a winger. He also played as a central midfielder, making piercing forward runs through the center of the opposition's defence. His ...
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Luciano Galletti
Luciano Martín Galletti (; born 9 April 1980) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a right winger.
In a professional career that lasted 14 years he played mostly in Spain, with Zaragoza and Atlético Madrid, but also represented Ol ...
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Kily González
Cristian Alberto 'Kily' González Peret (born 4 August 1974) is an Argentine football manager and former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger, and is currently a head coach.
He started his career with Rosario Central whi ...
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Lucho González
Luis Óscar "Lucho" González (; born 19 January 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer, currently a manager. A versatile midfielder who was able to play in different positions but mainly in the centre, he was well known for his f ...
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Mauro Rosales
Mauro Damián Rosales (born 24 February 1981) is an Argentine former association football, footballer who last played in Alumni de Villa María, Alumni. A Midfielder#Winger, winger/Forward (association football), forward best known for his pace ...
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Javier Saviola
Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández (; born 11 December 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He represented both Barcelona and Real Madrid, also having notable spells with Benfica and Olympiacos, and was n ...
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Javier Zanetti
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Julio César Baldivieso
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Baldivieso was a midfielder who played for the Bolivia national team at the 1994 World Cup and several Co ...
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Gonzalo Galindo
Gonzalo Germán Galindo Sánchez (born October 20, 1974) is a Bolivian retired football midfielder.
Club career
At the club level, he has played for Jorge Wilstermann (twice), Bolivar, the Ecuatorian club Emelec, Alianza Lima of Peru
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Roger Suárez
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Doyle Vaca
Juan Doyle Vaca Mendoza (born 8 October 1979 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian retired football defender.
National team
Vaca made his debut for the Bolivia national team on October 7, 2001 in a World Cup qualifying match against Ecu ...
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Joselito Vaca
José "Joselito" Vaca Velasco (born August 12, 1982 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian footballer. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Blooming in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano (Bolivian Professional League).
C ...
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Emerson
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Juan
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, ...
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Luís Fabiano
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He is a prolific goals ...
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Juninho
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Rivaldo
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a ...
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Zé Roberto
José Roberto da Silva Júnior (born 6 July 1974), commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back or as a midfielder. Currently, he is a technical advisor to Palmeiras, acting directly ...
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Mark González
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Sebastián González
Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés (; born 14 December 1978), also known as Chamagol, is a Chilean former footballer who played as striker.
Club career
He began his football career at Colo-Colo of the first tier of his country, in which ...
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Rodrigo Meléndez
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Arturo Norambuena
Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles (born 22 November 1971), commonly known as Arturo Norambuena, is a retired Chilean footballer who played as forward and current manager.
He previously played in his homeland with Universidad Católica. Norambue ...
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Ricardo Francisco Rojas
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Club career
As a youth player, he was with Academia Sa ...
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Marcelo Salas
José Marcelo Salas Melinao (; born 24 December 1974), nicknamed ''Matador'' (due to his goalscoring celebrations), ''El Fenómeno'' and ''Shileno'', is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. Salas is considered the best strik ...
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Moisés Villarroel
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Martín Arzuaga
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Sergio Herrera
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Edixon Perea Valencia
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Mario Yepes
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Giovanny Espinoza
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Iván Kaviedes
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Club career
Kaviedes rose to fame after scoring 43 goals in one season for Emelec in the 1998 Ecuadorian league. Thi ...
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Christian Lara
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Franklin Salas
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Carlos Tenorio
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Club career
Tenorio began his c ...
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Julio César Cáceres
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Diego Gavilán
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Career
Gavilán's nickname '' pampero'' – literally meaning the horse ...
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Gustavo Morínigo
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Jorge Martín Núñez
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Nelson Valdez
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Salvador Cabañas
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Cabañas played for Club 12 de Octubre, Guaraní, Audax Italiano, Chiapas, Club América, General Caballero, Tanabi and ...
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Santiago Acasiete
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Claudio Pizarro
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Gustavo Vassallo
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Nelson Abeijon
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Paolo Montero
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Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Alexánder Recoba Rivero (; born 17 March 1976; nickname "El Chino"
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Mario Regueiro
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Cristian Rodríguez
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Having received the nickname ''Cebolla'' (onion) from his Peñarol days, from his father, ...
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Darío Rodríguez
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Adrián Romero
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Héctor González
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José Manuel Rey
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Leonel Vielma
;1 own goal
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Hermán Solíz (against Ecuador)
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Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva (; born 7 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder most notably for English Premier League club Arsenal, Super League club Panathinaikos F.C., Clube Atlé ...
(against Uruguay)
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Luis Guadalupe (against Argentina)
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Alejandro Cichero (against Bolivia)
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José Manuel Rey (against Argentina)
References
See also
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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
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World
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World
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
World
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...