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França (surname)
França ( — ''France'' in the Portuguese language) is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * António França (born 1938), Angolan footballer and politician * Carlos França (born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Felipe França Silva (born 1987), Brazilian swimmer * Ivan Carlos França Coelho (born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Jymmy França Jymmy Dougllas França (born 15 April 1984), known as just Jymmy, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Paulista. In Brazil, he played for clubs at Campeonato Carioca and Campeonato Capixaba. He also played at Campeonato Brasileiro Série C ... (born 1984), Brazilian footballer * Lucas França (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Márcio França (born 1963), Brazilian politician * Ricardo França (born 1991), Brazilian politician See also * Franca (other) {{surname Portuguese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António França
General António Santos França "Ndalu" is a former footballer and Angolan politician, born in the town of Mupa in Cunene on April 9, 1938. He played as a midfielder. Following his short sporting career, he completed his studies in Portugal and Cuba and returned to Angola, where he became a fervent anti-colonial activist, and became General "Ndalu". In 1988, dos Santos França was chief of staff for the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA). Dos Santos França later became Minister of Defence, first Angolan Ambassador to the United States 1995, and a member of the De Beers The De Beers Group is a South African–British corporation that specializes in the diamond industry, including mining, exploitation, retail, inscription, grading, trading and industrial diamond manufacturing. The company is active in open-pi ... Angola Board from October 2005 to March 2010.Polack, The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War: South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War, Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos França
Carlos Clay de França (born 1 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football coach and former player. He works with Sampdoria as the club's Under-18 youth coach. Playing career França started his European career playing for the small Barcelona-based club CE Europa. He scored a goal for the team to win a promotion to Tercera División in 2005. He suffered from a spinal tumor in 2006 that almost ended his football career. According to the footballer himself, he also played for Chicago Fire Premier and Chicago Storm. França scored a goal in the last group stage round in 2008 PDL season for Chicago Fire Premier against Michigan Bucks. He was a player of Caperanese in the 2009–10 season, which won Serie D promotion in 2010 from Eccellenza Liguria (Italian sixth highest level until 2014; top level of Liguria region). Serie D clubs França remained in the squad of Caperanese in 2010–11 Serie D season. In May 2011, he joined Bogliasco. França joined Cuneo in 2014. Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe França Silva
Felipe Alves França da Silva (born 14 May 1987) is a Brazilian breaststroke swimmer, who competed for his country in three Olympic Games. He started swimming at Esporte Clube União Suzano when he was just three years old. At age 13, he became the champion in Brazilian Juniors Category II. After training at the Gustavo Borges academy in Curitiba, França moved to the state capital, São Paulo, and joined Esporte Clube Pinheiros. International career 2008 In April 2008, França competed in the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in the city of Manchester, placing 6th in the 4×100-metre medley, 12th in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 13th in the 50-metre breaststroke. A month later, in May 2008, Felipe França captured the second Brazilian spot for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100-metre breaststroke, recording a time of 1:01.17 at the Brazilian Olympic trials. However, at the 2008 Olympics, he failed to move on from the early heats in his individual event. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Carlos França Coelho
Ivan Carlos França Coelho (born 6 December 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Maldivian Club Club Eagles Club Eagles, formerly known as Eagles Malé, is a sports club based in Malé, Maldives. It is best known for its football team. The team were promoted to Dhivehi League in 2006 and relegated back to the Second Division the next season. They w .... Career He made his debut in the Liga 1 on 17 April 2017, where he scored one goal. References External links * * Brazilian men's footballers Living people Brazilian expatriate men's footballers 1989 births Men's association football forwards Persela Lamongan players Persija Jakarta players Alki Oroklini players AEL Limassol players Sri Pahang FC players Club Eagles players Lao Premier League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Malaysia Super League players Cypriot First Division players Dhivehi Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Laos Expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jymmy França
Jymmy Dougllas França (born 15 April 1984), known as just Jymmy, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Paulista. In Brazil, he played for clubs at Campeonato Carioca and Campeonato Capixaba. He also played at Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2007 and Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2008 before he moved to Slovakia in January 2009. Jymmy was signed by Sheriff Tiraspol in July 2009. On 4 August 2011, it was announced that Jymmy has joined Chornomorets on a six-month loan, with an option to buy at the end of loan. Honours Individual ;Sheriff Tiraspol *Moldovan National Division The Moldovan Liga, officially known as Liga 7777.md for sponsorship reasons, is an association football league that is the top division of Football in Moldova, Moldovan football league system. The competition was established in 1992, when Moldov ... Top scorer: 2009–10 (13 goals; joint with Alexandru Maximov) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas França (footballer)
Lucas Oliveira de França (born 19 January 1996), known as Lucas França, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Portugal 2 club Nacional. Professional career França arrived at Cruzeiro in 2011. He had a standout career at Cruzeiro's youth teams. In 2016, he was the fourth goalkeeper at Cruzeiro; however, due to a series of events, he became the first goalkeeper, making his professional debut on August 8, 2016 in a match against Corinthians for the Campeonato Brasileiro. Honours Individual * Liga Portugal 2 The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Pr ... Goalkeeper of the Month: October/November 2023 References External linksCruzeiro profile * Living people 1996 births Footballers from Paraíba Brazilian men's footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márcio França
Márcio Luiz França Gomes (born 23 June 1963) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), and former governor and vice governor of São Paulo, elected with Geraldo Alckmin in 2014. França assumed the office as governor on 6 April 2018 after Alckmin resigned to run for President of Brazil in the 2018 election. França ran for re-election in 2018, but lost to João Doria by a narrow margin in the run-off. He was the PSB nominee for Mayor of São Paulo with Antonio Neto, from PDT, as vice mayoral running mate. In the 2022 elections, França was a candidate for the Senate, while his wife Lúcia França became the running mate of Fernando Haddad Fernando Haddad (; born 25 January 1963) is a Brazilian scholar, lawyer and politician who has served as the Brazilian Minister of Finance since 1 January 2023. He was previously the mayor of São Paulo from 2013 to 2017 and the Brazilian mini ... in the São Paulo gubernatorial election. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo França
Ricardo Longatti França (born 25 May 1991) is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo since 2023. From 2017 to 2023, he was a municipal councillor of Indaiatuba Indaiatuba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 256,223 (2020 est.) in an area of . The elevation is . The city's name derives from the Tupi language, which roug .... References 1991 births Living people Podemos (Brazil) politicians Brazilian municipal councillors Members of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian politicians {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franca (other)
Franca is a municipality in Brazil. Franca or França may also refer to: People * França (surname), a list of people with the Portuguese language surname * Franca (given name), a list of people * França (footballer, born 1976) (born 1976), Brazilian football striker Françoaldo Sena de Souza * França (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian defensive midfielder Welington Wildy Muniz dos Santos * França (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian forward Carlos Henrique França Freires * França Júnior, a Brazilian playwright and journalist Places * Franca Airport, Franca, Brazil * Roman Catholic Diocese of Franca, Franca, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil * França (Bragança), Bragança, Terras de Trás-os-Montes, Portugal * Barcelona França railway station (Franca station, France station), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain * Zona Franca – Port, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain * Franca Glacier, Solber Inlet, Bowman Coast, Antarctica Other uses * ''Franca'', a genus of plants now included in ''Frankenia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
