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Juan Sebastián Verón
Juan Sebastián Verón (; born 9 March 1975) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current chairman of Estudiantes de La Plata, where he had served as Director of Sports. In 2004, Verón was included in the FIFA 100 list of the 125 greatest living footballers, selected by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary celebrations. Verón has both Argentine and Italian citizenship. His nickname is "La Brujita" (''The Little Witch''), a nod to his father Juan Ramón who was known as "La Bruja" (''The Witch'') and was also a championship winning player with Estudiantes. A midfielder, Verón's career started in Estudiantes, continued in Argentina's Boca Juniors, and included stints in several clubs in the Italian Serie A (where he won the ''Scudetto'' with Lazio and with Inter Milan, and a UEFA Cup with Parma), and England's Manchester United and Chelsea. In 2006, he returned to Estudiantes, where he remained until his retirement in 2014, aside from a brief spell with Brandsen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Estudiantes De La Plata
( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history. The club is a successful team in Argentina. In 1967, Estudiantes was the first team outside the traditional " big five" to win a professional league title. It has won four additional league titles and has had greater international success, having won six international titles. Estudiantes' international title championships are four Copa Libertadores (including three straight from 1968 to 1970), an Intercontinental Cup, and an Interamerican Cup. The club was founded in 1905 when a group of players and fans decided to break away from Gimnasia de La Plata, which favored indoor sport rather than football. Matches between the two clubs are known as the '' Clásico Platense''. Other sports where Estudiantes competes are basketball, team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Established in the 1929–30 Serie A, 1929–30 season, it restructured the existing Italian Football Championship, which had been played since 1898 Italian Football Championship, 1898, into a national round-robin format alongside Serie B. It functions under a promotion and relegation system with Serie B and has historically served as the pinnacle of professional football in Italy. The league was organised by the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori until 1943, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti, Lega Calcio from 1946 to 2010, and the Lega Serie A ever since. The 29 championships played from 1898 to the formation of the Serie A in 1929 are officially recognised by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) as equal to later Serie A titles. Similarly the 1945â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1998–99 Coppa Italia
The 1998–99 Coppa Italia was the 52nd edition of the tournament, which began on August 23, 1998, and ended on May 5, 1999. Parma won the 1998–99 Coppa Italia tournament for the 2nd time in club history and first since the 1991–92 competition. Parma defeated Fiorentina in the finals, winning on the away goals rule with an aggregate score of 3–3. Preliminary round ''p=after penalty shoot-out'' Round of 32 Round of 16 ''p=after penalty shoot-out'' Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final First leg Second leg 3–3 on aggregate. Parma won on away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that .... UEFA Cup playoff Dates: 27 May 1999, 2nd leg: 30 May 1999 Top goalscorers References RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1998-99 Coppa Italia Coppa I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Parma AC
Parma Calcio 1913 () is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian league system, following promotion from Serie B in the 2023–24 season. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in December 1913, while the current society dates back to 2015. The team has been playing its home matches at the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, often referred to as simply ''Il Tardini'', since 1923. Financed by Calisto Tanzi, the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish as runners-up in the 1996–97 season. The club has won three Coppa Italia, one Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the FIFA World Cup hosts#1998 FIFA World Cup, host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held. 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson (; 5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish association football, football player and Coach (sport), manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 trophies with a variety of league clubs in Sweden, Portugal, and Italy. In European competition, he won the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup in 1982 UEFA Cup final, 1982, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, 1999, the last edition of the tournament before its abolition, the UEFA Super Cup in 1999 UEFA Super Cup, 1999, and reached the UEFA Champions League, European Cup final in 1990 European Cup final, final. Eriksson later managed the national teams of England national football team, England, Mexico national football team, Mexico, the Philippines national football team, Philippines and the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast, as well as Manchester City F.C., Manchester Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Poland National Football Team
The Poland national football team () represents Poland in men's international Association football, football competitions since their first match in 1921. It is governed by the Polish Football Association (PZPN), the governing body for football in Poland. They are known by the nicknames "The White-Reds" and "The Eagles", symbolized by their coat of arms featuring a white eagle on a red background. The team reached their peak FIFA Men's World Ranking, World Ranking of 5th in 2017. Poland's home ground is the Kazimierz Górski National Stadium in Warsaw. Poland has competed in nine FIFA World Cups, with their first appearance being in 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938, where they were eliminated by Brazil national football team, Brazil. The country's best result was third place, which Poland achieved in 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 and 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1982; this era is regarded as the golden era of Polish international football. Individually, Grzegorz Lato won the FIFA World Cup awards, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional association football, football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century, FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé. An advanced playmaker who operated in the Squad number (association football), classic number 10 position, Maradona's vision, passing, ball control, and Dribbling#Association football, dribbling skills were combined with his small stature, which gave him a low Center of mass, centre of gravity and allowed him to manoeuvre better than most other players. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. In addition to his creative abilities, he possessed an eye for goal and was known to be a Free kick (association football), free kick spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional, Primera Nacional (Second Division), with the teams placed lowest at the end of the season being relegated. Argentina held its first championship in 1891 Argentine Primera División, 1891,''Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina'', by Jorge Iwanczuk. Published by Autores Editores (1992) - making it the first country outside the United Kingdom to establish a football league. The Football League had debuted in England in 1888, followed by the Scottish and Irish leagues in 1890. In the early years, only teams from Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Greater Buenos Aires, La Plata and Rosario, Argentina, Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
