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Cleisson Edson Assunção
Cleisson Édson Assunção (born 13 March 1972), simply known as Cleisson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and forward. Career Revealed by Santa Tereza, a training club in Belo Horizonte, it caught the attention of Cruzeiro. He was the team's top scorer in the Copa do Brasil title with 6 goals, in addition to participating in numerous other victories, the most notable being the 1997 Copa Libertadores. He transferred to Flamengo in 1998 and started playing in midfield there, becoming known for his violence in tackles. He was elected the most hated player in Brazilian football by Revista Placar in the period. In 2000, while defending Atlético Mineiro in a Copa Libertadores match, he spat in the face of Adilson Batista, Corinthians defender. Interestingly, in 2005, Cleisson was hired by Sport, the club where Adilson began his career as manager. Both became friends until today, overcoming their disagreement. In July 2009, after winning th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in South America, 13th-largest city in South America and the Largest cities in the Americas, 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Greater Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, 17th most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of States of Brazil, the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil. The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s to replace Ouro Preto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
América Futebol Clube (RN)
América Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as América de Natal, is a Brazilian professional club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte founded on 14 July 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Potiguar, the top flight of the Rio Grande do Norte state football league. América won Campeonato do Nordeste (Brazilian Northeast Championship) in 1998, defeating Esporte Clube Vitória by a 3–1 score in the final match. It is the only Football Team in Rio Grande do Norte to obtain titles outside the state as in 1973, became the undefeated winner of Taça Almir de Albuquerque, which involved teams from North-Northeast of Brazil and is the only club from Rio Grande do Norte to participate in an international championship, the Copa Conmebol in 1998. América's greatest rival is ABC, also from Natal. América is the second-best-ranked team from Rio Grande do Norte in CBF's national club ranking, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Supercopa Libertadores
The 1992 Supercopa Libertadores was the fifth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. The tournament was won by Cruzeiro, who beat Racing 4–1 on aggregate in the final. This was the second time Cruzeiro had won the Supercopa Libertadores. As the new reigning Copa Libertadores champions, Brazilian side São Paulo were admitted into the competition. Colombian side Atlético Nacional took part for the first time in 3 seasons. First round The matches were played from 29 September to 15 October. Quarter finals The matches were played from 20 October to 30 October. Nacional withdrew before the first leg of their quarter final against Racing In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific g ... due to a players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supercopa Libertadores
The Supercopa Libertadores (English: ''Libertadores Supercup''), also known as the Supercopa Sudamericana, Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually between 1988 and 1997 by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores. The tournament is one of the many South American club competitions that have been organized by CONMEBOL.Supercopa Libertadores (Supercopa João Havelange) by Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF History As through the successive editions of this cup were added new champions from the Copa Libertadores, in 1997 the CONMEBOL decided that the last teams of each group would descend to reduce the number of teams to disputed it. That year descended Velez Sarsfield, Racing Club and Boca Junior ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Master De Supercopa
The Copa Master de Supercopa was a football competition contested by clubs that had previously won the Supercopa Libertadores. It was organized by CONMEBOL and only played in 1992 and 1995. A third edition was scheduled to be played in 1998 but the lack of sponsors delayed the event and eventually was cancelled The format of the tournament was different in both editions. The first edition in 1992 featured all 4 champions at the time. It was played in Buenos Aires and won by Boca Juniors. The second edition was to be played in 1994 but moved to 1995. Only two eligible teams accepted the invitation to play. The cup was played over two legs and won by Cruzeiro. The winners of the competitions were also given the chance to participate in a following-season grand super cup called the Copa de Oro. This competition was played three times. The first two competitions featured the respective Copa Master de Supercopa champion; however, as no Copa Master de Supercopa was contested in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Copa Do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil 1996 was the 8th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 6, 1996, and concluded on June 16, 1996, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Parque Antártica in São Paulo, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the second time after a 2-1 victory over Palmeiras. Luizão, of Palmeiras, with 8 goals, was the competition's topscorer. Format The preliminary round was disputed by 16 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used. Competition stages Preliminary round Knockout stages Notes References Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Copa Do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil 1993 was the 5th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on March 2, 1993, and concluded on June 3, 1993, with the second leg of the final, held at the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the first time with a 2-1 victory over Grêmio. Gílson, of Grêmio, with 8 goals, was the competition's topscorer. Format The competition was disputed by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ... was used. Competition stages References Copa do Brasil 1993 at RSSSF *''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001. {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa Do Brasil 1993 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Scottish Cup and Copa Argentina, even though it has much more prestige and is considered almost as important as the Brazilian League, as the prize money is higher than the ''Brasileirão'''s. The Copa do Brasil is an opportunity for teams from smaller states to play against the big teams. The winner of the cup automatically qualifies for the following edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, the most prestigious continental football tournament contested by top clubs in South America organized by CONMEBOL. Initially the Copa do Brasil was contested by 32 clubs. The field increased to 40 in 1996, increased to 69 by the year of 2000, and stabilized at 64 after 2001 which it remained at until 2012. Clubs from all 26 Braz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Copa Libertadores
The 1997 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Cruzeiro of Brazil, after defeating Sporting Cristal of Peru in the final. This was Cruzeiro's second title, their first being the 1976 edition. Cruzeiro's 1997 championship is the only time any club has won the Libertadores after losing the first 3 matches in the competition. Teams Group stage River Plate bye to the second round as holders. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Bracket Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Champion Top goalscorers 11 goals *Alberto Acosta 9 goals * Antonio Vidal González 8 goals * Ivo Basay Broadcasting rights Americas * Latin America: Sportsnet, TSN, TVC Sports, Cable Mágico Deportes and Best Cable Sports * Caribbean: Flow Sports * Peru: Global Televisión External links Copa Libertadores 1997 by Karel Stokkermansat RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the '' Libertadores'' (Spanish and Portuguese for ''liberators''), the leaders of the Spanish American wars of independence and Brazilian Independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is "''Liberators of America Cup''". The competition has had several formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of the South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete and contested regularly from 2000 until 2016. In 2000 the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams. Today at least four clubs per country compete in the tournament, with Argentina and Brazil having the most representatives (six and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adilson Batista
Adilson Dias Batista (born 16 March 1968) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. His professional playing career as a centre-back spanned 13 years, during which he was mainly associated with Cruzeiro and Grêmio. Adilson also represented the Brazil national team in four occasions. Playing career Born in Adrianópolis, Paraná, he was known as Adilson during his playing days, and finished his formation with Atlético Paranaense. Promoted to the first-team in 1987 by head coach Levir Culpi, he was a regular starter before moving to Cruzeiro in 1989. Adilson subsequently represented Internacional, Atlético Mineiro and Grêmio before moving abroad in 1997 and joining Júbilo Iwata. He returned to his home country in 2000, signing for Corinthians and retiring with the club shortly after. Coaching career Batista started his coaching career with Mogi Mirim in 2001. In the following season, he was in charge of América-RN and Avaí. On 27 May 2003, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Copa Libertadores
The 2000 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 41st in the tournament's history. It was held between February 15 and June 21. Thirty-two teams participated in this event. First round *Teams in green qualified to the next round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Knockout phase Bracket Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Champion References CONMEBOL: Copa Toyota Libertadores 2000 {{Copa Libertadores Seasons 1 Copa Libertadores seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
