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MÃchel (footballer, Born 1988)
Miguel Alfonso Herrero Javaloyas (; born 29 July 1988), commonly known as MÃchel , is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays mainly as an attacking midfielder for UD Alzira, Alzira. He achieved La Liga totals of 172 games and nine goals over nine seasons, with Valencia CF, Valencia, Deportivo de La Coruña, Deportivo, UD Levante, Levante, Getafe CF, Getafe and Real Valladolid, Valladolid. Club career Valencia Born in Burjassot, Valencian Community, MÃchel finished his football grooming at local Burjassot CF and started playing as a senior with Valencia CF's Valencia CF Mestalla, reserves. After a string of midfield injuries to the main squad (Rubén Baraja, Edu (footballer, born 1978), Edu and Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1986), Manuel Fernandes) he was called up by coach Unai Emery, making his La Liga debut against FC Barcelona, playing 20 minutes in a 4–0 away loss on 6 December 2008; previous to that, he had already appeared in a Copa del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club colours are violet and white, used on the kit in stripes from its foundation on 20 June 1928. The team plays its home games at the Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 27,846 spectators. Valladolid's honours include a single trophy of great relevance, the defunct 1984 Copa de la Liga, Copa de la Liga 1983–84. It has been runner-up in the Copa del Rey on two occasions (1949–50 Copa del GeneralÃsimo, 1949–50 and 1988–89 Copa del Rey, 1988–89), and has participated in two editions of the UEFA Cup (1984–85 UEFA Cup, 1984–85 and 1997–98 UEFA Cup, 1997–98) and also one edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1989–90). The team subsidiary, the Real Valladolid Promesas, currently play in the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attacking Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Numancia
Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it had other departments in sports, such as volleyball, women's handball, and rhythmic gymnastics. History The club was founded on 9 April 1945. Numancia was named after the ancient Celtiberian town of Numantia, near where Soria would be later founded. Having spent a long time in the ''Tercera División'', the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 2004 and 2008. The club became first widely known in Spain in 1995–96, while still playing at the third level, for its extraordinary run in the Spanish Cup, eliminating three top flight clubs (Real Sociedad, Racing de Santander and Sporting de Gijón) and only being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Barcelona, after Numancia drew in the ... [...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 PaÃs'' and ''Cinco DÃas''. 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] |
Club Portugalete
Club Portugalete is a List of football clubs in Spain, Basque football team based in Portugalete, in the autonomous community of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding its home games in the ''Estadio La Florida'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. History Football arrived to the city of Portugalete in the end of the 19th century, with the first club of the city (Athletic Club Portugalete) being created in 1899. The history of Club Portugalete goes back to 1909, when Alfredo Hervias founded ''Club Deportivo Portugalete''. Refounded in 1921 under the name of ''Portugalete Football Club'', the club ceased activities in 1936 due to the Spanish Civil War, returning in 1939 under the name of ''Club Deportivo Portugalete Chiqui'' and acting as a B-team of CD Portugalete (which was already a separated club at that time), but only remaining active for one season. In 1944, the club was refounded as ''Nuevo Club Portugalete'', and switche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 Copa Del Rey
The 2008–09 Copa del Rey was the 107th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The competition started on 23 August 2008 and concluded on 13 May 2009 with the final, held at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, in which Barcelona lifted the trophy for the record-extending 25th time in their history with a 4–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao, who qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. The defending cup holders were Valencia, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Qualified teams The following teams competed in the 2008–09 Copa del Rey: 20 teams of 2007–08 La Liga: *AlmerÃa *Athletic Bilbao *Atlético Madrid *Barcelona * Betis * Deportivo * Espanyol *Getafe * Levante *Mallorca *Real Murcia *Osasuna *Racing Santander *Real Madrid * Recreativo *Sevilla *Valencia *Valladolid *Villarreal *Zaragoza 21 teams of 2007–08 Segunda División (Sevilla Atlético are excluded for being a reserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Del Rey
The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del GeneralÃsimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanish football, organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The competition was founded in 1903, making it the oldest Spanish football competition played at a national level. Copa del Rey winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for Europe through their league position, the Europa League spot is given to the highest-placed team in the league who has not yet qualified (until 2014 this place was awarded to the Copa runners-up, unless they too had already qualified via the league). Barcelona is the most successful club in the competition, having won 32 titles. Athletic Bilbao has the second-most wins with 24, while Real Madrid is third with 20. Barcelona is also the most recent winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto ''"Més que un club"'' (''"More than a club"''). Unlike many other football clubs, Supporters of FC Barcelona, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable football club in the world, worth $5.6 billion, and the Deloitte Football Money League, world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €800.1 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by :ca:Jaume Picas i Guiu, Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinà s. Barcelona tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unai Emery
Unai Emery Etxegoien (born 3 November 1971) is a Spanish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. After a career spent playing mostly in Spain's Segunda División, Emery transitioned into coaching after retiring in 2004. He began at Lorca Deportiva CF, Lorca Deportiva, where he achieved promotion to the Segunda División in his first season. He then joined UD AlmerÃa, AlmerÃa, whom he led to promotion to La Liga for the first time in the club's history. He subsequently moved to Valencia CF, Valencia, leading the team to top-three finishes. After his contract wasn't renewed at Valencia, he moved to FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow for six months but was sacked due to poor performance, before moving to Sevilla FC, Sevilla in 2013, where he won an unprecedented three consecutive UEFA Europa League, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Fernandes (footballer, Born 1986)
Manuel Henrique Tavares Fernandes (; born 5 February 1986) is a Portuguese former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career with S.L. Benfica, Benfica at only 18, then went on to compete in England and Spain, mainly at the service of Everton F.C., Everton and Valencia CF, Valencia. He signed with BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K., BeÅŸiktaÅŸ in January 2011, spending the following three and a half seasons with the club before joining FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow. Fernandes represented the Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal under-21 team in two UEFA European Under-21 Championship, European Championships. He made his debut with the Portugal national football team, senior side in 2005, being part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 World Cup squad at the age of 32. Club career Benfica Born in Lisbon, Fernandes grew up in the capital suburb of Amadora, where he would regularly play Street football (association football), st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edu (footballer, Born 1978)
Eduardo César Daud Gaspar (born 15 May 1978), known as Edu or Edu Gaspar, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and most recently as sporting director of Premier League club Arsenal. As a player, he was an attacking and central midfielder, and played for Corinthians in Brazil, Arsenal in England, and Valencia in Spain across a twelve-year career. Edu played for the Brazil national team from 2004 to 2005, making fifteen appearances. Club career Early career Edu started his career in Série A with Corinthians. While with Corinthians, Edu won the 1998 and 1999 Brasileiro championships, and the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. Arsenal After initially planning to join Arsenal in 2000, his transfer was put on hold after it was realised that he was in possession of a fake Portuguese passport. Months later, after qualifying for a European Union (EU) passport (aided by Italian lineage on his father's side), he signed for Arsenal on 16 January 2001 for £6 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Baraja
Rubén Baraja Vegas (; born 11 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer, currently a manager. A complete central midfielder with good tackling, technique, and offensive qualities, together with accurate passing and goalscoring ability, he played mostly for Valencia during a 17-year professional career, being an essential figure in five of the club's major titles, which included two La Liga championships. Baraja was also a consistent part of the Spain national team for five years, appearing in one World Cup and one European Championship and winning 43 caps. He began work as a head coach in 2015 and was hired by Valencia eight years later. Playing career Club Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Baraja started his career at local Real Valladolid before moving to Atlético Madrid, where he would spend two and a half seasons with the reserves, first appearing with the first team on 7 February 1999 by playing the second half of a 2–1 away defeat against Salamanca. In 1998†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
