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Nery Veloso
Nery Alexis Veloso Espinoza (born March 1, 1987) is a Chilean football goalkeeper who plays for Liga de Ascenso club San Luis de Quillota. Club career Veloso made his way through the youth ranks of Huachipato until he was finally called up to the adult side in 2006 and finally making his debut as a professional in 2007 against Melipilla. In the Clausura 2008 tournament in Chile, Veloso took over as Huachipato's first-choice goalkeeper and led the team to the quarterfinals of the playoffs losing to Colo-Colo. The ANFP awarded Veloso Best Goalkeeper Award at the end of the season. Veloso has since been linked to moves to either Universidad de Chile or Colo-Colo. Finally, it was loaned to Colo-Colo for the 2010 season. In January 2011, Huachipato loaned Veloso to Unión San Felipe for one year. In 2023, he joined Fernández Vial in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. In January 2025, Veloso signed with San Antonio Unido. In July of the same year, he switched to San Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Wanderers
Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in ValparaÃso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio ElÃas Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their games there since 1931 after moving from Barrio Puerto. Founded on 15 August 1892, it is the country's oldest club and the oldest football team in Chile and the entirity of the Americas. For this reason, Wanderers is known in Chile as the ''Decano del fútbol chileno'' ("The dean of Chilean football") and forms part of CONMEBOL's ''Club de los 100'', section which congregates Latin-American teams founded over 100 years ago. In 2007, the club was declared as part of ValparaÃso's intangible heritage. The club's home colours are green shirts and socks with white shorts, which are based on the colours of the Irish national football team. Wanderers have a fierce rivalry with cross-city neighbours Everton and the two sides contest the Clà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipilla
Melipilla (Mapudungun for "four Pillans") is a Chilean Communes of Chile, commune and Capital (political), capital List of cities in Chile, city of the Melipilla Province, province of the same name. It is part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region and is a significant satellite city of the Chilean capital. The Melipilla commune borders 10 other communes, MarÃa Pinto, and a portion of Curacavà to the north; San Pedro, Chile, San Pedro and Alhué to the south; Isla de Maipo, El Monte, Chile, El Monte, Peñaflor, Chile, Peñaflor, Padre Hurtado in the Talagante Province, and Paine, Chile, Paine in the Maipo Province to the east; and San Antonio, Chile, San Antonio in the ValparaÃso Region. It has an area of . According to the 2017 census, the commune alone has 123,627 residents and is projected to have 141,612 residents by 2020. Climate History The area has been inhabited since the last Glacial period, glaciation (approx. 11,000 BC). From there, groups of hunters and gatherers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Torneo Clausura (Chile)
The 2012 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Petrobras was the 91st season of the Chilean Primera División. The champion was Huachipato, winning their 2nd league title, 38 years after their first championship. It was, as of 2023, the last Chilean top-flight tournament to be decided by playoff stage. Regular season Standings Results Playoff stage Quarterfinals ''Colo-Colo won 6–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Unión Española won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Huachipato won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.'' Semifinals ''Unión Española won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Huachipato won 2–1 on aggregate.'' Finals ''4–4 on aggregate. Huachipato won 3–2 on penalties.'' Aggregate table Relegation/promotion playoffs ''Everton won 4–1 on aggregate and is promoted to Primera División. Universidad de Concepción is relegated to Primera B.'' ---- ''Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primera División De Chile
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Talcahuano
Talcahuano () (From Mapudungun ''Tralkawenu'', "Thundering Sky") is a port city and commune in the BiobÃo Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. Talcahuano is located in the south of the Central Zone of Chile. Geography Together with ten other municipalities, it forms part of the Concepción Province, which in turn is one of four provinces that forms the VIII Region of BiobÃo Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Talcahuano spans an area of and has 250,348 inhabitants (121,778 men and 128,570 women). Of these, 248,964 (99.4%) lived in urban areas and 1,384 (0.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 59.9% (93,766 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. With a population density of 1,873 inhabitants per square kilometre, it is the seventh most populated city of the country. History The official foundation date of Talcahuano is 5 November 1764 when Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga declar ... [...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] |
Christopher Toselli
Cristopher BenjamÃn Toselli RÃos (, born 15 June 1988) is a Chilean Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Club Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile. Toselli is best known for beating Cláudio Taffarel's clean sheet record of 484 minutes during 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup of Canada, surpassing him by eight minutes and completing 492 minutes in total, helping Chile U-20, Chilean youth squad to a third-place finish. In 2009, he was a member of Ivo Basay's 23-man squad who won the 2009 Toulon Tournament, Toulon Tournament, a tournament that Cristopher lost in 2008 against Italy national under-20 football team, Italy under Marcelo Bielsa as coach. Club career Universidad Católica Early career Born in Antofagasta, Toselli joined Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica youth ranks in 2001. He was promoted to first-team by coach Jorge Pellicer in 2006 for the Torneo Apertura, due to the departure of se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirin Cup
The is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan national football team, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which national teams and clubs participated in), and was last held in its full form in 2022. From 1992 onwards, the format was changed to a round robin national team competition. The first nation to win the competition was Argentina national football team, Argentina. Japan are the tournament's most successful team with eleven titles, followed by Peru national football team, Peru with three titles. As of 2022, the current cup holders are Tunisia national football team, Tunisia. Since the start of the international competitions in 1992, the tournament has hosted a variety of teams from South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Out of the South American members of CONMEBOL who have been invited (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras National Football Team
The Honduras national football team () represents Honduras in men's international football. The team is governed by the Federación de Fútbol de Honduras (). They are nicknamed ''Los Catrachos'', ''La Bicolor,'' or ''La H''. Honduras has qualified for the World Cup three times, in 1982, 2010, and 2014, and never advanced beyond the group stage. Outside of the FIFA World Cup tournament, Honduras has competed in several other international competitions, like the CONCACAF Championship (which they won in 1981), and the Copa América (which their best result was third place in 2001). Apart from that, Honduras has also won the Central American Cup championship four times, having won the final edition in 2017. The national team plays in the Nations League. History The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, losing 9–0 to Guatemala. The Honduras Men's National Team is the representative team in official men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning 'The Madman Bielsa'; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional Association football, football manager who is the current manager of the Uruguay national football team, Uruguay national team. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential coaches of all time. Bielsa played as a Defender (association football), defender for Newell's Old Boys, Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Instituto, and Argentino de Rosario. Bielsa played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys' Argentine Primera División, First Division team and was a member of Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23 in the 1976 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, 1976 Pre-Olympic Tournament, but retired when he was 25 to focus on coaching. Bielsa has managed several football clubs and also the national teams of Argentina national football team, Argentina and Chile national football team, Chile. He developed his career as coach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth overall. Argentine player Sergio Agüero was given the FIFA U-20 Golden Shoe (top scorer, with six goals) and the FIFA U-20 Golden Ball (best player of the tournament), while Japan earned the FIFA Fair Play Award. The tournament featured 24 teams coming from six continental confederations; Canada qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining teams qualified based on their rankings at the respective continental U-20 (U-19 in Europe's case) tournaments. UEFA (Europe) qualified six teams; AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America) four teams each; and OFC (Oceania) one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
