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Rolando Fonseca
Rolando Fonseca Jiménez (born 6 June 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. Nicknamed ''El Principito'' (The little prince)''La Nación (San José), La Nación'"Nuevo Estadio Nacional: Joya del Deporte Costarricense" p. 30. 15 March 2011. Retrieved on 26 May 2013. and ''El Rolo'', Fonseca usually played second striker, just off the striker (association football), main striker and was renowned for his ability to create opportunities for his teammates and his fierce long shot. With 47 goals, Fonseca is the Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica national team's all-time top goalscorer. Club career Fonseca played for C.S.D. Comunicaciones, Comunicaciones in Guatemala, Independiente Medellín and América de Cali in Colombia, C.F. Pachuca, Pachuca and C.F. La Piedad, La Piedad in Mexico, as well as having home spells with Deportivo Saprissa, Saprissa, L.D. Alajuelense, Alajuelense ... [...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] |
Asociacion Deportiva Limonense
Asociacion Deportiva Limonense also known as ''ASODELI'', was a Costa Rican football team, which played for more than 20 years at the Costa Rican top level, the Primera Division. It was based in Limón, their home stadium Estadio Juan Gobán and nicknamed "Caribeños" (Caribbeans). History The football club was founded on 10 July 1961 and made its debut in the Primera División on 19 April 1964. By 2009, playing on Segunda Division level, the team entered in a financial crisis and the shareholders agreed to lease the team to local businessman Carlos Howden Pascal, renaming the team to Limón F.C. Stadium The Juan Gobán Stadium is a soccer stadium located in Limón, head of the province of the same name, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. In February 2010, a synthetic turf ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1997 Copa América
The 1997 Copa America was the 38th edition of the Copa America. It was held in Bolivia from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to bring up the total number of competing teams to 12. The tournament was won by Brazil, who became the first team to hold the Copa América and the World Cup at the same time, a feat they would repeat in 2004. Venues Squads For a complete list of participating squads: '' 1997 Copa América squads'' Match officials Argentina * Horacio Elizondo Bolivia * René Ortubé * Juan Carlos Paniagua Brazil * Antônio Pereira Chile * Eduardo Gamboa Colombia * Rafael Sanabria Costa Rica * Rodrigo Badilla Ecuador * Byron Moreno Mexico * Antonio Marrufo Paraguay * Epifanio González Peru * José Arana Uruguay * Jorge Nieves United States * Esfandiar Baharmast Venezuela * Paolo Borgosano Group stage The teams were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
This page details the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup, played in Guatemala. Squads :For a complete list of all participating squads see ''UNCAF Nations Cup 1997 squads'' Preliminary round Participating teams 6 Central American Football Union, UNCAF teams participated in the tournament * * * (Hosts) * (Defending Champions) * (Debut) * (Preliminary round) winners Venue First round Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Final round ---- ---- Champions * ''Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica, Guatemala national football team, Guatemala, El Salvador national football team, El Salvador and Honduras national football team, Honduras qualified automatically for 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.'' All-star team * Erick Lonnis * Harold Wallace * Mauricio Wright * Wilfredo Iraheta * Martín Machón * Juan Manuel Funes * Luis Diego Arnáez * Amado Guevara * Juan Carlos Plata * Rolando Fonseca * Wilmer Velásquez References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Honduras National Football Team
The Honduras national football team () represents Honduras in men's international football. The team is governed by the Federación de Fútbol de Honduras (). They are nicknamed ''Los Catrachos'', ''La Bicolor,'' or ''La H''. Honduras has qualified for the World Cup three times, in 1982, 2010, and 2014, and never advanced beyond the group stage. Outside of the FIFA World Cup tournament, Honduras has competed in several other international competitions, like the CONCACAF Championship (which they won in 1981), and the Copa América (which their best result was third place in 2001). Apart from that, Honduras has also won the Central American Cup championship four times, having won the final edition in 2017. The national team plays in the Nations League. History The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, losing 9–0 to Guatemala. The Honduras Men's National Team is the representative team in official men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 30 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, the USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada, the six highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received bye (sports), byes and advanced to the third round directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations. Format *Caribbean Zone: The 20 teams played in three rounds of knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine four winners advancing to the third round. Bahamas national football team, Bahamas and Bermuda national football team, Bermuda withdrew before playing one game. 18 countries stay in the race. *Central American Zone: The four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Panama National Football Team
The Panama national football team () represents Panama in men's international Association football, football and is governed by the Panamanian Football Federation, Federación Panameña de Fútbol (). The team represents all three FIFA, CONCACAF and the regional Central American Football Union, UNCAF. Panama qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 tournament in Russia and scored their first goal of the World Cup against England national football team, England, although they lost the match 6–1. They finished bottom of their group. Panama finished as runners-up at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2005, 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2013 and 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2023, losing to the United States men's national soccer team, United States on the former two occasions and to Mexico national football team, Mexico in the latter. Panama has also competed in the sub-regional Copa Centroamericana which they won in 2009 UNCAF Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1994 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone (CONCACAF). A total of 24 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 2.25 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. The United States, as hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 1.25 spot open for competition between 22 teams, because Cuba (Caribbean group) withdrew before playing. There would be three rounds of play. Mexico and Canada received byes and advanced to the second round directly. The remaining 20 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical considerations. Format *Caribbean Zone: The 14 teams played in knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine three winners advancing to the second round. *Central American Zone: The six teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the second round. In the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ecuador National Football Team
The Ecuador national football team (), nicknamed ''La Tricolor'', represents Ecuador in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation, Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (). They joined FIFA in 1926 and CONMEBOL a year later. Discarding an invitation to participate in the 1930 FIFA World Cup, inaugural FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay, Ecuador did not make their tournament debut until 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002. After finishing above Brazil national football team, Brazil and Uruguay national football team, Uruguay in the standings, the qualifying campaign marked the emergence of several players, such as Agustín Delgado, Álex Aguinaga, Iván Hurtado, Ulises de la Cruz and Iván Kaviedes, who would set the stage for Ecuador's achievements in the next decade. Having reached the Round of 16 in a memorable 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 World Cup campaign, they were expected to deliver at the 2007 Copa América but were eliminate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Al Día (Costa Rica)
''Al Día'' was a sport newspaper published in Costa Rica. The paper was part of La Nación Media Group, which also owns ''La Nacion LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...''. ''Al Día'' was a national newspaper and had several regional editions. The paper ceased publication on 30 November 2014. References External linksOfficial website 2014 disestablishments in Costa Rica Defunct newspapers published in Costa Rica Newspapers published in Costa Rica Publications with year of establishment missing Newspapers disestablished in 2014 Sports mass media in Costa Rica Sports newspapers Spanish-language newspapers {{caribbean-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brujas F
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Brujas may refer to: * Brujas F.C., association football team * ''Brujas'' (TV series), television series * ''Brujas'' (film), a 1996 Spanish drama film * Brujas, Panama, city in Panama * ''Bruja'' (novel), horror novel * ''Brujas'' (album), a 2013 album by Mala Rodriguez * Brujas (skate crew), Bronx-based skateboarding collective * Brujería, the Spanish word for "witchcraft" * ''Brujas'' (moth), a synonym for the moth genus ''Hemeroblemma'' * Spanish name of the Belgian town of Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Apertura
The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. ' and ' are the Spanish words for "opening" and "closing". In French-speaking Haiti, these are known as the ' and the ', while in English-speaking Belize, they are respectively the ''Opening'' and ''Closing'' seasons. When used in the United States and Canada, they are known as the ''Spring Championship'' and ''Fall Championship'' (). The Americas The ' is held in the first half of the calendar year in Bolivia, Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay and Uruguay while it is held in the second half of the calendar year in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. The words ' and ' are used in most Latin American countries. Some, however, use different terminolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
