Ignacio Saavedra
Ignacio Antonio Saavedra Pino (born 12 January 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Universidad Católica. Club career Beginnings Ignacio was born into a family linked to sports. At six years old, he started participating in the Colo-Colo Academy, and at 13 he moved to the youth ranks of rivals Universidad Católica. His talents quickly caught the attention of both club and nation, getting called up to the Chile U20 squad. Universidad Católica After the arrival of the Spanish coach Beñat San José, Saavedra made his professional debut on August 4, 2018 in a match against Everton. He played 88 minutes in a 2-1 win. From there on, he has mantained a steady flux of starts in the defensive midfield position, amassing 131 official career appearances with the club. International career He represented Chile U17 at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, reaching the second stage and proving his reliability by playing all the matches. At unde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 8 million which is nearly 40% of the country's population, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely in the country's central valley. Most of the city lies between above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal and Balmaceda Park. The Andes Mountains can be seen from most ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Reinaldo Rueda
Reinaldo Rueda Rivera (born 16 April 1957) is a Colombian football coach. When he was the coach of the Colombia U-20 team, they finished 3rd at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He also led the Colombia U-17 team to 4th at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. After an unfavorable start to the 2006 World Cup qualification phase (only 1 point after 5 games) the Colombian Football Federation made Rueda the coach of the senior team. Under him, the team improved, coming from near last to finish 6th, though failing to qualify. Then, he moved to Honduras and guided their national team to a place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Early life Born in Cali, Rueda holds a physical education degree. He completed his master's degree at the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Germany, where he also gained proficiency in the German language. He is also a university professor and has taught several courses at the Colombian National Coaches School. He has continued his studies in Europe, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Chilean Primera División
The 2018 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank 2018 for sponsorship purposes, was the 88th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 2 February and ended on 2 December. Colo-Colo were the defending champions, having won the 2017 Transición tournament. Universidad Católica won their thirteenth title on the last day of the season following a 2–1 win at Deportes Temuco, who were relegated to the second tier with this defeat. Format changes For the 2018 season, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) approved a change of format from the Apertura-Clausura system that had been used in previous seasons, to a single tournament during the calendar year. The 16 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top seven teams at the end of the season, as well as the Copa Chile champions, while the bottom two tea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Season
The 2022 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season is the 82th season and the club's 48st consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the 2022 Chilean Primera División, domestic league, Universidad Católica are participating in this season's editions of the Copa Chile, the 2022 Supercopa de Chile, Supercopa de Chile, and the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Copa Libertadores. Squad Transfers In Out Loans out New contracts Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overview Primera Division League table Results summary Results by round Matches Copa Chile Third stage Supercopa de Chile Copa Libertadores Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 Time in Paraguay, PYST (UTC−03:00, UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. Copa Sudamericana Knockout phase =Round of 16= Statistics Squad statistics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Season
The 2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season is the 81st season and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica are participating in this season's editions of the Copa Chile, the Supercopa de Chile, and the Copa Libertadores. Squad Transfers In Out Loans out New contracts Competitions Overview Primera Division League table Results summary Results by round Matches Supercopa de Chile Copa Chile Second round Round of 16 Copa Libertadores Group stage The group stage draw was held on 15 April 2021. Knockout phase =Round of 16= The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021. Statistics Squad statistics † Player left Universidad Católica during the season Goals *Last updated: December 2021 *SourceSoccerway Assists *Last updated: December 2021 *Sou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Supercopa De Chile
The Supercopa de Chile (''Supercup of Chile'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Chile organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the Campeonato Nacional Champions and the winners of the Copa Chile of the previous season. Host city The stadium that hosted the match and the date are defined when the two teams are qualified, for reason of distance between the two clubs. In 2013, the trophy was played in Antofagasta, and in 2014 was played in Santiago.http://www.ultimahora.cl/supercopa-anfp-define-fecha-y-estadio-para-final Finals Performance Performance by club References External links Official Site {{National football Supercups (CONMEBOL region) Football competitions in Chile Recurring sporting events established in 2013 2013 establishments in Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South Amer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2020 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Season
The 2020 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 80th season and the club's 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's editions of the Supercopa de Chile, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana Squad Transfers In Out Loans in Loans out New contracts Competitions Overview Primera Division League table Results summary Results by round Matches Supercopa de Chile Copa Libertadores Group stage The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 PYST ( UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. Copa Sudamericana Second stage Knockout phase =Round of 16= =Quarter-finals= Statistics Squad statistics † Player left Universidad Católica during the season Goals *Last updated: December 2020 *SourceSoccerwa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana began in 2002, replacing the separate competitions Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur (that had replaced Copa CONMEBOL) by a single competition. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana is considered a merger of defunct tournaments such as the Copa CONMEBOL, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana becomes eligible to play in the Recopa Sudamericana. They gain entry onto the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition, and also contest the J.League Cup / Copa Su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international 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 Latin American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is "''America's Liberators 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Season
The 2019 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 79th season and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's editions of the Copa Chile, the Supercopa de Chile, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana Squad Transfers In Out Loans in Loans out New contracts Competitions Overview Primera Division League table Results summary Results by round Matches Copa Chile Second round Knockout phase =Round of 16= =Quarterfinals= =Semifinals= With the ANFP's Council of Presidents voting to conclude the 2019 season on 29 November 2019, it was decided that both the semifinals and final would be single-legged series to be played in January 2020. Supercopa de Chile Copa Libertadores Group stage The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2018, 20:30 PYST ( UTC−3), at the CONME ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chilean Primera División
The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the '' ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons. Format As of the 2018 season, 16 teams compete in the league, playing against each other two times, home and away. Relegation and promotion Currently, the two teams with the worst scores in the season, are relegated to Primera B, and replaced by the Champions and Runners-up of this Division. Qualification for international competitions The champions of the Campeonato are immediately qualified to the Copa Libertadores for the next year, as well as the second and third place. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place are qualified to the Copa Sudamericana for the next year. History Professionalism In 1933, eight big clubs at that time, namely, Unión Española, Badminton, Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Morning Star, Magallanes and Santiago N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Season
The 2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 78th season and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's edition of the Copa Chile. Squad Transfers In Out Loans in Loans out Competitions Overview Primera Division League table Results summary Results by round Matches Copa Chile Second round Statistics Squad statistics † Player left Universidad Católica during the season Goals *Last updated: December 2018 *SourceSoccerway Assists *Last updated: December 2018 *SourceSoccerway Clean sheets *Last updated: December 2018 *SourceSoccerway References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |