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Panamerican Championship
The Panamerican Championship was an official continental competition of association football organized by the Panamerican Football Confederation (PFC) every four years for senior national teams, with three editions held from 1952 through 1960. The competition was similar to the Copa América but included nations not only from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) but also from the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) (which merged to form CONCACAF in 1961). History Panamerican Championship () and () was a competition founded in 1949 by the Panamerican Football Confederation to unify the three existing confederations of the Americas: CONMEBOL, North American Football Confederation, NAFC and Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol, CCCF. This tournament had 3 editions which the champions were Brazil having two titles and one for Argentina.''Triunfos y Tristezas del equipo T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a single continent, the Americas or America is the 2nd largest continent by area after Asia, and is the 3rd largest continent by population. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with their Lists of islands of the Americas, associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area. The topography is dominated by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated by large river basins, such as the Amazon basin, Amazon, St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes, Mississippi River System, Mississippi, and Río de la Plata Basin, La Plata basins. Since the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
San José, Costa Rica
San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital city, capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Costa Rican Central Valley, Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José is simultaneously one of Costa Rica's Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons, with its municipal land area covering 44.62 square kilometers (17.23 square miles) and having within it an estimated population of people in 2022. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia and Cartago, Costa Rica, Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area (Costa Rica), Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Saint Joseph, Joseph of Nazareth. Founded in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pinga (footballer, Born 1924)
José Lázaro Robles, best known as ''Pinga'' (February 11, 1924 – May 7, 1996) was a Brazilian footballer. He was born in São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the .... During his career (1943–1964) he played for Clube Atlético Juventus, Juventus, Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, Portuguesa and Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama, where he played 466 matches from 1953 to 1962 and scored 250 goals. Defending the Brazil national football team, Brazilian team he participated in the South American Championship 1953, Copa America 1953 and the 1954 FIFA World Cup, playing two games and scoring two goals. He died at 72 years old. Personal life Pinga is father of footballer and manager Ziza (footballer), Ziza (José Lázaro Robles Jr.) and brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Francisco Rodrigues (Brazilian Footballer)
Francisco Rodrigues, nicknamed Tatu or Rodrigues Tatu (27 June 1925 – 30 October 1988) was a Brazilian footballer. He played for the following clubs: Ypiranga-SP, Fluminense, Palmeiras, Botafogo, Juventus, Paulista and Rosario Central (Argentina). He earned 21 caps (3 non-official) and scored 9 goals (4 non-official) for the Brazil national football team, and was part of the team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Honours ; Palmeiras *Campeonato Paulista: 1950 * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1951 * Copa Rio: 1951 ; Fluminense *Campeonato Carioca: 1946 ; Brazil *Panamerican Championship: 1952 *FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1950 *Copa América runner-up: 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ... References External links ** 1925 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Baltazar (footballer, Born 1926)
Oswaldo da Silva (14 January 1926 – 25 March 1997), commonly known as Baltazar, was a Brazilian footballer. Nicknamed ''Cabecinha de Ouro'' (''Golden Head'') by fans for his heading ability, he played as a forward. Club career Baltazar played for União Monte Alegre, Jabaquara, Corinthians, Juventus and União Paulista. International career Baltazar also represented the Brazil national team, including at the 1950 World Cup and 1954 World Cup. He played four matches, scoring three goals, two against Mexico and one against Switzerland. He is the only player to score in two different opening world cup matches, netting one goal in 1950 and the other in 1954. He died in São Paulo aged 71. Honours Corinthans *Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 1950, 1953, 1954 *Campeonato Paulista: 1951, 1952, 1954 Brazil *Panamerican Championship: 1952 *Copa América Runner-up: 1953 *FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Larry Pinto De Faria
Larry Pinto de Faria (3 November 1932 – 6 May 2016) was a Brazilian football player. Early life He was born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. He later lived in Porto Alegre. Career He began his career at Fluminense Football Club where he played from 1951 to 1954, and champion of Campeonato Carioca in 1951 and the Copa Rio (International) in 1952, that year he was also the top scorer of the Brazilian team in the 1952 Summer Olympics, when he scored four goals in three games. With Bodinho he formed the most invaluable double striker attack of Internacional. Larry competed for Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Clubs * Fluminense, 1951–1954 * Internacional, 1954–1961 Honours * Campeonato Gaúcho: 1955 and 1961 * Panamerican Championship: 1956, with Brazil national football team The Brazil national football team (), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international Association foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carlos Septién
Carlos Septién González (18 January 1923 – 1978) was a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups. He also played for Real Club España and Jaibos Tampico Madero. Septién played for Mexico at the 1947 North American Football Championship. His son is former Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. T ... kicker Rafael Septién. In a 1987 article about Rafael, Carlos was mentioned as being deceased, although his exact death date is unknown. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.'' References External linksFIFA profile 1923 births 1978 deaths Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers Men's association football forwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chinesinho
Sidney Colônia Cunha (28 June 1935 – 16 April 2011), commonly known as Chinesinho (''Little Chinese''), was a Brazilian footballer who played professionally, at both club and international levels, as a midfielder. Career Born in Rio Grande, Chinesinho played for Renner, Internacional and Palmeiras in Brazil, before moving to Italy to play for Modena Football Club, Catania, Juventus and Lanerossi Vicenza, and in the United States for the New York Cosmos. At international level, he made 17 appearances for Brazil between 1956 and 1961, scoring seven goals; he was a member of the team that finished in second place at the 1959 South American Championship. Honours Club ; Internacional *Campeonato Gaúcho: 1955 ; Palmeiras *Campeonato Paulista: 1959 *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1960 * Copa Libertadores Runner-up: 1961 ;Catania * Coppa delle Alpi Runner-up: 1964 ;Juventus *Serie A: 1966–67 International ;Brazil *Panamerican Championship: 1956 *Copa América Runner-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Julio Abbadie
Julio César Abbadie Gismero (7 September 1930 – 16 July 2014) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Peñarol, where he won the 1966 Copa Libertadores and the 1966 Intercontinental Cup. He was born in Uruguay to French father and Spanish mother. Club career Born in Montevideo, Abbadie also played in Italy (from 1956 to 1962) with Genoa and Lecco. In total he played Serie A 140 matches and scored 31 goals. On 21 December 2004 he returned after 54 years to Genova, at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, during Serie B match against Empoli. International career For the Uruguay national team, Abbadie obtained 26 caps between 1952 and 1966, scoring 14 goals. He participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and scored two goals in a group match against Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Argentine-Italian Association football, football player and manager who played as a Forward (association football), forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus FC, Juventus during the late 1950s and early 1960s, where he won three Serie A titles among other trophies; he also played for Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate in Argentina and SSC Napoli, Napoli in Italy. He made his international debut for Argentina national football team, Argentina, winning the Copa América, South American Championship in 1957 South American Championship, 1957. Later in his career, he represented Italy national football team, Italy and took part in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962 World Cup. After his retirement as player, he coached several teams in Argentina. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and as one of the greatest football players of all time, Sívori was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oscar Míguez
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954) José Oscar Bernardi (born 20 June 1954), known as Oscar, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a defender. He notably played for the Brazil national football team at international level, and played as a starter in defenc ..., Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi * Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior * Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall Places in the United States * Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrés Prieto (footballer, Born 1928)
Andrés Rafael Prieto Urrejola (19 December 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.Jawad, H: Soccerama 01, pp3-32 He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, known as Universidad Católica, is a professional association football, football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Chilean Primera División, Primera División, the top flight o .... International career Prieto represented Chile at youth level in the 1949 Juventud de América Tournament, alongside players such as Misael Escuti, Manuel Álvarez, Arturo Farías, among others. At senior level, he made 16 appearances for the Chile national team and scored 8 goals. Personal life and death His father, Fernando Prieto Concha, nicknamed ''Palomeque'', was one of the founders of C.D. Green Cross as well as a forward of the same club. Prieto was the older brother of the Chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
