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Extremadura Autonomous Football Team
The Extremadura autonomous football team is the regional football team for Extremadura, Spain. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. It plays only friendly matches. The creation of an Extremadura national team was promoted by César Sánchez (a former Valencia CF and Real Madrid goalkeeper), with the support of the Extremaduran Football Federation. History Although the national team of Extremadura was only officially created in 2007, the presence of an Extremadura national team had already been announced 10 years earlier, on 18 November 1997, in a Testimonial match, tribute match to the victims of the 1997 flood in Badajoz, in which a team made up of the best players from Extremadura (CD Badajoz, CF Extremadura and CP Mérida) at that time faced the soon to be UEFA Champions League, Champions league winners Real Madrid at the :es:Estadio El Vivero, Viejo Vivero. After a respectful minute of silence to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CP Mérida
Club Polideportivo Mérida was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Mérida, Spain, Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Having played twice in La Liga (1995–96 La Liga, 1995–96 and 1997–98 La Liga, 1997–98), the club was dissolved in 2000, due to serious economic debts. Its successor was renamed Mérida UD. History The team founded in 1912 under the name Sportiva Emeritense. It became one of the first teams from Extremadura to play professional football. The club first began playing football in 1943, when it was admitted to Tercera Division. They spent four years there, after which the team was relegated to regional leagues for two years. Merida returned to Tercera division in 1949. Following 12 years in the third tier, Merida was again demoted to the fourth tier in 1961, but only for one year. Until 1980, the team kept bouncing between the third and fourth tiers. In 1980, Merida first promoted to the newly created Spanish thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Region Of Murcia Autonomous Football Team
The Region of Murcia autonomous football team is the regional football team for the Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a popul ..., Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. It only plays Exhibition game, friendly matches. History Before the creation of the Football Federation of the Region of Murcia in 1924, the Valencian Community Football Federation, Valencian Football Federation (at the time known as the Levante Football Federation) absorbed the clubs from the provinces of Murcia and Albacete. Thus, the teams from the regions of Valencia and Murcia had the same federation and it was in charge of organizing the Levante Championship and summoning the Valencian Community auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Spanish Regional Football Federations
The Spanish regional football federations are the association football governing bodies (alongside the Royal Spanish Football Federation) of each autonomous community in Spain. Most of them have their own football team. The 19 Football Federations are: # '' Royal Andalusian Football Federation'' (Andalusia). Andalusia autonomous football team. # '' Royal Aragonese Football Federation'' (Aragon). Aragon official football team # '' Royal Football Federation of the Principality of Asturias'' (Asturias). Asturias autonomous football team # '' Balearic Islands Football Federation'' (Balearic Islands). Balearic Islands autonomous football team # '' Basque Football Federation'' ( Basque Country). Basque Country national football team # '' Canarian Football Federation'' (Canary Islands). Canary Islands autonomous football team # '' Royal Cantabrian Football Federation'' (Cantabria). Cantabria autonomous football team # '' Royal Castile and León Football Federation'' (Castile and Leó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA Men's World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, first introduced in December 1992. The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. the rankings were led by Argentina. Eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest time ranked first. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. The ranking system has been revamped on several occasions, generally responding to criticism that the preceding calculation method did not effectively reflect the relative strengths of the national teams. Since 16 August 2018, the ranking system has adopted the Elo rating system used in chess and Go. The ranking is sponsored by Coca-Cola; as su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equatorial Guinea National Football Team
The Equatorial Guinea national football team (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Selección de fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial'') represents Equatorial Guinea in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations on five occasions, the first two times as hosts (in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 2015). They finished in fourth place in 2015, and reached the quarter-finals in 2012 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, 2021. History Equatorial Guinea played its first match on 23 May 1975 against China national football team, China in a friendly, losing 6–2. They did not play another game until the 1985 UDEAC Cup in December 1985. They were drawn in a group against the hosts Congo national football team, Congo and Central African Republic national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Cuéllar
Ángel Manuel Cuéllar Llanos (born 13 September 1972) is a Spanish former footballer, currently a manager. A left winger or a forward, his main assets were dribbling and scoring ability. He spent most of his professional career with Betis (nine years) and also had a brief unsuccessful spell with Barcelona, greatly marred by injury. Over the course of eight La Liga seasons, Cuéllar amassed totals of 111 matches and 17 goals. Playing career Born in Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Cuéllar made his debut for Real Betis' first team aged 18, in a 1–0 La Liga away loss against CD Logroñés on 4 November 1990, with the Andalusia side finishing the season last. He became an undisputed starter while in the Segunda División and scored 14 league in 1994–95 as they shot straight from the second tier into a final third place (on 25 September 1994, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 home victory over Sporting de Gijón); during the campaign, he also appeared in two friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pirri
David Almazán Abril (born 12 February 1974), known as David Pirri or simply Pirri, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a manager who currently manages Bayamón FC in the Liga Puerto Rico. He amassed Segunda División totals of 202 matches and 11 goals over nine seasons, representing mainly Barcelona B. He added 97 scoreless appearances in La Liga, with Mérida, Numancia and Zaragoza. In 2008, Pirri started working as a manager. Playing career Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Pirri joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 1988, aged 14. After a brief stint at the C-team he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División, and made his professional debut with the latter on 6 February 1993, coming on as a second half substitute in a 6–1 home routing of Palamós CF. Pirri scored his first league goal on 16 October 1994, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against CD Leganés. In the 1995 summer he signed for La Liga club CP Mérida, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cortés (Spanish Footballer)
David Cortés Caballero (born 29 August 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He appeared in 273 La Liga matches in exactly ten seasons, mainly with Mallorca and Getafe (four years apiece). He won one Copa del Rey with the former club. Club career Born in Llerena, Badajoz, Cortés made his professional debut with local CF Extremadura in the Segunda División. He then moved to RCD Mallorca in La Liga (alongside teammate Poli), where he was first-choice for three full seasons, helping the Balearic Islands team to the 2003 edition of the Copa del Rey. In summer 2006, Cortés signed with Madrid's Getafe CF. After splitting duties with Romanian Cosmin Contra in 2006–07, he started the following campaign as the side reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. In 2009–10, with Contra already gone, Cortés was greatly overshadowed by new signing Miguel Torres, but still contributed 20 league matches as Getafe qualified for the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Navarro Montoya
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (born 26 February 1966) is a retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Colombia, Navarro Montoya represented the Colombia national team three times, and gained Argentine citizenship later in his career. During a professional career which spanned 25 years, he represented teams in Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, appearing for 15 clubs (mainly Boca Juniors) and totalling more than 800 games across all competitions. Club career Nicknamed ''El Mono'' (monkey) whilst in Argentina, Navarro Montoya was born in Medellín, Colombia, and he started playing professionally in the former country at only 18, with Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. In 1988, after one year in his homeland with Independiente Santa Fe, he joined Boca Juniors, where he would rarely miss a game in nearly ten years – never played in fewer than 35 matches in his full seasons – also setting club records of consecutive games (180) and minutes without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani García (footballer, Born 1974)
Daniel 'Dani' García Lara (born 22 December 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. During his professional career he played for five teams in his country, also having short spells in Greece and Turkey. Having represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona, he amassed La Liga totals of 208 matches and 40 goals over 12 seasons. Club career Born in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, García was a graduate of Real Madrid's youth system. He received his first-team debut on 5 February 1994, in a 2–0 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña; he played another match in the 1994–95 campaign, while still registered with the reserves. García then spent two years on loan at Real Zaragoza, featuring prominently but without scoring much after which he returned to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. After a season with only eight appearances he was sold to fellow La Liga club RCD Mallorca, being the Balearic Islands team's top scorer in 1998–9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Morientes
Fernando Morientes Sánchez (; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He played for a number of clubs during his career, including Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid, AS Monaco FC, Monaco, Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and Valencia CF, Valencia. In La Liga, he scored 124 goals in 337 games over 15 seasons. He earned 11 major honours with the first club, including three UEFA Champions League, Champions League trophies. Morientes earned 47 Cap (sport), caps for the Spain men's national football team, Spain national team, representing the country in two FIFA World Cup, World Cups (totalling five goals) and UEFA Euro 2004, Euro 2004. He later worked briefly as a Manager (association football), manager. Club career Early career Born in Cilleros, Cáceres, Spain, Cáceres, Extremadura, Morientes moved to Sonseca in the Province of Toledo at the age of four. He began his professional career at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
