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Maximiliano Araújo
Maximiliano Javier Araújo Vilches (born 15 February 2000), known as Maxi Araújo, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-winger or left-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Uruguay national team. Club career Araújo is a youth academy graduate of Montevideo Wanderers. He made his professional debut for the club on 11 March 2018 in a 2–1 league win against Montevideo City Torque. At the end of December 2019 it was confirmed, Araújo had signed a deal until the end of 2023 with Liga MX club Puebla. On 27 August 2024, Araújo joined Primeira Liga club Sporting CP on a five-year contract. On 5 November 2024, Araújo scored his debut goal in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City in a 4-1 victory. International career As a youth international, Araújo has represented Uruguay at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship, 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019 Pan American Games and the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. On 21 October 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a Round-robin tournament, round robin league phase to qualify for the double-legged knockout rounds, and a single-leg final. It is the most-watched club competition in the world and the third most-watched football competition overall, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced 1955–56 European Cup, in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (), and commonly known as the European Cup, it was initially a straigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF). The first championship was held in 1900 Uruguayan Primera División season, 1900, being an amateur competition until 1932 Uruguayan Primera División, 1932 when the league became professional. From 1900 to the 2024 season there have been 121 first division seasons. In 2011, the Uruguayan Primera División was regarded as the 23rd most difficult football league in the 21st century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Uruguayan Primera División Season
The 2018 Primera División Uruguaya, Liga Profesional de Primera División season, also known as the Campeonato Uruguayo 2018, was the 115th season of Uruguay's top-flight football league, and the 88th in which it is professional. The season was named as "Ing. Julio César Franzini" and began on 3 February, ending on 11 November. Peñarol were the defending champions, and successfully defended the title with a 2–1 win over Club Nacional de Football, Nacional in the championship playoff. Format The format in this season was the same as 2017 Uruguayan Primera División season#Format, the most recent season, with the ''Torneo Apertura'' in the first half of the year and the ''Torneo Clausura'' in the second half, and a ''Torneo Intermedio'' played between both tournaments. Teams The two bottom-placed teams in the 2017 Uruguayan Primera División season#Relegation, relegation table of the 2017 season, Juventud de Las Piedras, Juventud and Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, Plaza Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Araújo
César Nahuel Araújo Vilches (born 2 April 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Orlando City and the Uruguay national team. Club career Montevideo Wanderers Growing up in Cerrito, Montevideo, Araújo played for youth club Marconi FC before joining the academy at Montevideo Wanderers. On 1 August 2019, Araújo made his professional debut as a 68th-minute substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Brazilian side Corinthians in the 2019 Copa Sudamericana round of 16. He didn't make another senior appearance for 12 months until substituting on for his Uruguayan Primera División debut on 9 August 2020 in a 2–0 win against Boston River. At the end of the 2021 season, Araújo was named on the bench in the Primera División Team of the Year. He was also named Wanderers' Player of the Year in 2021. Orlando City On 7 January 2022, Araújo transferred to Major League Soccer team Orlando City for a reported $2,000,000 fee. He signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba National Football Team
The Cuba national football team () represents Cuba in men's international football, and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba (), which is a member of FIFA since 1932 and was a founding member of CONCACAF since 1961. It was also affiliated with NAFC (1946–1955) and later with CCCF (1955–1961), which was the two predecessor confederations of CONCACAF. It was also a member of PFC, the attempt at a unified confederation of the Americas. Nicknamed ''Los Leones del Caribe'' (). They were the first Caribbean team to get to the World Cup Quarter finals – they did so in 1938. There, in the round of 16, they defeated Romania in a replay, 2–1, after drawing against them 3–3. They were then eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sweden, 8–0. Cuba has not returned to the World Cup since. Cuba finished second in the North American Nations Cup in 1947, which they hosted the tournament, second also in Caribbean Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2005, but won in 2012. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua National Football Team
The Nicaragua national football team () represents Nicaragua in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation, Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol (). Nicaragua achieved their first qualification into a major international competition in 2009, as they qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2009 Gold Cup as the last entrant from Central America, after a 2–0 victory against Guatemala national football team, Guatemala in the fifth place match in the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup, 2009 Nations Cup. However, the team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Due to United States, American influence throughout the country's history, baseball has more of a following as both a pursuit and spectator event in Nicaragua than football. History Nicaragua traveled to El Salvador for their first ever international, losing 9–0 to the hosts on 1 May 1929. They did not play another match for over twelve years, until the qualifying g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhibition Game
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. Exhibition games often serve as "warm-up matches", particularly in many team sports where these games help coaches and managers select and condition players, before the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team. An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, to commemorate an anniversary or a famous player, or to raise money for charities. Several sports le ... [...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] |
2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament was the 13th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted association football, football tournament organised by the CONMEBOL, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the South American region qualify for the Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic football tournament. In August 2018, CONMEBOL announced the return of the South American Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 with Colombia as the host country, after a 16-year absence. The last edition of this competition had been held in Chile in 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, 2004. From 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 through the 2016 Summer Olympics, the two teams from South America were determined by the South American Youth Football Championship, always held in the previous year. The tournament was held from 18 January through 9 February 2020. The top two teams qualified for the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2019 Pan American Games – Men's Tournament
The Football at the 2019 Pan American Games, men's football tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima from 29 July to 10 August 2019. Qualification A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams. For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship qualified, while Peru automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified, however, United States men's national under-23 soccer team, United States (best North American team) declined to participate and were replaced by Mexico. Honduras also qualified by decision of CONCACAF. Qualified teams Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 12 April 2019, 12:00 Time in Peru, PET (UTC−05:00, UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru. The eight teams were drawn into two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by Poland between 23 May and 15 June 2019. This was the first FIFA tournament hosted by Poland; the country had hosted UEFA international football events in the past including the UEFA Euro 2012 with Ukraine and the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. England won the previous tournament in South Korea, but did not qualify for the tournament after finishing sixth at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Finland. In doing so, they became the sixth consecutive incumbent title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. The official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Conext19. Ukraine won their first FIFA U-20 World Cup title after beatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
