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Omar Merlo
Omar Jesús Merlo (; born 12 June 1987) is a former Argentine naturalized Chilean professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Merlo made his first team debut for Colón in 2006, and quickly established himself as a regular member of the first team squad. In February 2008, he signed up with powerhouse team River Plate, where he won the Torneo Clausura. Seasons later, Merlo was a key player at the squad of Primera División club Huachipato that earned 2012 Torneo Clausura, scoring the winning penalty in the final. In January 2024, he announced his retirement after playing for Curicó Unido in the 2023 Chilean Primera División. Personal life Merlo naturalized Chilean by residence when he was a player of Huachipato. Honours River Plate * Torneo Clausura (1): 2008 Clausura Huachipato * Primera División de Chile (1): 2012 Clausura Sporting Cristal * Peruvian Primera División (1): 2020 * Copa Bicentenario (1): 2021 * Torneo Apertura (1): 2021 * Torne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Clara De Buena Vista
Santa Clara de Buena Vista is a town in the Las Colonias Department of Santa Fe Province The Invincible Province of Santa Fe (, , lit. "Holy Faith") is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 2 ..., Argentina. References Populated places in Santa Fe Province 1886 establishments in Argentina Populated places established in 1886 {{SantaFeAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Chilean Primera División
The 2023 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023, was the 93rd season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and ended on 9 December 2023. Huachipato were the champions, clinching their third league title on the final round of the season with a 2–0 win over Audax Italiano and a 1–0 defeat for Cobresal at the hands of Unión Española on 8 December 2023, regaining the title after 11 years and being the first team from outside Santiago to win the title since 2015. Colo-Colo were the defending champions. Teams 16 teams took part in the league in this season: the top 14 teams from the 2022 tournament, plus the 2022 Primera B champions Magallanes and the winners of the promotion play-off Deportes Copiapó. The promoted teams replaced Deportes La Serena and Deportes Antofagasta, who were relegated to Primera B at the end of the 2022 season. Stadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Men's Footballers
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Argentina is a multiethnic society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, denomination, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Canada, Brazil and Australia. Ethnic groups Overvie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footballers From Santa Fe, Argentina
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union. It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many play other forms of football. Career Jean-Pierre Papin has described football as a "universal language". Footballers across the world and at almost any level may regularly attract large crowds of spectators, and players are the focal points of widespread social phenomena such as association football culture. Footballers usually begin as amateurs and the best players progress to become professional players. Normally they start at a youth team (any local team) and from there, based on skill and talent, scouts offer contracts. Once signed, some learn to play better football and a few advance to the senior or profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1986 Births
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a Ugandan Bush War, five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Liga 1 (Peru)
The 2021 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Betsson 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 18 teams competed in the season, with Sporting Cristal coming in as defending champions. The season was originally scheduled to start on 26 February 2021, while the draw, which was originally scheduled to take place on 5 February 2021, was postponed due to the effects of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Because of this, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) also postponed the start of the tournament, with 12 March 2021 as the new date. Alianza Lima were the champions, winning their twenty-fourth league title by defeating Sporting Cristal in the finals by a 1–0 aggregate score. Competition format The format for this season was unveiled by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional on 16 January 2021. The season was divided into three stages: Fase 1, Fase 2, and the Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Copa Bicentenario
The 2021 Copa Bicentenario was the 2nd edition of the Copa Bicentenario, Peru, with the participation of the 18 teams of the Liga 1, and 12 teams of the Liga 2. The champions qualified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, as well as the Supercopa Peruana against the Liga 1 champions. Atlético Grau were the defending champions. Sporting Cristal were the winners of the competition, beating Carlos A. Mannucci in the final by a 2–1 score to claim their first Copa Bicentenario title. Format Unlike the previous edition, this year's edition featured a single elimination knockout stage, rather than the group stage. Each team is seeded in the first round, where each team plays one legged games and the winner advances to the final rounds. The final rounds feature a Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Like the previous round, each match is played in one leg. 2019 Liga 1 champions, Sporting Cristal received a bye to the final rounds. The final is played on a neutral gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Bicentenario
The Copa Bicentenario was a football competition in Peru played by the Association football, football clubs of the Peruvian Primera División, Liga 1 and Peruvian Segunda División, Liga 2. It was organized by the Peruvian Football Federation and was played as a domestic football cup competition between clubs of the first and second division, featuring 36 teams. The winners qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and Supercopa Peruana. The tournament was played in between the Liga 1's Apertura and Clausura, around June to August. It is named after the bicentennial of Peruvian Independence. The Copa Bicentenario was founded in 2019 as a plan to make the Peruvian football league system more competitive. Multiple previous attempts were made to create domestic cups such as the Torneo del Inca, but none were fully implemented, only being used for a few seasons. Along with the Copa Bicentenario, the Supercopa Peruana was created, a supercup between Peruvian Primera División, Liga 1 and Copa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Liga 1 (Peru)
The 2020 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Liga 1 Movistar 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of the Peruvian Primera División, the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 20 teams competed in the season with Binacional coming in as defending champions. The season started on 31 January 2020 and concluded on 20 December 2020 with the second leg of the finals. Sporting Cristal won its 20th domestic championship by beating Universitario in the finals by a 3–2 aggregate score. The competition was suspended between 12 March and 7 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, being once again suspended that same day after one match had been played. It eventually resumed on 18 August 2020. Competition format The season was divided into three stages: Torneo Apertura (Fase 1), Torneo Clausura (Fase 2), and the Playoffs. The first and second stages were two Apertura and Clausura tournaments, later rebranded as ''Fase 1'' and ''Fase 2'', respectively. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Primera División
The Peru First Division (; known simply as ''First Division'', and Liga 1 Te Apuesto for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966 until 2019, when the first teams residing outside the Lima Province, Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in the 1912 Liga Peruana de Football, inaugural league national competition. The main sponsor is the sports betting company Te Apuesto. As of the 2025 Liga 1 (Peru), 2025 season, there are 19 teams in the division of a league that operates on a system of promotion and relegation determined at the end of the season with the Peruvian Segunda División, Segunda División (Liga 2). Seasons run from February to December, with each team playing 38 matches, 18 in the Apertura and 18 in the Clausura. The league is organized by Professional Football Sports Association, Asociación Deportiva de Fútbol Profesional () (ADFP). ... [...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] |
