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Pedro Pablo Pasculli
Pedro Pablo Pasculli (born 17 May 1960) is an Argentine former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward and is currently technical secretary at Bangor City in the Cymru North. He spent most of his career with Argentinos Juniors and Italian club U.S. Lecce, Lecce. At international level, he won the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Argentina national football team, Argentina, and came fourth at the 1987 Copa América. Pasculli's management career was mostly spent in the lower leagues of Italian football. He also had a few months in charge of Uganda national football team, Uganda in 2003, two brief spells at FK Dinamo Tirana, Dinamo Tirana in Albania and a season with Bangor City F.C., Bangor City in Wales. Playing career Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, Pasculli played as a Striker (association football), striker for Colón de Santa Fe and Argentinos Juniors in his native Argentina, partnering Diego Maradona at the latter. In 1985 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (; usually called just Santa Fe, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city of the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is situated in north-eastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná River, Paraná and Salado River, Argentina, Salado rivers. It lies from the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel that connects it to the city of Paraná, Argentina, Paraná. The city is also connected by canal with the port of Colastiné on the Paraná River. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz has about 391,164 inhabitants per the . The metropolitan area has a population of 653,073, making it the eighth largest in Argentina. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz is linked to Rosario ( to the south), the largest city in the province, by the Brigadier Estanislao López Highway and by National Route 11 (Argentina), National Route 11, which continues south towards Buenos Aires. Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba is about ( west of Santa Fe, through the :es:Ruta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay National Football Team
The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international match in 1902 and is administered by the Uruguayan Football Association, Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (), the governing body of football in Uruguay, which is a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916 and a member of FIFA since 1923. It was also a member of Panamerican Championship#Panamerican Football Confederation, PFC, which was the attempt at a unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961. Uruguay's home stadium is the Estadio Centenario, and they have been coached by Marcelo Bielsa since 2023. Considered one of the most successful national teams in international competitions and by FIFA as "football's first global powerhouse," Uruguay has won four world FIFA–organized championships, two football at the Summer Olympics, Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Valdano
Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos (born 4 October 1955) is an Argentine former football player, coach, and the former general manager of Real Madrid. He is currently working as a commentator for beIN Sports. Nicknamed "The Philosopher of Football", he played as a forward. With the Argentina national team, Valdano took part at the 1975 Copa América as well as the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, the latter of which Argentina won. He had a major influence in the 1986 win, scoring four goals in the tournament, including Argentina's second goal against West Germany in the final. In total, he earned 23 caps for his nation between 1975 and 1990, scoring seven goals. Although he initially played for Newell's Old Boys, Alavés and Real Zaragoza, his most successful period at club level was at Real Madrid, where he won La Liga twice, the Copa de la Liga and two UEFA Cups. As a manager, he coached Spanish sides Tenerife, Real Madrid and Valencia. Considered a benchmark for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea National Football Team
The South Korea national football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international Association football, football and is governed by the Korea Football Association, a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first (and so far only) Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also has won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Football at the Asian Games, Asian Games. The team is commonly nicknamed the "Reds" by both fans and the media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup 1986
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so, and resigned in November 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, and became the first country to host the World Cup more than once, after previously hosting the 1970 edition. The World Cup was won by Argentina (their second title, after winning in 1978). Argentina was captained by the 25-year-old Diego Maradona, who played a large part in his team's success by scoring his " Hand of God" goal, as well as another voted the " Goal of the Century", in the same quarter-final against England. These were two of the five goals that Maradona scored during the tournament, and he also created another five for his teamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie C2
Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging the C was also organizing the semi-professional Serie D. In 1978, it was decided to split the Serie C into Serie C1 (the third highest league) and Serie C2, moving the remnants of the Serie D to the amatorial sector as Campionato Interregionale. Upon its inception in 1978–79, Serie C2 consisted of four groups of 18 teams, with two promotions and three relegations. During the season, teams only played the other teams in their division, according to the round robin method. The groups were reduced to three from the start of the 1991–92 season. More notably, play-offs were introduced for the second promotion and the penultimate and the third relegation, together with the 3-victory-points rule. After the 2007–08 season, the league was k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional association football, football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century, FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé. An advanced playmaker who operated in the Squad number (association football), classic number 10 position, Maradona's vision, passing, ball control, and Dribbling#Association football, dribbling skills were combined with his small stature, which gave him a low Center of mass, centre of gravity and allowed him to manoeuvre better than most other players. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. In addition to his creative abilities, he possessed an eye for goal and was known to be a Free kick (association football), free kick spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Dinamo Tirana
Football Club Dinamo City, commonly referred to as Dinamo City and colloquially known as Dinamo, is an Albanian professional football club based out of Tirana. They compete in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Founded in 1950, the club was historically affiliated to the Interior Ministry and having won 18 National Championships, it is considered to be the second most decorated club after local rivals KF Tirana. History The club was officially founded on 3 March 1950 by the Interior Ministry of Albania during the communist regime under dictator Enver Hoxha. They won four consecutive championships from 1950 to 1953. During this time, Dinamo recorded a hot streak of 25 consecutive wins, a record in Albanian football and 4th longest domestic winning streak in Europe. In 1967, Dinamo won its 9th championship by leaving Tirana, then 17 Nëntori, one point behind, who was expelled for the tournament three weeks before the end. This championship is not officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Copa América
The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the Copa América, CONMEBOL's national team competition. It was the first Copa América under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between 27 June and 12 July. Uruguay successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América. Squads Venues Group stage The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team plays once against the other teams in their group and would receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. The winner of each group advances to the semi-finals. Defending champions Uruguay received a bye into the semi-finals. ---- ''Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.'' ---- Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ---- Third-place match Final Champion Statistics Goalscorers With four goals, Arnoldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cymru North
The Cymru North is a regional association football, football league in Wales, covering the northern half of the country. It initially had clubs with semi-professional status. Together with the Cymru South, it forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system. The first year of its operation was 2019–20 with the Football Association of Wales owning and administering the tier 2 leagues for the first time. These changes followed from a review of the Welsh Football Pyramid. Prior to 2019, the equivalent league was the Cymru Alliance, covering North and Central Wales. Member clubs for the 2024-25 season Champions Promoted to Cymru Premier * 2019-20: Flint Town United F.C., Flint Town ''(runners-up)'' * 2020-21: ''Competition cancelled'' * 2021-22: Airbus UK Broughton F.C., Airbus UK Broughton * 2022-23: Colwyn Bay F.C., Colwyn Bay * 2023-24: Flint Town United F.C., Flint Town ''(runners-up)'' * 2024-25: Colwyn Bay F.C., Colwyn Bay Relegated into Cymru North fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangor City
Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the Welsh National League (North), the Northern Premier League, the Alliance Premier League and the League of Wales, as well as playing in the inaugural Welsh Cup. The team won the Welsh Cup eight times and the Welsh Premier League three times, as well as taking part in European competitions. The club's home colours were traditionally royal blue shirts, royal blue shorts and royal blue socks, although over the years home colours were varied to include royal blue and yellow and scarlet and Royal blue. The club last played during the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system. On 30 November 2021 they were suspended from any football activity due to non-payment of staff wages. On 18 February 2022 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
