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2016 Algarve Football Cup
The 2016 Algarve Football Cup was a summer football friendly tournament. It was hosted at the Estádio Algarve in the Algarve in Portugal, between the 14 and 16 July 2016. It involved Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal of the Portuguese Primeira Liga and English Championship side Derby County. Overview Participants Standings Each team will play two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a defeat. In the first two matches of the 2016 Algarve Football Cup, a penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ... took place afterwards. That's despite Vitória de Setúbal beating Derby County in Game 2. A shoot-out did not take place after Benfica's match against Derby. Matches Goalscorers Media coverage Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League Championship
The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Betting & Gaming, Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, sitting below the Premier League. Introduced for the 2004–05 in English football, 2004–05 season as the Football League Championship, the division is a rebrand of the former Football League First Division. The winning football team, club of this division each season receives the EFL Championship trophy, which was the previous trophy awarded to list of English football champions, the winners of the English top-flight prior to the launch of the Premier League. As with other divisions of professional English football, Welsh clubs can be part of this division, thus making it a cross-border league. Each season, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Football Federation
The Portuguese Football Federation ( , FPF) is the governing body of Association football, football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (, UPF) by the three existing regional associations of Lisbon Football Association, Lisbon, Portalegre Football Association, Portalegre and Porto Football Association, Porto, before adopting its current name in 1926, and has its headquarters in Cidade do Futebol, City of Football in the city of Oeiras, Portugal, Oeiras. The (FPF) joined FIFA in 1923 and is also a founding member of UEFA. The Portuguese Federation oversees all aspects of the game of football in Portugal, both professional, amateur and administers the competition committee (including the handling of the trophy) of the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, the Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Portugal national football team (men's), Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristiano Pires ...
Cristiano may refer to: * Cristiano (given name), Italian and Portuguese male given name * Cristiano (surname) * Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985), Portuguese football forward * Cristiano (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian football defender * Cristiano (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian football striker * Cristiano (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian football midfielder * Cristiano (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian football striker * Cristiano (footballer, born 1990), Portuguese football goalkeeper * Cristiano (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian football forward * Cristiano (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian football midfielder See also * Christiano (other) * Christian (other) * Cristiano Ronaldo (other) Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer. Cristiano Ronaldo may also refer to: *Cristiano Ronaldo Jr (born 2010), son of the Portuguese international footballer, and forward for Al-Nassr's youth academy *''Cristiano Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Issoko
Arnold Issoko (born 6 April 1992) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays mainly as a right-back but also as a right winger. International career Issoko made his debut for the DR Congo national football team in a friendly 1–1 tie with Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ... in May 2016. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Issoko, Arnold 1992 births Footballers from Kinshasa Living people Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Rebordosa A.C. players A.D. Os Limianos players G.D. Chaves players Juventude de Pedras Salgadas players Vitória F.C. players Mumbai City FC players Stade Malherbe Caen players S.C. Farense p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruca (footballer)
Rui Pedro Coimbra Chaves (born 11 September 1990), known as Ruca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 3 club São João de Ver. Club career Born in Tondela, Viseu District, Ruca moved to S.C. Beira-Mar's youth system at the age of 16 from local Clube de Futebol Repesenses. After winning the second-division juniors championship in 2009, he signed with Gil Vicente FC. In his first season as a senior, Ruca was loaned to hometown's C.D. Tondela. He made his competitive debut against Amarante F.C. on 30 August 2009, in a match for the Taça de Portugal. He continued to be loaned the following years, to Vilaverdense FC, Oliveira de Frades (two spells) and again Tondela. Ruca joined yet another club in the third division in the summer of 2013, SC Mirandela. He had been previously deployed as a left winger or attacking midfielder, but switched to left-back at his new team. On 1 July 2014, Ruca signed for C.D. Mafra as a free agent after his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco António Barbosa Costa
Vasco António Barbosa da Costa (born 8 August 1991 in Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo District) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for A.D. Os Limianos as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal .... References External links *Portuguese League profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Vasco 1991 births Living people People from Ponte de Lima 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Viana do Castelo District Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players A.D. Os Limianos players AD Fafe players Vitória F.C. players F.C. Famalicão players A.R. São Martinho players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Meyong
Albert Meyong Zé (born 19 October 1980), known as Meyong, is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 231 matches and 79 goals over 13 seasons and representing mainly in the competition Vitória de Setúbal (seven years) and Braga (three and a half). Meyong appeared with Cameroon at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Born in Yaoundé, Meyong started playing in Europe still a youngster, for Italian club Ravenna Calcio. After one and a half seasons he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side Vitória Futebol Clube; he won the Taça de Portugal in 2005, having scored the winning goal in the final against S.L. Benfica. In the summer of 2005, Meyong signed a two-year contract with C.F. Os Belenenses – where he was the league's top scorer despite the club's bottom-four finish– moving to Levante UD a year later. Due to late payment of salary he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohcine Hassan Nader
Mohcine Hassan Nader (born 30 September 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 3 club Anadia. Club career Born in Faro, Algarve, where his Moroccan international father Hassan Nader played in the same position for S.C. Farense, Nader finished his development at Vitória F.C. and spent his first two years as a senior in third division, on loan at Casa Pia A.C. and C.D. Pinhalnovense. He made his professional debut in the Primeira Liga for the Setúbal-based club on 25 October 2015, coming on as a late substitute for André Claro in a 2–0 away win against Moreirense FC, and totalled 13 appearances over the season; on his first start, the following 22 January, he scored the opening goal of a 2–1 home victory over Académica de Coimbra. Days after his first goal, Setúbal enacted the extension clause in Nader's contract, tying him to the club until June 2018. In August 2016, he was loaned to LigaPro team S.C. Freamunde for the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branimir Kalaica
Branimir Kalaica (born 1 June 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Astana in Kazakhstan Premier League. Club career Born in Zagreb, Kalaica started his football career at local club Dinamo Zagreb. In June 2016, he moved to Portugal and signed a six-year contract with defending champions Benfica, as a free agent. On 11 September, he debuted for Benfica's reserve team in a 2–1 home win against Académico de Viseu in LigaPro. Honours Benfica * Primeira Liga: 2016–17 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016 * UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ... runner-up: 2016–17 References External links * * 1998 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football central defenders Croat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Cervi
Franco Emanuel Cervi (; 26 May 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger or left wing-back for La Liga club Celta de Vigo. Club career Rosario Central A product of Rosario Central's youth system, Cervi made his league debut on 9 November 2014 against Estudiantes in a 1–0 home win. He replaced Hernán Encina after 66 minutes. On 14 February 2015, he scored his first league goal against Racing Club. On 25 February 2016, Cervi made his debut in the Copa Libertadores against Nacional. He scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win against River Plate. Benfica On 15 September 2015, Cervi signed a six-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica with a release clause of €60 million. He continued to play for Rosario Central until May 2016 and joined Benfica on 24 June for the pre-season. On his debut for Benfica, he scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Braga in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, on 7 August 2016, and was elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisandro Ezequiel López
Lisandro is a male first name, particularly common in Argentina. Its origin comes from the Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek language, and is believed to have been popularized thanks to Lysander, a Spartan military and political leader. It may refer to: * Lisandro Abadie (born 1974), Argentine bass-baritone * Lisandro Alonso (born 1975), Argentine film director * Lisandro Alvarado (1858-1929), Venezuelan physician, naturalist, historian, ethnologist and linguist * Lisandro Arbizu, Argentine rugby union player * Lisandro de la Torre, Argentine politician * Lisandro López (footballer, born 1983), Argentine footballer * Lisandro López (footballer, born 1989), Argentine footballer * Lisandro Martínez, Argentine footballer * Jeff Lisandro, Australian professional poker player * Lisandro Formation, Cretaceous rocks of the Neuquén Group in Argentina {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
