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Football At The 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 13 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams." Venues ''* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games.'' ''Olympic Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.'' Competition schedule Medal summary Medal table Events Men's tournament Women's tournament Awards FIFA Fair Play Award References External links * (archived)Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men FIFA.com FIFA.com {{EventsAt2000SummerOlympics 2000 2000 in association football 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and finished on August 3. The women's competition was contested for the first time in Olympic history at these Games. Venues Medal winners Men Women Match officials FIFA named 16 referees and 16 assistant referees to be shared between the men's and women's tournaments. External links Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Men FIFA.comOlympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women FIFA.com {{EventsAt1996SummerOlympics Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Olympic football tournaments, 1996 International association football competitions hosted by the United States, Summer Olympics 1996 Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Abanda
Jouan Patrice Abanda Etong (born 3 August 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He played for Apollon Kalamarias in Greece and Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic. He played for Cameroon and participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ... where Cameroon won the gold medal. External links * * * Profile at weltfussball.de 1978 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Men's association football central defenders Czech First League players AC Sparta Prague players PAOK FC players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players 1. FK Drnovice players FK Teplice players KF Besa Kavajë players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Cameroon men's international foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modeste M'bami
Modeste Mbami (9 October 1982 – 7 January 2023) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Mbami played for clubs in France, Saudi Arabia, and Cameroon, most notably Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille, both of which in Ligue 1. Club career Born in Yaoundé, Mbami started his career in his home country playing for Dynamo Douala but was quickly spotted by foreign clubs. Mbami joined Sedan during the summer of 2000. Despite his young age, Mbami played ten matches in his first season in Division 1 and helped his club to finish fifth. He rapidly became a team regular and played 60 matches in the two following seasons. In 2003, the club was relegated to Ligue 2 and Mbami decided to sign a five-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain for €5 million after his agent Willie McKay halted advanced discussions with Wolverhampton Wanderers. During his first season with Paris Saint-Germain, Mbami was associated with another young defensive midfielder, Lorik Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joël Epalle
Joël Dieudonné Martin Epalle Newaka (born 20 February 1978) is a Cameroonian football manager and former player who manages Val d'Europe FC. He mainly played as a right midfielder, but throughout his career he also played as a second striker, more noticeably during his first spell at Iraklis. He was born in Matomb, Cameroon and played youth football in Cameroonian club Union Douala, the team for which he made his senior debut. After his spell in Cameroon, in 1998, he moved to Greece where he played football for several clubs, including Ethnikos, Panachaiki, Aris, Panathinaikos and Iraklis in a time span of years. Subsequently, in January 2007, he moved to Bundesliga outfit VfL Bochum where he played for years. After a brief stay at Azerbaijani club FK Baku, in January 2011 he returned to Greece to have a second spell at Iraklis. Epalle was Iraklis' top-scorer for the 2005–06 season. Started at the end of March 2012, he made his first appearance and play for Sarawak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Nguimbat
Aaron Nguimbat (born 13 March 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Cameroon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ... where he won a gold medal. References External links * * * Living people 1978 births Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Cameroonian men's footballers Canon Yaoundé players Skonto FC players Unisport FC de Bafang players Sriwijaya F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Elite One players Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Beaud
Clément Beaud (born 7 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Beaud began playing football with Tonnerre Yaoundé in Cameroon. He went to Europe, where he would play in Poland and Lithuania before moving to Portugal for much of his career. After a brief spell in the Portuguese Liga with Associação Académica de Coimbra, he has spent most of his time in the second and third levels of Portuguese football, including stints with Moreirense and Esmoriz. Now play in Grupo Desportivo Vitória de sernache. Beaud played for the gold medal-winning Cameroon squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Honours Cameroon U23 * Olympic gold medal: 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ... References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Mimpo
Serge Mimpo-Tsintsémé (born 6 February 1974) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He also holds French citizenship. He played on the professional level in Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ... for Panachaiki 2005 F.C. and Ethnikos Asteras F.C. Honours * Olympic champion: 2000. References External linksProfile at Sports-reference.com Living people 1974 births Men's association football midfielders Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers Super League Greece players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Canon Yaoundé players Panachaiki F.C. players Ethnikos Asteras F.C. players Paris FC players Red Star FC players F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian Association football, football administrator and former Football player, player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of the greatest African players of all time. A precocious talent, Eto'o moved to Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid as a 16 year old. Due to competition in his position with more experienced players, he had several loan spells, before signing for RCD Mallorca, Mallorca in 2000 where he scored 70 goals, a RCD Mallorca#Top scorers, club record. His impressive form saw him join FC Barcelona, Barcelona in 2004 where he scored 130 goals in five seasons and also became the record holder for the most appearances by an African player in La Liga. Winning La Liga three times, he was a key member of the Barcelona attack, alongside Ronaldinho, that won the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto'o scoring in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the second edition of the women's Olympic football tournament and was held from 13 to 28 September 2000. It was hosted at three venues along the Eastern side of Australia with matches being held in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. The tournament features eight women's national teams from six continental confederations with the qualification coming from the previous year's World Cup. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the Sydney Football Stadium. At the end of the group stage, Brazil, Germany, Norway and the United States qualified through to the knockout stage. After Norway and the United States both won the semi-finals, the final was played on the 28 September 2000. The match would go to extra time, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gabba Panorama
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adl Utd Stadium
Adl () is an Arabic word meaning 'justice' or "balanced", and is also one of the names of God in Islam. It is equal to the concept of ( sense of justice) in the Baháʼí Faith. Adil (), and Adeel () are male names derived from ʻadl and are common throughout the Muslim world. In Islamic jurisprudence Adl, as used by early theorists of Islamic jurisprudence, referred to an aspect of an individual's character.Abu al-Hassan al-Mawardi, transl. by Wafaa H. Wahba. ''The Ordinances of Government''. Garnet Publishing Limited, 2000. This aspect is best translated as probity. In a hadith, Islamic prophet Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ... said that, the meaning of '' wasat'' (moderation) is adl (justice). In Islamic theology Adl is another word for di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
