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Gilbert Álvarez
Gilbert Álvarez Vargas (born 7 April 1992) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a forward for División Profesional club Oriente Petrolero. Club career Álvarez played for several youth teams in his home city of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, including Club Destroyers and Club Calleja. In August 2010, Álvarez was signed by Cruzeiro of Brazil. He did not play a first team game for Cruzeiro prior to the 2011 Copa America, and he was not named in Bolivia's squad for the tournament. In August 2011, Álvarez announced that he was considering a move to Europe, citing that talks between his agent and one club in Germany and another in Italy were underway. On 25 November 2023, Álvarez joined Indonesia club Arema. However, on 7 March 2024, Álvarez would leave the club early, cited that he wants to be closer with his family as the reason. International career During his time with Callejas, he was called up by the Bolivia U17 to play as their lone striker in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvarez (surname)
Álvarez (sometimes ''Alvarez'') is a Spanish language, Spanish surname of Germanic origin, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Its Portuguese language, Portuguese equivalent is Álvares. Notable people with the surname include: Actors, singers, musicians *Ana Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish model and actress *Andreína Álvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan actor *Angela Alvarez (1927–2024), Cuban-born American singer *Carlos Álvarez (baritone) (born 1966), Spanish opera singer *Cristian Álvarez (musician) (born 1972), Argentine musician *David Alvarez (actor), David Alvarez (born 1994), Canadian dancer and actor *Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor *Francisco Álvarez (actor) (1892–1960), Argentine actor *George Alvarez, Cuban/American actor *Ian Antonio Alvarez also known as Bunji Garlin (born 1978) Trinidadian male soca singer *Izabella Alvarez (born 2004), American actress *Javier Álvarez (composer), Javier Álvarez (1956–2023) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian Primera División
The División de Fútbol Profesional is the top-flight professional football league in Bolivia. In 2017 it replaced the "Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano" (; ). Since 1950, a total of 16 clubs have been crowned champions of the Bolivian football league system. The current champions are Bolívar, which won the title in the 2024 tournament. Bolívar is also the most successful club in the league, with 31 titles to date. History The organisation of football in Bolivia started in 1914 with the creation of regional associations and their respective competitions. The " La Paz Football Association (AFLP)" (Asociación de Fútbol de La Paz – AFLP) was the first organised body with 29 championships held between 1914 and 1949. The AFLP was considered for many years the top football tournament in the country. In 1950 the body modified its statutes allowing the professionalisation of the sport in Bolivia, so the "Torneo Profesional" was created. Between 1950 and 1959, only clubs fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The FIFA World Cup hosts#2010 FIFA World Cup, bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals. The matches were played in #Venues, 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the opening and final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the #Group stage, first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in Round-robin tournament, round-robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 205 teams entered the qualification competition, with South Africa, as the host, qualifying for the World Cup automatically. The first qualification matches were played on 25 August 2007 and qualification concluded on 18 November 2009. Overall, 2,338 goals were scored over 852 matches, scoring on average 2.74 per match. Entrants At the close of entries on 15 March 2007, 204 football associations had entered the preliminary competition: 203 out of the 207 FIFA members at that time (including the host nation, South Africa, as the qualification procedure in Africa also acted as the qualification for the 2010 African Cup of Nations) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela National Football Team
The Venezuela national football team (), nicknamed ''La Vinotinto'' ("The Red Wine"), represents Venezuela in men's FIFA, international association football, football and is controlled by the Venezuelan Football Federation, Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (), the governing body for football in Venezuela. Their nickname is a reference to the unique “red wine” team color that is used on their home jerseys. When playing at home in official games, they usually rotate between three stadiums: The Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, Puerto Ordaz, the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz and the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo in San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal. In friendly matches, they tend to rotate between the rest of the stadiums in the country. Unlike other South American nations, and akin to some Caribbean nations, baseball is extremely popular in Venezuela, which diverts athletic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador National Under-17 Football Team
The Ecuadorian national under-17 football team represents Ecuador in international under-17 football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. Competitive record FIFA U-17 World Cup CONMEBOL Sub17 ''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.'' Honours * CONMEBOL Sub17 ** Runners-up (1): 2023 ** Third place (4): 1985, 1986, 2005, 2015 * Pan American Games ** Gold medal (1): 2007 * South American Games ** Silver medal (1): 2010 ** Bronze medal (1): 2014 * Bolivarian Games ** Silver medal (3): 2009, 2013, 2017 ** Bronze medal (1): 2005 Current squad The following players are called up to the squad for the 2025 South American U-17 Championship between 27 March – 12 April 2025. ''Caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2025, after the match against .'' See also * Ecuador national football team The Ecuador national football team (), nicknamed ''La Tricolor'', represents Ecuador in men's inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 South American U-17 Championship
The 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship () was a football competition for U-17 national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was the 13th time the tournament was held. The tournament took place in Chile from 17 April to 9 May. on the RSSSF Teams : : : : : : : : : :Squads First Group Stage The teams were divided into two groups of five, with the top three teams in each group classifying to the second round. All times local ( UTC-4)Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final Group ...
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The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Copa America
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List Of Newspapers In Bolivia
This is a list of newspapers in Bolivia. Current newspapers *''Ahora el Pueblo'' — state-funded *''Bolivian Express'' (La Paz) *'' El Chaqueño'' (Tarija) *''Correo del Sur'' (Sucre) *''El Deber'' (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) *'' El Día'' *'' El Diario'' (La Paz) — began publication 5 April 1904; oldest currently in circulation *''La Estrella del Oriente'' (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) *''Hoy'' *'' Jornada'' (La Paz) — began publication February 1948 *'' La Misión'' *'' El Mundo'' (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) *'' El Nacional'' (Tarija) *''El Nuevo Día'' (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) *'' Nuevo Sur'' (Tarija) *''Opinión'' (Cochabamba) *''Página Siete'' (La Paz— began publication April 2010 *'' El País (Tarija), El País'' (Tarija) *'' La Palabra de Beni'' *''La Patria'' (Oruro) — began publication 19 March 1919 *''La Prensa'' (La Paz) *'' La Razón'' (La Paz— began publication 17 February 1917 *'' El Sol (Santa Cruz), El Sol'' (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) *''Los Tiempos'' (Cochab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
