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Beto Acosta
Alberto Martín Acosta Martínez (born 23 January 1977) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Beto Acosta has amassed nearly 500 career league appearances and more than 150 (league) goals from the positions of striker, attacking midfielder and wingback for a variety of different clubs throughout South America. Career Beto started his career at Defensor Sporting as a promising youth player, being fast-tracked into the first team and making his senior début for the club at the age of just 17. In two seasons, he scored 18 times in 30 league matches for Defensor. He transferred to Platense Wanderers in 1997, making just 5 appearances in the domestic league, scoring twice, before joining Club Sportivo Cerrito the following year for 17,000 UYU. He is perhaps best remembered for his time at Club Sportivo Cerrito, where he became a cult hero, scoring 96 goals in 294 league games (137 in 346 in all competitions), and captaining the club on more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clube Atlético Tricordiano
Clube Atlético Tricordiano, or simply Tricordiano, is a currently inactive Brazilian football team from Três Corações, Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ..., founded on May 13, 2008. In 2016, they competed in the Campeonato Mineiro — Módulo I, however, in 2017 they were relegated to Modulo II. References External linksOfficial website (archived 20 September 2017)Ogol websiteFederação Mineira de Futebol website{{in lang, pt 2008 establishments in Brazil Association football clubs established in 2008 Football clubs in Minas Gerais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguayan Peso
Uruguayan peso () has been a name of the Uruguayan currency since Uruguay's settlement by Europeans. The present currency, the ''peso uruguayo'' (ISO 4217 code: ) was adopted in 1993 and is subdivided into 100 '' centésimos'', although centésimos are not currently in use. Introduction Uruguay obtained monetary stability in 1896, based on the gold standard. This favorable state of affairs ended after World War I. An unsettled period followed. Economic difficulties after World War II produced inflation, which became serious after 1964 and continued into the 1970s. The peso moneda nacional was replaced on 1 July 1975 by the nuevo peso (new peso; ISO 4217 code ) at a rate of 1 new peso for 1000 old pesos. The nuevo peso was also subdivided into 100 ''centésimos''. After further inflation, the peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 code ) replaced the on March 1, 1993, again at a rate of 1 new for 1000 old. Inflation Uruguayans became accustomed to the constant devaluation of their currency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion of the Americas. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Drake Passage; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territory, dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one administrative division, internal territory: French Guiana. The Dutch Caribbean ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) and Trinidad and Tobago are geologically located on the South-American continental shel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingback (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attacking Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or ha ... [...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] |
Capital Futebol Clube
Capital Futebol Clube, commonly known as Capital, is a Brazilian football club based in Palmas, Tocantins. History Founded on 21 May 2012 as Ricanato Futebol Clube, entered in professional league in 2014 season. in the state second division. Achieving promotion to the first division in 2015, the club was also the Tocantins U-18 champion and played in the Copa São Paulo. Changed their name to Capital FC in 2016, aiming at greater projection in the media. In 2021, Capital achieved its best campaign in the state league (3rd place). Appearances Following is the summary of Capital FC appearances in Campeonato Tocantinense. The club also competed at national level, in the 2024 Copa do Brasil, beating Tocantinópolis in the local duel at first round and being eliminated by Águia de Marabá in the second round, and 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, where it was last placed in group A5. Honours * Campeonato Tocantinense Second Division ** Winners (2): 2019 References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penarol Atlético Clube
Penarol Atlético Clube, commonly known as Penarol, is a Brazilian football club based in Itacoatiara, Amazonas. Penarol is currently ranked third among Amazonas teams in CBF's national club ranking at 130th place overall. They are the best placed team in the state from outside of Greater Manaus. History The club was founded on August 8, 1947 by Luiz Calheiros Gama, Marcos Esteves, Sebastião Mestrinho, Simões Sales de Souza, Laureano Seixas and Antônio Gesta Filho. Penarol won the Campeonato Amazonense in 2010 and in 2011. The club will compete in the 2011 Série D. Current squad Honours * Campeonato Amazonense The Campeonato Amazonense de Futebol, also commonly known as the Barezão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that r ... ** Winners (3): 2010, 2011, 2020 * Taça Estado do Amazonas ** Winners (1): 2011 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona Futebol Clube
Barcelona Futebol Clube (officially Ilhéus Soccer Futebol Entretenimento S/A) is a Brazilian football club based in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. The club was founded on 17 September 2019. The team joined the Bahia Football Federation on October 22, 2019. History Barcelona made their professional debut in the Second Division of the Bahian Championship in 2020, occupying fifth place and missing out on the final stage. In August 2021, Barcelona became champions of the Bahian Second Division, beating Botafogo Bonfinense 3–0, after losing the first leg 2–1 in Senhor do Bonfim thus guaranteeing the only access place for the 2022 Baiano First Division. Honours *Campeonato Baiano Second Division The Campeonato Baiano Second Division is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Bahia state league. It is run by the Bahia Football Federation (FBF). Usually, the champions of a division are promote ... **Winners (1): 2021 References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taguatinga Esporte Clube
Taguatinga Esporte Clube, commonly known as Taguatinga, are a Brazilian football team from Taguatinga, in Distrito Federal. They won the Campeonato Brasiliense five times and competed in the Série A once. History They were founded on July 1, 1975. The club won the Campeonato Brasiliense for the first time in 1981. Taguatinga competed in the Série A in 1982, when they finished in the last place of their group, and were relegated to the same year's Série B. Stadium They play their home games at the Serejão stadium. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 30,000 people. Honours * Campeonato Brasiliense The Campeonato Brasiliense, also referred to as the Campeonato Candango and the Candangão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian Federal District A federal district is a specific administrative division in one ... ** Winners (5): 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 ** Runners-up (9): 1962, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2000 Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
