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Álex Suárez (footballer, Born 1993)
José Alexander Suárez Suárez (born 18 March 1993), known as Álex Suárez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back. Career Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Suárez finished his formation with UD Las Palmas. In 2013, he joined Acodetti CF in the regional leagues, and made his senior debut during the campaign. In 2014, Suárez moved to Tercera División side UD Villa de Santa Brígida, being regularly used during his spell at the club. In August 2016, he returned to his former club Las Palmas, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division. On 18 July 2017, after achieving promotion to Segunda División B with the ''Amarillos'', Suárez renewed his contract, and subsequently became team captain. On 28 June 2019, he was definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División, after agreeing to a new two-year deal. Suárez made his professional debut at the age of 26 on 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth-largest city in Spain with a population of 381,223 in 2020. It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain. Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about west of the Moroccan coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a desert climate,ThWorld map of Koppen-Geiger climate classification offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of . The city was founded in 1478, and considered the '' de facto'' (without legal and real recognition)''La Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marca (newspaper)
(), stylised as , is Spain's national daily tabloid sport newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial. The newspaper focuses primarily on football, in particular the day-to-day activities of Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atlético Madrid. It has a daily readership of over 2.5 million, the highest in Spain for a daily newspaper, and more than half of Spain's total sports readership, as of 2007. Since February 2001, there has also been an association 24-hour/day sports radio station, Radio Marca. In 2010, the TV channel MARCA TV was launched, before being closed in 2013. History and profile was founded on 21 December 1938, at the height of the Spanish Civil War, in nationalist-held San Sebastián. Its founding editor was Manuel Fernández Cuesta, uncle of businessman Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta. On 3 September 1987 Luis Infante became the editor of the paper. Punto Editorial SA was the owner of . In 1984 Espacio Editorial, which would be later called Recoletos, acquired the paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levante UD
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 La Liga, 2025–26 season, holding home games at Estadi Ciutat de València, Ciutat de València Stadium. History Early years (1909–1935) Levante UD was formerly registered as Levante FC, Levante Football Club on 9 September 1909 (celebrating its 100th anniversary on 9 September 2009). Thus Levante is the most senior football club in Valencia, with rival team Valencia CF not being formed until 1919. Levante shares its name with the eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula, with Spain's east coast, the coast over which the sun rises (''levantar'' in Spanish), with the Levant wind that comes from the east, and with the Levante beach in La Malvarrosa where Levante Football Club played some of its earliest fixtures. Levante's earlies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 22,824-seat capacity. The traditional home colours are white shirts and blue shorts. Tenerife has a history playing in the top flight of La Liga. They have been promoted to the top tier on four occasions, including a 10-year stint from 1989 to 1999. The club managed to finish as high as fifth in the league table on two occasions during that period, which qualified them for the first round of the UEFA Cup. They most recently played in La Liga in the 2009–10 season. Being based in the Canary archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Africa, while playing its away games on the Spanish mainland, both the club and rival Las Palmas from Gran Canaria are two of the most geographically isolated professional clubs. Tenerife and Las Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis (footballer, Born 1974)
José Alejandro Suárez Martín (born 6 March 1974), known as Alexis, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender. He amassed La Liga totals of 195 matches and seven goals over eight seasons, representing in the competition Tenerife, Levante and Valladolid. Club career Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Alexis started playing professionally with hometown's UD Las Palmas, by then in Segunda División B. Subsequently, he joined neighbours CD Tenerife, making his La Liga debut in the 1995–96 season as they finished in fifth position. After Tenerife's second top level relegation in four years, in 2002, Alexis played a further season with the club before signing for Levante UD, being instrumental in the Valencia side's 2004 promotion. Following another promotion and relegation with the latter he scored a rare goal in 2006–07, in a 1–0 away win against Recreativo de Huelva on 17 September 2006, being an undisputed first-choice throughout t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 La Liga
The 2024–25 La Liga, also known as La Liga EA Sports due to sponsorship reasons, was the 94th season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 15 August 2024 and concluded on 25 May 2025. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 36th title the previous season. The fixture schedule was announced on 18 June 2024. On 15 May 2025, Barcelona officially secured their 28th title with two matches to spare following a 2–0 win against city rivals Espanyol. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of twenty teams contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2023–24 season and three promoted from the 2023–24 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs. ;Teams relegated to Segunda División The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Almería, after a 1–3 loss to Getafe on 27 April 2024, ending their two-year stay in top tier. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Valencia was founded in 1919 and has played its home games at the 49,430-seater Mestalla Stadium, Mestalla since his opening in 1923. Valencia has won six La Liga titles, eight Spanish Cup, Copa del Rey titles, one Spanish Super Cup, Supercopa de España, and one Copa Eva Duarte. In European competitions, they have won two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, and one UEFA Intertoto Cup. They have also reached two consecutive UEFA Champions League finals (2000 UEFA Champions League Final, 2000 and 2001 UEFA Champions League Final, 2001). The IFFHS named IFFHS World's Best Club, World’s Best Club to Valencia in 2004. Valencia were also membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, Palma on the Mallorca, island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, they currently compete in La Liga, holding home games at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix with a 23,142-seat capacity. The club had its peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s, reaching a best-ever third place in La Liga in 1998–99 La Liga, 1999 and 2000–01 La Liga, 2001 and winning the Copa del Rey in 2003 Copa del Rey final, 2003 following final defeats in 1991 Copa del Rey final, 1991, 1998 Copa del Rey final, 1998 and 2024 Copa del Rey final, 2024. Mallorca also won the 1998 Supercopa de España and reached the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final. Mallorca traditionally play in red shirts with black shorts and socks. History The early years Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest level of the Spanish football league system. It is controlled by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional and contested by 20 teams over a 38-matchday period. Since its inception, All-time La Liga table, 62 teams have competed in La Liga, with nine teams crowned champions. Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Barcelona have dominated the competition, winning 36 and 28 titles respectively. In the 1940s, Valencia CF, Valencia, Atlético Madrid, and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs. Real Madrid and Barcelona led the charge in the 1950s, each winning four titles. During the 1960s and 1970s, Real Madrid dominated with fourteen titles, with Atlético Madrid winning four. During the 1980s and 1990s, Real Madrid remained prominent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario AS
''Diario AS'' () (sometime stylized as ''AS'' or ''As''; ) is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on association football. Profile ''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns ''El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of Madrid football teams: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Getafe CF, CD Leganés, and Rayo Vallecano. It competes directly with Marca (newspaper), ''Marca''. In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Seville, Valencia, and Zaragoza. In May 2012, the newspaper launched an English language sub-site offering original journalism and articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers, as well as their own content. The circulation of ''Diario AS'' was 181,172 copies in 2001 and 176,892 copies in 2002. It rose to 214,654 copies in 2006. MeriStation MeriStation is a digital magazine dedicated to video games, oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Segunda División
The 2022–23 Segunda División (known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons) football season, was the 92nd since its establishment in Spain. Teams Team changes Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 22 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2021–22 Segunda División, 2021–22 season, three relegated from the 2021–22 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF. ;Teams promoted to La Liga The first two teams to earn promotion from the Segunda División were UD Almería, Almería and Real Valladolid, Valladolid, who mathematically secured first and second position, respectively, on the very last match day of the season. Almería returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence, while Valladolid returned after a one-year absence. The third and final team to be promoted were Girona FC, Girona after winning the play-off final 3–1 against CD Tenerife, Tenerife, returning after a three-year absence. ;Teams relegated from L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
García Pimienta
Francisco Javier García Pimienta (born 3 August 1974), known as García Pimienta, is a Spanish football manager and former player. A left winger, García Pimienta made his senior debut with Barcelona's C-team, and later represented the reserves before making his first team debut in 1997. He featured in a further four La Liga matches with Extremadura, and subsequently went on to resume his career in the lower leagues. As a coach, he worked for Barça for twenty years, being named in charge of the B-side in 2018 but being dismissed in 2021. Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, García Pimienta joined Barcelona's youth setup in 1986. After making his senior debut for the C-side in Tercera División, he first played as a professional with the reserves in Segunda División. García Pimienta made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 26 May 1996, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña. On 14 July, he was loaned to fellow top tier side Extremadur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
