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Osvaldo Martínez (politician)
Osvaldo David Martínez Arce (born 8 April 1986) is a former Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is a naturalized Mexican citizen. Career Club Libertad Osvaldo Martínez began his career with Club Libertad in 2003, playing in over 150 matches and winning four league titles before transferring to Mexican club Monterrey. Monterrey C.F. Osvaldo made the move to Monterrey in 2008 for a fee of about £2 million. He made an immediate impact with his new club, scoring in the first minute of his first match in the league, a 4–0 victory over Puebla. While at Monterrey, Martínez would play in over 100 matches, winning two league titles, an Interliga in 2010, and a CONCACAF Champions League trophy in 2011. Atlante Osvaldo transferred again, this time to Atlante in July 2011. He made his league debut for the club on 30 July 2011 in a 3–0 loss to Santos Laguna, coming on for Diego Ordaz in the 59th minute. He scored his first league goal for the club o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was founded in 1916, and since 1959 has been owned by mass media company Televisa. The team plays its home games at Estadio Azteca, Estadio Banorte, the largest stadium in Latin America and List of association football stadiums by capacity, one of the largest in the world. América is one of the Liga MX#Founding members, founding members of the Primera División. The club has a long-standing rivalry with C.D. Guadalajara, Guadalajara, as both are the most successful and most supported teams in the country and are among the seven List of unrelegated association football clubs, clubs to have never been relegated. Matches between them are known as ''El Súper Clásico (Mexico), El Súper Clásico'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga MX
Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera División de México (1949–2012), it has 18 participating clubs, with each season divided into two short tournaments, ''Apertura'' from July to December and ''Clausura'' from January to May. The champions are decided by a final phase called ''"liguilla"''. Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended, which is to last until 2026. The league currently ranks first in CONCACAF's league ranking index. According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, IFFHS, Liga MX was ranked as the 10th strongest league in the first decade of the 21st century. According to CONCACAF, the league – with an average attendance of 25,557 during the 2014–15 Liga MX season, 2014–15 season – draws the largest crowds on averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asunción
Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and from Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department. Asunción is one of the oldest cities in South America and the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities#South America, longest continually inhabited area in the Río de la Plata Basin; for this reason it is known as "the Mother of Cities". From Asunción, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires, that of other important cities such as Villarrica, Paraguay, Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Santa Cruz de la Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup 2010
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals. The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the opening and final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Necaxa
Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. It was founded on August 21, 1923 in Mexico City by the Scottish-born engineer William H. Frasser. In 2003, it changed its headquarters to the city of Aguascalientes, in the Aguascalientes, state of the same name. The team plays its home games at Estadio Victoria. The club has 12 titles in its record (three in the League, four in the Copa MX, Mexico Cup, two in the Campeón de Campeones, Champion of Champions, one in the Supercopa MX, Mexican Super Cup, one in the CONCACAF Champions Cup and one in the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup), as well as well as four Ascenso MX, Promotion League titles and two as winners of the promotion series. It was the first team to win the double in Mexico, winning the Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djaniny
Jorge Djaniny Tavares Semedo (born 21 March 1991), known as Djaniny, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al Fateh. After achieving 75 games and 12 goals in the Portuguese Primeira Liga for União de Leiria, Olhanense and Nacional, he won club and individual honours with Santos Laguna in Mexico, Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, Trabzonspor of Turkey and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Djaniny was first capped by Cape Verde in 2012, and represented the country at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and 2015. Club career União Leiria Born in Santa Cruz, Djaniny arrived in Portugal at the age of 18 to study renewable energy, immediately starting playing football with Azores-based Grupo Desportivo Velense, a regional league club from Angra do Heroísmo. On 18 July 2011, after scoring 50 goals in two seasons, the 20-year-old moved straight to the Primeira Liga, signing for three years with U.D. Leiria. He made his competitive debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigres UANL
Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, Mexico. Founded in 1960 as Club Deportivo Universitario de Nuevo León and then changed to its current name in 1967. The club has spent 60 years in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. They had their first major success in the 1975–76 season, becoming the first team from Nuevo León to win a trophy by conquering the Copa MX against Club América. Tigres have been league champions eight times, and have won the Copa MX three times. In international competitions, Tigres won a CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, 2020 (finishing as runners-up three times), and was the 2015 Copa Libertadores Finals runner-up to Club Atlético River Plate, River Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2014–15 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons starting from 2015) was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 50th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the final, Mexican team América defeated Canadian team Montreal Impact 5–3 on aggregate to win their sixth CONCACAF club title (and their first during the CONCACAF Champions League era), tying the record of the most CONCACAF club title with Cruz Azul (who were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage). The final marked the first time a Canadian-based team took part. As the winners of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, América earned the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup. Qualification A total of 24 teams participate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1927 in Jasso, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, as Club Deportivo, Social y Cultural Cruz Azul A.C., the club officially moved to Mexico City in 1971, where it had already registered a great presence and activity since its beginnings. The team changed its name to Cruz Azul Fútbol Club, A.C. in 2012 and later to its current name in 2022. Since 2025, Cruz Azul has played its home matches at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, due to renovations at the Estadio Azteca for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Its Instalaciones La Noria, headquarters are in La Noria, a suburb within Xochimilco in the southern part of Mexico City. Domestically, the club has won nine Liga MX#Champions and runners-up, league titles, four Copa MX, three Campeón de Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecos F
Tecos Fútbol Club, simply known as Tecos, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco, and associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG). It competes in Liga Premier de México, Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1971 as Club de Fútbol Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and commonly known as Tecos UAG, then changed its name to Club Deportivo Estudiantes Tecos in 2009. After the franchise was moved to Zacatecas in 2015, the club remained under its current name. It plays its home games in the Estadio 3 de Marzo (), named for the university founding day in 1935. Tecos have won the Liga MX, Primera División de México once and is the only team in Mexican football history to ascend from the two lower divisions and get the Championship (the other team that ascended from lower divisions was Oaxtepec, though it descended later). The club was runner-up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Ordaz
Diego Alejandro Ordaz Álvarez (born 7 May 1984) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a defender. He last played for Chiapas F.C. in the Liga MX, and before that he was with Atlante, Chiapas and San Luis. Before his time at Jaguares, Ordaz made over 180 appearances for C.F. Monterrey, having made his debut on 16 March 2003 against Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football .... Notes References External links * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco C.F. Monterrey players Jaguares F.C. footballers Atlante F.C. footballers San Luis F.C. players Lobos BUAP footballers Men's association football defenders Liga MX players Mexican men's footballers 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-defender-1980s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlante FC
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Mexico City, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1916 as Sinaloa, also later named as Lusitania, then as U-53 (honoring a German submarine), and Atlántico (related with the Atlantic Ocean), which due to colloquial use, changed to its current name in 1921. In 1943, Atlante was one of the original members of the Liga MX, Liga Mayor (currently Liga MX). Atlante has won three national league championships, two from their original home in Mexico City, and the most recent following their 2007 relocation to Cancún before eventually returning to Mexico City. They are also twice winners of the Copa MX, Copa México, one time winners of the Campeón de Campeones, and twice winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League. Atlante FC reached the semifinals in the 2009 FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
