Diego Pituca
Diego Cristiano Evaristo (born 1 August 1992), known as Diego Pituca or simply Pituca, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left-back. Club career Early career Pituca was born in Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, and mainly represented Guaçuano and Itapirense as a youth. In 2011 he joined Mineiros, but failed to appear for the side during his spell. In 2011 Pituca returned to his native state, after agreeing to a contract with Brasilis. He made his debut for the club on 7 May of that year by starting in a 1–0 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão away loss against his first club Guaçuano, and played his first campaign as a left back. On 11 January 2012, after being a regular starter for Brasilis, Pituca moved back to ''Mandi''. He only scored his first senior goal on 3 March of the following year, in a 2–2 home draw against Sertãozinho; thirteen days later, however, he netted a brace in a 4–1 home routing of Mar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santos FC
Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league, as well as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top flight of the Brazilian football league system, after winning the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, 2024 Série B title. The club was founded in 1912 by three sports enthusiasts from Santos: Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior. The initiative was a response to the lack of representation the city had in football. Since then, Santos has become one of Brazil's most successful clubs, becoming a symbol of ''The Beautiful Game, Joga Bonito'' (English: The Beautiful Game) in Association football culture, football culture, hence the motto ''"Técnica e Disciplina"'' (technique and discipline). This was largely thanks to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sertãozinho Futebol Clube
Sertãozinho Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Sertãozinho, is a professional association football club based in Sertãozinho, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of the São Paulo state football league. History On August 6, 1944, the club was founded by a group of sportsmen. Sertãozinho's first president was Enéas Sílvio Bordin. Between 1944 and 1969, the club only disputed amateur competitions, like Liga Ribeirãopretana de Futebol (Ribeirão Preto Football League) in the 1950s. At that time, Sertãozinho's greatest rival was Mogiana.Sertãozinho Futebol Clube info at Federação Paulista de Futebol website In 1963, the club closed its football section. In 1969, the footbal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Ceará Sporting Club
Ceará Sporting Club, or simply Ceará, () is a Brazilian Football League Teams, Brazilian professional football club from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Ceará. Founded on June 2, 1914, Ceará is one of the most traditionally successful clubs in the Northeast region of Brazil alongside Esporte Clube Bahia, Bahia, Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, Santa Cruz, Sport Club do Recife, Sport, Clube Náutico Capibaribe, Náutico, Esporte Clube Vitória, Vitória and their city rivals Fortaleza Esporte Clube, Fortaleza. Ceará is the most popular team in the state, proven in several research and communication vehicles. It also has an advantage in direct confrontations, with 203 wins, 211 draws and just 184 victories over its rival. It is the pioneering and most traditional team in its state and one of the largest in its region. History On June 2, 1914, the club was founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Luiz Esteves Junior and Pedro Freir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean Mota
Jean Mota Oliveira de Sousa (born 15 October 1993), known as Jean Mota (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Vitória. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a left back or a central midfielder. Club career Portuguesa Born in São Paulo, Jean Mota was a Portuguesa youth graduate. He made his debut on 21 March 2012, coming on as a late substitute for Henrique in a 4–0 home routing of Cuiabá, for the season's Copa do Brasil. On 28 May 2013, Jean Mota renewed his contract with ''Lusa'', signing until 2015. He made his Série A debut on 8 June, again from the bench in a 0–0 draw against Corinthians. Jean Mota appeared regularly for the club in the following campaign, being mostly deployed as a left back. He scored his first senior goal on 19 September, netting a last-minute equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against América-RN. Fortaleza On 16 September 2015 Jean Mota moved to Fortaleza, after being released by Portuguesa i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A), is a professional association football league in Brazil and the highest level of the Brazilian football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021, the competition was chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world. Due to historical peculiarities and the large geographical size of the country, Brazil has a relatively short history of nationwide football competitions. The main and most prestigious competitions were the State football leagues in Brazil, state championships, run in each of the Brazilian states, w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lance!
''Lance!'' is a daily sports newspaper in Brazil, and its first edition was published in 1997. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, and they print regional versions for some of the other Brazilian states. History Its tabloid format as well as its news design quickly became a success, and ''Lance!'' is also popular among Brazilian TV and radio sports journalists and reporters. Its 3000th edition was published on January 29, 2006. There are ''Lance!'' offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, and they also publish regional versions in Curitiba and Manaus. ''Lance!'' also issues a weekly magazine called ''Lance! A+''; its first edition was published in 2000. On March 21, 2020, the newspaper announced ceased the publication due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jair Ventura
Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura (born 14 March 1979) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Avaí. Besides Brazil, Ventura has played in France, Greece, and Gabon. Playing career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Ventura was a forward during his playing days, representing São Cristóvão, Bonsucesso, Bangu, Mulhouse and Mesquita, aside from teams in Greece and Gabon. He retired at the age of 26, and subsequently had spells at America-RJ and Madureira. Coaching career Botafogo Ventura joined Botafogo in 2008, also as a fitness trainer. The following year, he was appointed assistant coach by Ney Franco, and remained with the role in the following campaigns. Ventura took over the first team as an interim on 27 January 2010, in a 2–1 Campeonato Carioca away win against Tigres do Brasil. He returned to his previous role as an assistant after the arrival of Joel Santana, and also managed the under-20 squa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Esporte Interativo
TNT Sports is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery in Brazil responsible for sports broadcasts on TNT and Space channels in the country. Esporte Interativo started as a television channel, inaugurated on January 20, 2007, with the live broadcast of a Premier League match between Chelsea and Liverpool. From 2015, it became part of Turner Broadcasting System Latin America. Turner announced in 2018 the discontinuation of all EI channels in Brazil. Part of the programming, such as the exhibition of national and international football championships, started to be shown on the Brazilian versions of TNT and Space channels. With the standardization of Turner's sports channels in Latin America, it started to use the TNT Sports brand as of 2021. History Partnership with RedeTV! and Rede Bandeirantes The plan of the Esporte Interativo channel started in 2004, when the marketing agency TopSports launch the brand Esporte Interativo and established a partnership with the TV network ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santos FC B
The Santos Futebol Clube Reserves and Academy consist of the Reserve team, reserve and Football academy, academy teams of Santos FC. Its main goal is to discover talented young players who has future potential to play for Santos' first team. Structure Santos Futebol Clube is responsible for over 100 young athletes in 5 different categories: U-11, U-13, U-15, U-17, U-20. These athletes stay in two modern dormitories, located inside Estádio Vila Belmiro, Urbano Caldeira Stadium, with living room, recreation room and cafeteria. The athletes also have medical, dental and psychological assistance. The club's physical development program is a pioneer within Brazilian football. The club developed the Centro de Desenvolvimento à Performance ao Futebol (Center of Football Performance Development) to set a pattern in physical preparation for all youth teams. This project starts with boys over six years old and covers 270 young athletes. The gymnasium used by youth teams is located on t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santos 0 X 0 São Paulo
Santos may refer to: People *Santos (surname) * Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter * Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War Places *Santos, São Paulo, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil **Port of Santos, container port **Santos Basin, offshore sedimentary basin ** Santos Formation * Sántos, Somogy county, Hungary * Santos Peak, Graham Land, Antarctica * Santos Trail System, a network of mountain bike trails outside Ocala, Florida *General Santos, a city in the Philippines *Dr. Santos Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila, Philippines *Strathmore, California, formerly Santos, in Tulare County, California, U.S. Football clubs *Santos FC (f. 1912), in Santos, Brazil *Santos FC (women) (f. 1997), in Santos, Brazil *Santos Futebol Clube (AP) (f. 1973), in Macapá, Brazil * Santos Futebol Clube (PB) (f. 1949), in João Pessoa, Brazil *Santos FC (Burkina Faso) (f. 1977), in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso *Santos FC ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D), commonly known as the Série D or the Brazilian Série D to distinguish it from the Italian Serie D, is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on 9 April 2008. The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was formed from the split of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Série C, keeping its best 20 clubs and playing double round robin as does the top three divisions. The Série D keeps the same format of the older Série C, but with participation limited to 40 clubs recognized by the state federation. In 2016 the Série D was expanded to 68 clubs, but in 2022 it was reduced to 64 clubs. The Série D format is a mixed system: the 64 clubs are divided in 8 groups organized regionally, playing in a Round-robin tournament, round-robin format. The top teams qualify for playoffs and clubs that reach the semi-finals are Promotion and re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |