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Éverton Ribeiro
Éverton Augusto de Barros Ribeiro (born 10 April 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Bahia. Formed at Corinthians, Éverton was sold to Coritiba in 2011 after a loan at São Caetano, winning the Campeonato Paranaense in both of his seasons. He also won Série A twice at Cruzeiro, being voted the best player of each season. He joined Al-Ahli Dubai for €15 million in 2014, winning several items of silverware in the United Arab Emirates before returning to Brazil with Flamengo in 2017. A full international from 2014 to 2022, Éverton represented Brazil at the Copa América in 2015, 2021 and 2022 FIFA World Cup. Club career Corinthians Born in Arujá but raised in Santa Isabel, both in the state of São Paulo, Ribeiro joined Corinthians' youth setup in 2001, aged ten, as a left-back. Promoted to the main squad in 2007 by manager Paulo César Carpegiani, he only appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CR Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo neighborhood and is best known for their professional association football, football team. They are one of two clubs to have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, top division, along with São Paulo FC, São Paulo and is the most popular football club in Brazil with more than 46.9 million fans, equivalent to 21.9% of the population that supports a team in Brazil. The club was first established in 1895 specifically as a Rowing (sport), rowing club in the Flamengo neighborhood and did not play their first official football match until 1912. Flamengo's traditional uniform features red and black striped shirts with white shorts, and red and black striped socks. Flamengo has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Copa América
The 2021 Copa América was the 47th edition of the Copa América, the international men's association football, football championship organised by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament took place in Brazil from 13 June to 10 July 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 12 June to 12 July 2020 in Argentina and Colombia as the 2020 Copa América. On 17 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America, the tournament had been postponed for a year, in conjunction with UEFA's decision to also postpone UEFA Euro 2020 to 2021. This was the first time since 1991 Copa América, 1991 where no guest nation took part in the tournament. On 20 May 2021, Colombia was removed as co-host amid 2021 Colombian protests, ongoing protests against President Iván Duque Márquez, and Argentina was then removed on 30 May due to COVID-19 issues. The following day CONMEBOL confirmed Brazil as the new host of the tournament. Hosts Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance!
''Lance!'' is a daily sports newspaper in Brazil, and its first edition was published in 1997. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, and they print regional versions for some of the other Brazilian states. History Its tabloid format as well as its news design quickly became a success, and ''Lance!'' is also popular among Brazilian TV and radio sports journalists and reporters. Its 3000th edition was published on January 29, 2006. There are ''Lance!'' offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, and they also publish regional versions in Curitiba and Manaus. ''Lance!'' also issues a weekly magazine called ''Lance! A+''; its first edition was published in 2000. On March 21, 2020, the newspaper announced ceased the publication due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Saci
Wellington Aleixo dos Santos (born 5 January 1985), known as Wellington Saci, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Joinville. He is named after the folk creature Saci, a one-legged black leprechaun of sorts. Biography Born in Belém, Pará, Wellington Saci started his career at Ananindeua, signed a 1-year contract. He then played for Extrema and Vênus before signed by Remo in May 2007. In January 2008 he was signed by Itumbiara. Corinthians and loans In May he left for Corinthians, with Itumbiara retained 50% economic rights. An investor "Fair Play Sports" also owned 15%, made Corinthians only 35%. He costed Corinthians R$ 624,000. He won the second division and promoted back to top division. In July 2009 he moved to Atlético Mineiro in 1-year contract. In February 2010 he left for Goiás, finished as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana runner-up. In January 2011 he left for Sport Recife. In January 2012 he left for Esporte Clube Vitória Honours ;Itumbiara * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo César Carpegiani
Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949, in Erechim) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Playing career Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1970 to 1977, winning two Brazilian Championships (1975 and 1976). Carpegiani also played for Flamengo (1977–1980), winning the Brazilian Championship in 1980. Coaching career Upon retiring, he started a career as a football coach. To begin with Carpegiani coached Flamengo and won the Copa Libertadores de América (Libertadores Cup) and the Intercontinental Cup, beating Liverpool, in 1981. He also won a Brazilian Championship in 1982. In 1992, he was coach of the Barcelona Sporting Club (Guayaquil - Ecuador). In 2007, he was hired by the Corinthians. The team lost in his first match, against Clube Náutico Capibaribe, and the club was eliminated from the Copa do Brasil in the quarter finals. His first match of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universo Online
(Portuguese, 'Universe Online') (known by the acronym UOL) is a Brazilian web content, products and services company. It belongs to Grupo Folha enterprise. UOL is the world's largest Portuguese speaking portal, featuring more than 1,000 news sources and 7 million pages. The portal provides website hosting, data storage, publicity dealing, online payments and security systems. It also holds more than 300,000 online shops, 23 million buyers, and 4 million vendors in its portals. In 2012, UOL was the fifth most visited website in Brazil. According to Ibope Nielsen Online, UOL is Brazil's largest internet portal with more than 50 million unique visitors and 6.7 billion page views every month. History UOL was established by Grupo Folha on April 28, 1996. After seven months, UOL joined portal Brasil Online (BOL) from Editora Abril. However Editora Abril does not own shares in BOL anymore. Portugal Telecom had 29% of UOL, but sold its shares to Folhapar, a company controlled b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the Midfielder#Centre-half, centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly Forward (association football)#Centre-forward, centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking Shooting (association football), shots, Tackle (football move)#Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo (, ) is one of the Federative units of Brazil, 26 states of the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná (state), Paraná to the south, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro to the east and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is divided into List of municipalities in São Paulo, 645 municipalities. The total area is km2, which is equivalent to 2.9% of Brazil's surface, being slightly larger than the United Kingdom. Its capital is the São Paulo, municipality of São Paulo. With more than 44 million inhabitants in 2022, São Paulo is the Federative units of Brazil#List, most populous Brazilian state (around 22% of the Brazilian population), the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, world's 28th-mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Isabel, São Paulo
Santa Isabel () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 57,966 (2020 est.) in an area of 363.33 km². The elevation is 655 m. It is located 60 miles east of the downtown of the city of São Paulo. History The town of Santa Isabel was named after a Portuguese queen, Isabel or Elizabeth of Aragon (b. 1271- d. 1336), who was canonized by Pope Urban VIII in 1625. The town was founded in the 18th century. Geography Santa Isabel belongs to the Guarulhos macro region, thus it is part of the Greater São Paulo region as well. The municipality lies in the basins of the Jaguari River (ParaÃba do Sul), Rio Jaguari and the ParaÃba do Sul, Rio ParaÃba do Sul and 84% of the municipality is protected by environmental laws because of its significance as a potable water source The municipality contains part of the Mananciais do Rio ParaÃba do Sul Environme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the second in an Asian country after the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. This tournament was the last with 32 participating teams, with the number of teams being increased to 48 for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2026 World Cup. To avoid the extremes of Geography of Qatar#Climate, Qatar's hot and humid climate in summers, the event was held in November and December, becoming the first one to take place outside the traditional months of May, June, and July. It was held over a reduced time frame of 29 days with 64 matches played in #Stadiums, eight venues across #Cities, five cities. Qatar national football team, Qatar ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Copa América
The 2015 Copa América was the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America, and took place in Chile between 11 June and 4 July 2015. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Twelve teams competed: the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica national football team, Jamaica, the latter of which competed in the Copa América for the first time. Uruguay national football team, Uruguay were the defending champions, but were eliminated by the host nation Chile national football team, Chile in the quarter-finals. Chile won their first title, defeating Argentina national football team, Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final, final on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties after a goalless draw. As winners, they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Host country Originally, it was to be hosted by Brazil, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ahli Dubai
Shabab Al Ahli Club () is an Emirati professional football club based in Dubai, that currently plays in the UAE Pro League. It is one of the most successful clubs in the UAE. Al Ahli FC has won 9 league titles, 11 UAE President Cup titles, 5 ADIB cup titles, 7 UAE super Cup titles, 1 combined league. 1 Emirati-MoroccanSuper Cup,1 Qatar–UAE Super Shield, 1 Qatar–UAE Challenge Shield. Earining a total of 36 titles making them the second most successful team in UAE. And the most successful team in Dubai. In the latest ranking by the IFFHS, Shabab Al Ahli is the 7th best club in Asia and ranked 110th in the world. In 2017, the Dubai CSC and Al Shabab merged within Al Ahli which the club renamed itself to Shabab Al Ahli. History Establishment Al Ahli Club was established in 1970 when two local football teams Al Wehdah and Al Shabab (est. 1958) joined for a training camp in Egypt but decided to merge as one single club under first club president H.E. Nasser Abdulla Hussain Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
