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Neco Martínez
Luis Enrique "Neco" Martínez Rodríguez, (born 11 July 1982) is a retired Colombian association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is nicknamed "Neco" for the town of his birth. Career Martínez was signed by newly promoted Turkish team Sakaryaspor in summer 2006, signing a three-year contract, before moving to Colombian club Once Caldas. International career During a World Cup warm-up match between Poland and Colombia on May 30, 2006, he scored a remarkable goal, striking directly from a long distance over the head of the opposition goalkeeper, Tomasz Kuszczak. After a three-year absence from the national team, he was called back by new coach Hernan Dario Gomez for an international friendly match against Bolivia on August 5, 2010. He was the starting goalkeeper for the Colombia national team during the 2011 Copa América, Copa America 2011, since the starting goalkeeper David Ospina was out with a facial injury after co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necoclí
Necoclí is a town and Municipalities of Colombia, municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Located on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá, it is part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region. The population is predominantly Afro-Colombian. It was founded as a Spanish city called San Sebastián de Buena Vista. One of Colombia's oldest towns, it was founded in 1509 by Pedro de Heredia, who died in 1555. Some early reports of the town can be found in chapter 9 of Pedro Cieza de León's ''Crónica del Perú'' (1553). Necoclí Airport is a general aviation airport, without scheduled flights. Buses link the town with Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, the department capital of Medellín, and other points. There are scheduled launch (boat), launches to two towns without road access, Capurganá and Acandí, across the gulf and near the Panamanian border. 2021 deluge of Haitian migrants The town is as close to Panama as one can get by road from the south, and serves as an impromptu st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ospina
David Ospina Ramírez (born 31 August 1988) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional, which he captains, and the Colombia national team. Ospina began his career at Atlético Nacional, making his debut with the club in 2005. After achieving two domestic titles with ''Los Verdolagas'', Ospina joined French side Nice. In 2014, he joined Arsenal on a four-year deal. During his time in London, Ospina won three trophies with the club: the FA Cup in 2015 and 2017, as well as the 2017 FA Community Shield. In 2018, Ospina was loaned out to Serie A club Napoli. The following year, Napoli permanently signed Ospina. In 2020, Ospina played a pivotal role in Napoli's conquering of the Coppa Italia. Following unsuccessful negotiations to renew his contract with Napoli, Ospina signed for Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr in 2022. In mid-2024, he returned to his home country, rejoining Atlético Nacional, where he won Copa C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulon Tournament
The Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: the ''Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello''), previously known as the Toulon Tournament, is a Association football, football tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. Although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams, it has been limited to national teams since 1975 (except in 1986 and 1989 when INF Vichy was invited). The tournament is held around Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, with the final usually being held in Toulon. The tournament was renamed in honour of Maurice Revello, who started the tournament in 1967 and died in 2016. History Toulon Tournament is a tournament not run under the supervision of FIFA or an individual national association. It is deemed the most prestigious of all friendly tournaments involving youth teams, and was considered an unofficial world championship before FIFA introduced the official FIFA U-20 Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Copa Colombia
The 2013 Copa Colombia, officially the 2013 Copa Postobón for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. It began on February 15 and ended on November 8. The tournament comprised a total of 36 teams. The winner earned a berth to the 2014 Copa Sudamericana. Group stage The 36 teams were divided into six groups based on each separate region of Colombia. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up, along with the four best third-placed teams, advanced to the Round of 16. The matches were played from February 13 to June 5. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Ranking of third-placed teams Knockout phase Each tie in the knockout phase was played in home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which had the better overall record up to that stage host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Colombia
The Copa Colombia (); officially known as Copa BetPlay Dimayor is an annual football tournament in Colombia. It is contested by the 36 professional clubs affiliated to the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) and is the nation's domestic cup competition, equivalent to the FA Cup in England or the Copa del Rey in Spain. The Copa Colombia was played for the first time in 1950, and it has been played consecutively since its revival in 2008. Throughout history, different championships have been known under the Copa Colombia name: * A double-elimination, knockout tournament parallel to the Colombian league, which was played from 1950–51 to 1952–53. * A tournament that was played under a round-robin group format in which teams advanced to a final group, which was also named as ''Copa Presidente de la República'', played from late 1956 to early 1957. * The name of a commemorative trophy awarded in 1963, which is not considered a Copa Colombia title. * A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Categoría Primera A Season
The 2014 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2014 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional come in as the defending champions having won both titles in the 2013 season. Format The format for the Apertura tournament will have a variation due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and will be similar to the format used in 2011. It will be divided into three stages. The First Stage will be contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top eight teams after eighteen rounds will advance to a knockout round, where they will be pitted into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winner of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament, which will be played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final will be declared the tournament ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Categoría Primera A Season
The 2013 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2013 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) was the 66th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Millonarios came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2012 Finalización. Format Both the Apertura and Finalización had an identical format. Each championship was divided into three stages. The First Stage was contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top eight teams after eighteen rounds advanced to a semifinal round, of two groups of four playing once more on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each semifinal group advanced to the final of the tournament, which was played as a double-legged series. The winner of the final was declared the tournament champion and participated in the 2014 Copa Libertadores. Teams Torneo Apertura First stage The First Stage began in January and consisted of eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Categoría Primera A Season
The 2010 Categoria Primera A season was the 63rd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Because of new sponsorship, it was officially called the 2010 Liga Postobón season. Format The Assembly of DIMAYOR established a new system of competition on December 10, 2009. Apertura The First Stage of the Apertura was a single round-robin tournament in 18 dates. The top four teams at the end of this stage advanced to the semifinals and pitted into two ties: 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. The winners of the semifinals contested the finals. Finalización The Finalizacion was the same as the previous season. Teams Campeonato Apertura The Liga Postobon I was scheduled to begin on January 31, 2010. First stage Standings Results Semifinals The four qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two semifinals labelled "Semifinal A" and "Semifinal B". Each semifinal was played on a home and away basis. The teams that made up each semifinal were determined by their fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Categoría Primera A
The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian football league system. A total of twenty clubs compete in the league's regular season. ''División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano'', better known as División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, DIMAYOR, organizes the competition and operates the league system of promotion and relegation for both Categoría Primera A and Categoría Primera B leagues. Since its foundation in 1948, sixteen teams have been crowned as Colombian football champions. The most successful club is Atlético Nacional with 18 titles. The league was ranked as the 11th strongest national league in the world at the end of 2023 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics. History Before 1948 there was no professional football leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhibition Game
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. Exhibition games often serve as "warm-up matches", particularly in many team sports where these games help coaches and managers select and condition players, before the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team. An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, to commemorate an anniversary or a famous player, or to raise money for charities. Several sports le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorzów
Chorzów ( ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (a tributary of the Vistula River, Vistula). Administratively, Chorzów is in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), Silesian Voivodeship. Chorzów is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – the Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area with a population of about 5,294,000 people. The population within the city limits is 105,628 as of December 2021. Chorzów is particularly known as the location of the Silesian Stadium, one of the largest and historically most important stadiums in Poland. Ruch Chorzów, one of the most accomplished Polish football clubs, is based in the city. History City name The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
