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Niginho
Leonídio Fantoni, best known as Niginho or Fantoni III (born in Belo Horizonte, 12 February 1912 – died 5 September 1975) was a professional association footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Biography His Italian-origins family was a supporter of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro, than known as "Palestra Itália". Fantoni started his career in that club, playing with his brother João Fantoni (Ninão) and their cousin Otávio Fantoni (Nininho). In 1931, they were sold to S.S. Lazio, Lazio, where they would be known by their surnames, like a dynasty: Ninão was Fantoni I, Nininho was Fantoni II and him, Fantoni III."Tanque de guerra", Dagomir Marquezi, ''Placar número 1334'', setembro de 2009, Editora Abril, pág. 98 They played with another Italian-Brazilian player, Anfilogino Guarisi, in a Lazio squad known as "Brasilazio". Before moving to Italy, Niginho conquested the Minas Gerais State Championship in 1928, 1929 and 1930. In 1935, having dua ...
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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube () is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Cruzeiro is the greatest team of Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league. The club was founded on 2 January 1921, by sportsmen from the Italian colony of Belo Horizonte as '' Società Sportiva Palestra Itália''. As a result of the Second World War, the Brazilian federal government banned the use of any symbols referring to the Axis powers in 1942. On October 7, 1942, club board members rebaptized the club with the name of a leading national symbol: the Cruzeiro do Sul's constellation. Cruzeiro play their home games at the Mineirão stadium, which currently holds up to 62,547 spectators. Cruzeiro ...
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Otávio Fantoni
Otávio Fantoni (; ; Belo Horizonte, 4 April 1907 – Rome, 8 February 1935), best known as or Fantoni II, was a Brazilian-born Italian professional football player, who played as a midfielder. Early life He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, into a family of Italian origin, which supported Cruzeiro, than known as . In Cruzeiro, he played along with his cousins João Fantoni () and Leonízio Fantoni (). In 1931, they were sold to Lazio, where they would be known by their surnames similar to a dynasty, where was Fantoni I, was Fantoni II and , Fantoni III. Career Fantoni made an appearance for the Italy national team on one occasion: in Vittorio Pozzo's selection in the 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification match, on 25 March 1934 against Greece, a 4–0 home victory.Italia-Grecia 4-0
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Orlando Fantoni
Orlando Fantoni (13 May 1917 – 5 June 2002), also known as Fantoni IV, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. Career The youngest of the Fantoni brothers, Orlando followed in the footsteps of Ninão and Niginho by playing for Palestra Itália (currently Cruzeiro) from 1932 to 1942. He also played two seasons for Siderúrgica de Sabará and in 1948 he transferred to Lazio, being the fourth Fantoni to represent for the club . He would still play for Vasco da Gama, where he was champion in 1949 and 1950. Managerial career Soon after retiring from the field, he accepted the task of helping in the development of football in Venezuela, taking over the command of the national team and some clubs such as UCV, Deportivo Portugués and Deportivo Itália, being national champion for all of these. As a coach he had a very successful career, being the first Brazilian to win five state championships with different teams, in addition to winning titl ...
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Anfilogino Guarisi
Amphilóquio Guarisi Marques (26 December 1905 – 8 June 1974) was an Italian Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. In Brazil he was known as Filó () and in Italy as Anfilogino Guarisi (). Throughout his career he played football in both Brazil and Italy, representing both nations at the international level, and was a member of the Italian team that won the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Career Born in São Paulo, in 1922 Guarisi started his career in Portuguesa, where his father, Manuel Augusto Marques, was the president. In 1925 he transferred to Paulistano, where he played alongside the legendary figure of Arthur Friedenreich. In the same year, in a friendly match against France on Europe, he scored one of the goals, and Paulistano won over France, 7 to 2. On 6 December 1925, he made his first appearance for Brazil, against Paraguay. Brazil won, 5–2, and Filó scored one of the goals. He was a member of the Brazil team that finished in second place in the 1925 South Am ...
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Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in South America, 13th-largest city in South America and the Largest cities in the Americas, 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Greater Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, 17th most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of States of Brazil, the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil. The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s to replace Ouro Preto ...
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Leônidas Da Silva
Leonidas was the king of Sparta who ruled c. 489–480 BC, and who led the allied Greek forces in a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas may also refer to: People Antiquity *Leonidas I, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 489–480 BC * Leonidas II, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 254–235 BC * Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient Greek Olympic runner * Leonidas of Tarentum, Greek poet * Leonidas of Epirus, teacher of Alexander the Great * Leonidas of Alexandria, Greek poet Saints * Saint Leonidas (other), any of several people Modern times Given name ''Leonidas'' is a masculine given name mainly in Greece: *Leônidas (footballer, born 1913), Brazilian football player born 1913 * Leônidas (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian football player born 1995 * Leonidas Kestekides, founder of the Belgian chocolate company * Leonidas Alaoglu, American mathematician of Greek descent * Leonidas Bott, Australian cricketer * Leonidas Burwell, Canadian businessman and poli ...
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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 ...
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Czechoslovakia National Football Team
The Czechoslovakia national football team (, ) represented Czechoslovakia in men's international Association football, football from 1919 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association, and the team qualified for eight World Cups and three European Championships. It had two runner-up finishes in FIFA World Cup, World Cups, in 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934 and 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962, and won the UEFA European Championship, European Championship in the 1976 European Football Championship, 1976 tournament. At the time of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4, UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 World Cup; it completed the remainder of this campaign under the name Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS, , ) before it was disbanded. Both the Czech Republic national football team, Czech and Slovakia national football team, Slovak national t ...
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Italy National Football Team
The Italy national football team () has represented Italy in men's international Association football, football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy, which is a co-founder and member of UEFA. Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy, and its primary Training ground (association football), training ground and technical headquarters, Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is located in Florence. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won four FIFA World Cup, World Cup titles (1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934, 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938, 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1982, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006), reaching two more finals (1970 FIFA World Cup, 1970, 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994), and finishing third place in 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1990 and fourth in 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1978. Italy also won two UEFA European Champi ...
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Benito Fantoni
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São Paulo State Championship
The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), the league is contested by 16 clubs and typically lasts from January to April. Rivalries amongst four of the best-known Brazilian teams (Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo) have marked the history of the competition. The Campeonato Paulista is the oldest established league in Brazil, being held since 1902 and professionally since 1933. Format Campeonato Paulista is held annually by the Federação Paulista de Futebol (São Paulo State Football Federation), or FPF, amongst teams residing within the state of São Paulo. After 2016, 16 clubs compete at the highest championship level (Série A1). In a new format started in 2015, the 16 teams are divided into four groups of four, however, teams of the same group don't play against ea ...
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Fernando Fantoni
Fernando Fantoni (born 24 June 1964) is a Brazilian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe .... References 1964 births Living people Brazilian male rowers Olympic rowers for Brazil Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Rowers from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian sculptors 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-artist-stub ...
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