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Copa América Centenario Squads
The following is a list of squads for all sixteen national teams that competed at the Copa América Centenario. Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. The provisional squads were announced on May 4, 2016. A final selection was provided to the organizers on May 20, 2016. Group A Colombia Head coach: José Pékerman The following 23 players were called up for the final squad. Óscar Murillo withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Yerry Mina. Costa Rica Head coach: Óscar Ramírez The following 23 players were called up for the final squad. Goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado was ruled out due to injury on May 20, being replaced by Leonel Moreira. On May 31, Keylor Navas pulled out due to a tendinitis on his left foot and was replaced by Danny Carvajal, and Ariel Rodríguez pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Johnny Woodly. Paraguay Head coach: Ramón Díaz T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa América Centenario
The Copa América Centenario (, , ; literally ''Centennial America Cup'') was an international men's soccer tournament that was hosted by the United States in 2016. The competition was a celebration of the centennial of CONMEBOL and the Copa América, and was the first Copa América hosted outside South America. The tournament was a commemorative version of Copa América (not the 45th edition). It was held as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF as a special edition between the usual four-year cycle, and featured an expanded field of sixteen teams (an increase from the usual twelve), with all ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF. Despite the tournament being an official iteration of the Copa América, the winner did not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup due to the commemorative nature of the tournament, although eventual winner Chile had already qualified through its 2015 victory. Chile became the fourth nation to win at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Club De Avellaneda
Racing Club () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Avellaneda, Argentina. They compete in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top tier of Argentine football league system, Argentine football. Founded in 1903, the club joined the Argentine Football Association two years later and played its home matches at Estadio Racing Club, Alsina y Colón, the current site of its stadium, El Cilindro. Historically, it is regarded as one of the ''Big Five (Argentine football), Big Five'' of Football in Argentina, Argentine football. Though mainly a football club, Racing also hosts other sports such as artistic gymnastics, basketball, beach soccer, boxing, chess, field hockey, futsal, handball, martial arts, roller skating, tennis, and volleyball. The club has won the Primera División 18 times, including an unmatched streak of seven consecutive titles—five of them unbeaten—between 1913 Argentine Primera División, 1913 and 1919 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayro Moreno
Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo el borracho del gol (born 16 September 1985) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas. He is the top goalscorer of the Colombian Categoría Primera A with 225 goals. Moreno began his career with Once Caldas, winning the 2004 Copa Libertadores. In 2008, he moved to Europe to play for Romanian club Steaua București for two years, before returning to Once Caldas in 2010 and winning the 2010 Finalizacion league title with the Manizales-based club. In 2011, he moved to Mexico's Club Tijuana, where he stayed until 2018 with loans in between to Atlético Junior, Millonarios, and Atlético Nacional. His time at Atletico Nacional was a huge success, winning the 2016 Copa Libertadores, 2017 Recopa Sudamericana, and 2017 Apertura while being the top goalscorer of both Apertura and Finalización tournaments in 2017. After being dismissed from the club due to disciplinary problems in October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independiente Medellín
Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardot, which seats 40,943 people, and is also shared with city rivals Atlético Nacional. The team is dubbed "El Poderoso de la Montaña" (Mighty of the Mountain) due to Medellín's geographical location high in the Andes mountains, and as a reference to the many amateur titles it won in its early years. Founded in 1913 as the second oldest club in Colombia, Independiente Medellín has won the Categoría Primera A six times: in 1955 Campeonato Profesional, 1955, 1957 Campeonato Profesional, 1957, 2002 Categoría Primera A season, 2002–II, 2004 Categoría Primera A season, 2004–I, 2009 Categoría Primera A season, 2009–II, and 2016 Categoría Primera A season, 2016–I, and the Copa Colombia three t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani Torres (Colombian Footballer)
Daniel Alejandro Torres Rojas (born 15 November 1989) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Independiente Santa Fe. Club career Santa Fe Born in Cáqueza, Cundinamarca, Torres joined Independiente Santa Fe's youth setup in 2005 at the age of 15. He made his senior debut on 8 June 2008, starting in a 0–3 away loss against América de Cali. On 8 July 2011, Torres was loaned to fellow league team Atlético Nacional until the end of the year, with a buyout clause. However, he only appeared sparingly for the club, being released in the end of the year mainly due to disciplinary problems (some of them related to alcoholism). Upon returning to Santa Fe, Torres established himself as a regular starter and helped the side in their 2012 and 2014 successful campaigns. He scored his first professional goal on 9 August of the latter year, netting the second in a 2–1 home win against Independiente Medellín. Independiente Medellín On 5 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Medina
John Stefan Medina Ramírez (born 14 June 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Colombia national team. Initially, Medina debuted for Atlético Nacional as a centre-back. As time progressed, he has shown to be comfortable playing as a right-back and on some occasions as a defensive midfielder. Club career Atlético Nacional A youth product of Nacional's academy, Medina played as a starter in the youth squad for one season before making his senior debut in 2011. Eventually, he gained a spot in the senior squad in 2012 after making occasional appearances. He was given the number 2 shirt in tribute to the late Andrés Escobar who also wore the same shirt, mostly because he's managed to avoid committing fouls as a defender by making good challenges. He has been liken to the late Nacional legend because of this. Medina finished his career with Nacional in 2014, winning 6 domestic trophies over the course of 4 seasons. Monterrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Aguilar (footballer)
Felipe Aguilar Mendoza (born 20 January 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Club career Atlético Nacional Aguilar was born in Medellín, and joined Atlético Nacional's youth setup at the age of 12. On 23 March 2011, while still a youth, he made his first team debut by starting in a 2–0 away loss against Deportivo Rionegro, for the year's Copa Colombia. In January 2013, after finishing his formation, Aguilar moved to fellow Categoría Primera A side Alianza Petrolera on loan. He made his professional debut on 16 February, starting in a 4–0 away loss against his parent club. Aguilar scored his first professional goal on 10 April 2013, his team's third in a 4–0 away rout of Cúcuta Deportivo, for the national cup. He then became a regular starter at Alianza before returning to Nacional in January 2016. Initially a backup to Alexis Henríquez and Davinson Sánchez, he became a regular starter after Sánchez's departure to Ajax. San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other two being Millonarios and Santa Fe. Atlético Nacional was founded in 1947 as ''Club Atlético Municipal de Medellín'' by Luis Alberto Villegas López, a former president of the football league of Antioquia. The team adopted its current name in 1950. The current owner, Organización Ardila Lülle, officially acquired the team in 1996. According to CONMEBOL, Atlético Nacional is the club with the largest fan following in Colombia, with more than 15 million fans. Atlético Nacional plays its home games at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, which has a capacity of 40,043. They share the stadium with their local rivals, Independiente Medellín. The teams face each other in a local derby known as '' El Clásico Paisa'', which is considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Pérez (footballer, Born 1993)
Sebastián Pérez Cardona (born 29 March 1993), sometimes known as Seba Pérez, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Boavista. He is known for his abilities to react quickly and his skills playing both in a defensive and an attacking role. He was referenced earlier in his career by media abroad his native Colombia as a highly rated top prospect in Colombia. Club career Atlético Nacional On 4 March 2011, Pérez made his official debut for Nacional against Atlético Junior, replacing Macnelly Torres in the 86th minute. He would eventually win the 2011 Torneo Apertura with ''Los Verdolagas'', making him the youngest player to win the honour at age 18. The following year, he was part of the Nacional squad that won both the Copa Colombia and the Superliga Colombiana, thus winning every top tier trophy in Colombia before the age of 20. Following Colombia's exit from the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he was invi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róbinson Zapata
Róbinson Zapata Montaño (born 30 September 1978), is a Colombian former association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeper coach for Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe. Club career Colombia Zapata started his career in Colombia with América de Cali and Real Cartagena. In 2004, he moved to Argentina where he had spells with Rosario Central, Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente and Club Atlético Belgrano, Belgrano. In 2006, he joined Club de Deportes La Serena, La Serena in Chile before returning to Colombia to play for Cúcuta Deportivo. Steaua București Rufay, as he is called by his colleagues, joined Steaua on 23 July 2007 FC Steaua București, Steaua for €500.000 and signed a four-year contract with the Romanian team from Cúcuta Deportivo. During the first half of the season, he became the most appreciated player in the Romanian team. (seen ithis statistic made by Steaua supporters. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juventus FC
Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1897 by a group of Turinese students, the club played in different grounds around the city, and plays now in Juventus Stadium. Nicknamed ("the Old Lady"), it has won 36 official List of Italian football champions, league titles, 15 Coppa Italia trophies and nine Supercoppa Italiana, Italian Super Cups, being the record holder for all these competitions; they also hold two Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Champions League, European Cup / UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cups (Italian record), two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup (Italian record). Consequently, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Cuadrado
Juan Guillermo Cuadrado Bello (born 26 May 1988) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays for club Atalanta BC, Atalanta and the Colombia national football team, Colombia national team. He usually plays on the right side of the pitch, either as a Winger (association football), winger, Full-back (association football), full-back or Wing-back (association football), wing-back. He is known for his direct style of play, including his pace both on and off the ball, as well as his dribbling skills. Having begun his career at Independiente Medellín, Cuadrado moved to Italy in 2009 to join Udinese Calcio, Udinese. Used sparingly at the club, he was Loan (sports), loaned to US Lecce, Lecce for the 2011–12 Serie A, 2011–12 season, where despite promotion and relegation, relegation from Serie A, his performance earned a transfer to ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina. In February 2015, he was signed by Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, but after playing sparingly, was loaned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
