Samir (footballer, Born 1994)
Samir Caetano de Souza Santos (born 5 December 1994), also known as Samir, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga MX club Mazatlán on loan from UANL. Club career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Samir began his career with Brazilian side Flamengo, making his Série A debut with the club's first team in 2013; he won the 2013 Copa do Brasil and the 2014 Campeonato Carioca with the club. On 18 January 2016, he joined Italian club Udinese for €4.5 million, but was immediately loaned out to Verona for the remainder of the 2015–16 Serie A season. On 4 April 2016, he made his Serie A debut, scoring the decisive goal in a 1–0 away win against Bologna from a header. On 6 January 2022, Samir signed for English club Watford on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. International career Samir was included in the Brazilian under-20 side for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship. He has also represented Brazil at under-2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bologna F
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the oldest university in continuous operation,Top Universities ''World University Rankings'' Retrieved 6 January 2010Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021–22 Premier League
The 2021–22 Premier League was the 30th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992, and the 123rd season of top-flight English football overall. The start and end dates for the season were released on 25 March 2021, and the fixtures were released on 16 June 2021. Manchester City F.C., Manchester City successfully defended their title, winning for the second time in a row securing a sixth Premier League title and eighth English league title overall on the final day of the season; it was also the club's fourth title in the last five seasons. Summary Manchester City F.C., Manchester City were the defending champions, having won their fifth Premier League title during the 2020–21 Premier League, previous season. This season saw the return of full attendance, after the final third of the 2019–20 Premier League, 2019–20 and the entirety of the 2020–21 Premier League, 2020–21 seasons w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches: two against each other team, one home and one away. Most games are played on weekend afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992, following the decision of clubs from the Football League First Division, First Division (the top tier since 1888) to break away from the English Football League. Teams are still promoted and relegated to and from the EFL Championship each season. The Premier League is a corporation managed by a Richard Masters (football), chief executive, with member clubs as shareholders. The Premier League takes advantage of a £5 billion domestic televi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021–22 Serie A
The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A Telecom Italia, TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italian association football, football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. AC Milan won the title after defeating US Sassuolo Calcio, Sassuolo 3–0 at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore on 22 May 2022, the final matchday of the season. AC Milan's title marked their 19th league title in their history and their first since 2010–11 Serie A, 2011. Inter Milan, the defending champions, finished in second place, two points behind AC Milan. Teams Two teams, Venezia FC, Venezia and US Salernitana 1919, Salernitana, both returned to the Serie A after historically long absences. Venezia defeated AS Cittadella, Cittadella in the final of the promotion playoffs to secure readmission into the top league for the first time in 19 years—since the 2001-2002 season. Salernita ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2020–21 Serie A
The 2020–21 Serie A (known as the Serie A Telecom Italia, TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier Italian association football, football, the 89th in a round-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Inter Milan won the title with 4 matches left to play after closest challengers Atalanta BC, Atalanta failed to win against US Sassuolo Calcio, Sassuolo. Inter Milan's title was the 19th their history and their first title in 11 years. Inter Milan's title also ended Juventus FC, Juventus's run of nine consecutive Serie A, league titles with Juventus finishing in 4th place, 13 points behind Inter Milan. Teams Benevento Calcio, Benevento and F.C. Crotone, Crotone were the two teams directly promoted from Serie B—both after a two-year absence. On 20 August 2020, Spezia Calcio, Spezia won a playoff match to earn their first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Ital ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019–20 Serie A
The 2019–20 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of top-tier Italian football, the 88th in a round-robin tournament, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Juventus, the eight-time defending champions, secured their ninth consecutive Serie A title with a 2–0 victory over Sampdoria on 26 July 2020. The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020. On 9 March 2020, the government suspended all sports in the country until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The Serie A did not resume on this date however, as the league continued to monitor health conditions. On 18 May, the Italian Football Federation announced that the suspension would continue until 14 June. Ten days later, on 28 May, Italy's sports minister said Serie A would restart on 20 June 2020. Events On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to Serie B after 11 years. Following this on 5 May ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018–19 Serie A
The 2018–19 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of top-tier Italian football, the 87th in a round-robin tournament, and the 9th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the seven-time defending champions and defended their title following their victory against Fiorentina on 20 April 2019. The season was run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019. Events Hellas Verona and Benevento immediately returned to Serie B after finishing 19th and 20th while Crotone, finishing in 18th place, were relegated after two seasons in the top flight. On 28 April, Empoli earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation. On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved promotion having finished second in the 2017–18 Serie B season, just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D. The last team promoted, after 2 years of absence, was Frosinone, who defeated Palermo in the Serie B play-off fina ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2017–18 Serie A
The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the six-time defending champions. The season ran from 19 August 2017 to 20 May 2018. On 13 May, Juventus won a record seventh consecutive title and 34th title overall with one game remaining following their 0–0 draw with Roma. The season was marred by the death of Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, due to heart problems. Events On 13 May 2017, SPAL were mathematically promoted from Serie B after 49 years away. Five days later, Hellas Verona clinched promoted as well, one year on from being relegated. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won the promotion play-offs to earn the club a first ever promotion to Serie A; they became the 67th team to participate in the Italian top flight. After video assistant refereeing (VAR) w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016–17 Serie A
The 2016–17 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of top-tier Italian football, the 85th in a round-robin tournament, and the 7th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions. The season ran from 20 August 2016 to 28 May 2017. On 21 May, Juventus won a record sixth consecutive title and 33rd title overall with a game in hand following their 3–0 win over Crotone. Events On 14 April 2016, it was announced that Serie A was selected by the International Football Association Board to test video assistant refereeing, which were initially private for the 2016–17 season, before allowing them to become a live pilot phase with replay assistance in the 2017–18 season at the latest. On the decision, FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio said, "We were among the first supporters of using technology on the pitch and we believe we have everything required to offer our contribution to this ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2015 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 114th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on May 9, 2015, and concluded on December 6, 2015. * Atlético Mineiro * Atlético Paranaense * Avaí * Chapecoense * Corinthians * Coritiba * Cruzeiro * Figueirense *Flamengo * Fluminense *Goiás * Grêmio * Internacional *Joinville * Palmeiras * Ponte Preta * Santos *São Paulo *Sport *Vasco da Gama Corinthians won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Avaí, Vasco da Gama, Goiás and Joinville, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on May 8, 2015, and concluded on November 28, 2015. * ABC * América-MG *Atlético Goianiense *Bahia * Boa Esporte *Botafogo * Bragantino *Ceará * CRB * Criciúma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2014 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 113th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on April 19, 2014, and concluded on December 7, 2014. * Atlético Mineiro * Atlético Paranaense *Bahia *Botafogo * Chapecoense * Corinthians * Coritiba * Criciúma * Cruzeiro * Figueirense *Flamengo * Fluminense *Goiás * Grêmio * Internacional * Palmeiras * Santos *São Paulo *Sport * Vitória Cruzeiro won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Vitória, Bahia, Botafogo and Criciúma, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on April 19, 2014 and concluded on November 29, 2014. * ABC * América (MG) * América (RN) *Atlético Goianiense * Avaí * Boa Esporte * Bragantino *Ceará * Icasa *Joinville ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |