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Amauri De Craon
Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born 3 June 1980), known as Amauri, is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. His previous clubs include Bellinzona, Parma, Napoli, Piacenza, Empoli, Messina, Chievo, Palermo, Juventus, Fiorentina and Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Although he was born in Brazil, he represented Italy once at international level in 2010, after acquiring Italian citizenship. Club career Early career Amauri was trained at Palmeiras, the club of his place of birth, São Paulo state, but failed to impress. At the age of 19, he went to Santa Catarina state to work and played for a local club Santa Catarina at Santa Catarina State League 2nd Division. The club was invited to 2000 Torneo di Viareggio in Italy, at which he showed his talent to scouts; he was signed by a club from the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, Bellinzona. He scored once in five appearances. Parma and loans After half a season in the Swiss Nationalliga B and Nationalliga A/B pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CarapicuÃba
CarapicuÃba () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 403,183 (2020 est.) in an area of . It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in the state of São Paulo. History Before the first white man arrived, the region which today is CarapicuÃba was inhabited by indigenous people. The hamlet was founded by José de Anchieta. Afonso Sardinha settled there with his farm with the will to Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas, use the indigenous people as a workforce. He then built a chapel. The indigenous people soon reacted to the European occupation, and rushed into the jungle. By the 17th century, it was part of the recently created municipality of Santana do ParnaÃba. Nothing much has changed in the hamlet during this century and most of the 18th century. From 1770 on, however, the city and its surroundings started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It is located in the centre of the country's South Region, Brazil, Southern region. It is bordered to the north by the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, to the south by the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Misiones Province, Misiones. The state covers an area of approximately , comparable to Hungary, and ranking as the List of Brazilian states by area, seventh smallest Brazilian state by area. With a population of 7.6 million inhabitants in 2022, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, tenth most populous state in Brazil. It is divided into 295 municipalities and its capital is Florianópolis, the second most populous city in the state after Joinville. Alongside EspÃrito Santo, Santa Catarina is one of the two states whose capital is not the largest city. Jorginho Mello, a member of the Conservative liberali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcio Catania
Catania Football Club, commonly known as Catania, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in Serie C. Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the club boasts 17 appearances in the top flight, reaching eighth place in Serie A on four occasions: during the early 1960s and again in 2012–13. It is the 12th most popular team in Italy, with around 600,000 fans. The club also went on a number of dissolutions and refoundations, the last happening in 2022. History Origins (1901–1908) Crews of English merchant ships brought football to Sicily. Specifically, the earliest Catania team can be traced to a match that took place on 2 May 1901 at San Raineri di Messina against Messina Football Club; the team was Royal Yacht Catania, an English ship with a Catanian crew. The ship workers' team was a pastime, and Catania's first professional football club was founded on 19 June 1908 by Italian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002–03 Coppa Italia ...
The 2002–03 Coppa Italia was the 56th edition of the tournament, which began on 18 August 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. In the final, A.C. Milan beat Roma 6–3 on aggregate to win their 5th Coppa Italia and first since the 1976–77 edition. Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Knockout stage Final First leg Second leg Milan won 6–3 on aggregate. Top goalscorers Referencesrsssf.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 Coppa Italia Coppa Italia seasons Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Grieco
Gaetano Grieco (born 7 November 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Genoa Born in Naples, Campania, Grieco started his career at Ligurian side Geona. In the late 1990s (in the 1999–2000 season or earlier) he was sold to Parma in a co-ownership deal but was loaned back to Genoa. Grieco made his debut on 12 September 1999, coming on as a substitute for Alessandro Manetti in the 82nd minute against Pescara. Genoa lost the match 1–2. He was a regular member of the first team the next season, scoring 5 goals. Parma and loans The co-ownership deal was renewed in June 2000 but in June 2001 Parma bought the remained 50% registration rights. Grieco only played once for Parma in his first Serie A season. He made his debut on 28 October 2001, he substituted Hidetoshi Nakata in the 83rd minute against Hellas Verona. Parma eventually 2–2 draw with the Veneto side who scored by Emiliano Bonazzoli. In June 2002, he was loaned to Serie A side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002–03 Serie B
The 2002–03 Serie B was the 71st season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Livorno, Ascoli, Triestina and Catania had been promoted from Serie C, while Hellas Verona, Lecce, and Venezia had been relegated from Serie A and Fiorentina had lost their national professional licence. Personnel and sponsoring Final classification In June 2003, Catania was at the centre of a controversy that led to the enlargement of Serie B from 20 to 24 teams, known as ''Caso Catania''. The club claimed that Siena fielded an ineligible player in a 1–1 tie, a result which saw Catania relegated, whereas the two extra points from a victory would have kept them safe. They were awarded a 2–0 victory before the result was reverted because the guilty player was a substitute which did not play the match, then Catania appealed to the judges of the Autonomous Region of Sicily who re-awarded the victory again. In August, the FIGC decided to let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010 and the Lega B ever since. Common nicknames for the league are ''campionato cadetto'' and ''cadetteria'', since ''cadetto'' is the Italian name for junior or cadet. History The first Italian football championships were composed of a small number of teams. It was in 1904 that the tournament expanded with the first edition of the Seconda Categoria (''Second Category''): this was a competition in which, on one side, the reserve teams of clubs affiliated with the Prima Categoria (''First Category'') participated, and on the other side, those provincial clubs that had recently joined the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). For the provincial teams, it wasn't enough to beat the reserve teams of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matuzalém
Matuzalém Francelino da Silva (born 10 June 1980), commonly known as just Matuzalém, is a Brazilian football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Matuzalém began his career at Salvador-based Vitória and quickly established his place in lower level of the Brazil national team. Described as a "goalscoring midfielder" by Eurosport, he first emerged in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Egypt. There, he scored three goals in six games, including a critical goal in the final match. Napoli In 1999, Matuzalém left Vitória to join Napoli in Italy, via Parma, in a temporary deal, where he remained for two seasons, the first was spent in Serie B – during which he helped the team win promotion to the Italian top flight – and the second season in Serie A, in what would be Napoli's last in season in the Italian top flight for six years. The club signed Matuzalém in a co-ownership deal for 5 billion lire in the summer of 2000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001–02 Serie A
The 2001–02 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of top-tier Italian football, the 70th in a round-robin tournament. It was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988–89. The first two teams qualified directly to the UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the third and fourth places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the fifth and sixth places qualified for the UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last four teams were to be relegated to Serie B. However, Fiorentina's subsequent bankruptcy led to them being placed in the fourth tier of Italian football. Juventus won its 26th title on the final day of the season after original leaders Internazionale (who finished third) lost 4–2 away to Lazio, and with it their chance at winning their first ''Scudetto'' since 1989. Second place went to Roma. This season also featured Chievo's "miracle". The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Moriero
Francesco "Checco" Moriero (; born 31 March 1969) is an Italian association football, football former player and current Manager (association football), manager, who played as a midfielder, usually as a Midfielder#Winger, winger on the right flank. He is the current head coach of the KF Laçi, Laçi. Throughout his career, he played for several Italian clubs: US Lecce, Lecce, Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari, AS Roma, Roma, FC Internazionale Milano, Inter Milan, and SSC Napoli, Napoli, winning an UEFA Cup title with Inter in 1998 UEFA Cup final, 1998. A former Italy national football team, Italy international, he took part at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Club career Francesco Moriero played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, including US Lecce, Lecce (1986–1992), Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari (1992–94), AS Roma, Roma (1994–97), FC Internazionale Milano, Inter Milan (1997–2000), and SSC Napoli, Napoli (2000–2002). Originally from Lecce, he began his career with the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Established in the 1929–30 Serie A, 1929–30 season, it restructured the existing Italian Football Championship, which had been played since 1898 Italian Football Championship, 1898, into a national round-robin format alongside Serie B. It functions under a promotion and relegation system with Serie B and has historically served as the pinnacle of professional football in Italy. The league was organised by the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori until 1943, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti, Lega Calcio from 1946 to 2010, and the Lega Serie A ever since. The 29 championships played from 1898 to the formation of the Serie A in 1929 are officially recognised by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) as equal to later Serie A titles. Similarly the 1945â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lega Nazionale Professionisti
The Lega Nazionale Professionisti (Italian for National Professionals League), commonly known as Lega Calcio (Football League), was the governing body that ran the two highest football divisions in Italy, namely Serie A and Serie B, from 1946 to 2010. The league also ruled the Serie C from 1948 to 1959. It has ceased to exist since 1 July 2010, following a split between Serie A and Serie B clubs, which led to the creation of two new leagues, the Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B respectively. The Lega Calcio was founded as the Lega Nazionale (''National League'') in 1946, after the Second World War, and its name was changed in 1960, shortly after Italy fully recognized professional status for the players of the top divisions. Its predecessor during the fascist era, between 1926 and 1944, was the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori (''Directory of Higher Divisions''), a committee whose president was appointed by the FIGC. Earlier still before, the first football league in Italy was the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
