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Zidane Sam
Zidane Sam (born 24 July 1998) is a Vincentian professional footballer who plays for JeBelle and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team. Club career Sam was the top scorer of the 2019–20 SVGFF Premier Division season with Greggs FC, scoring 21 league goals. However, the team was relegated to the SVGFF First Division at the end of the year. International career He debuted internationally on 25 March 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Curaçao, replacing Kamol Bess in the 5–0 defeat. On 30 March 2021, Sam scored his first goal for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines against the British Virgin Islands in a 3–0 victory. Honours Individual * SVGFF Premier Division SVGFF Premier Division is the top division league of football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is organized by the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation, under the National Club Championships umbrella. The Premier League be ... top scorer: 2019–20 Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than Midfielder, midfielders and Defender (association football), defenders. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack. Their advanced position and limited defensive responsibilities mean forwards normally score more goals on behalf of their team than other players. Attacking positions generally favour direct players who take on the defense of the opponent in order to create scoring chances, where they benefit from a lack of predictability in attacking play. Formation (association football), Modern team formations normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common Formation (association football)#4–2–3–1, 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines National Football Team
The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team, recognized as St Vincent and the Grenadines by FIFA, represents Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in men's international football. It is controlled by the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation. The team finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1995, and participated at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Its first FIFA World Cup qualification attempt was for the 1994 edition, and it has entered every World Cup qualification since. History 1936–1995 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines played their first two international matches, against their neighbour Barbados in 1936 - both matches ending in a 1–1 draw. In the '60s and '70s, they played several editions of the Windward Islands Tournament, winning the 1965 and 1966 competitions. They also participated in the 1979, qualifying to the final stage and finishing in second place behind Haiti. In the following edition, in 1981, they reached the final stage but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 SVGFF Premier Division
The 2019–20 SVGFF Premier Division was the eighth season of the SVGFF Premier Division, the top-tier association football, football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under its current format, and it was also the 13th season of top flight football altogether. The season began on 24 November 2019, and was originally scheduled to end on 12 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on 12 March 2020, and play did not resume until 11 August 2020, where the final six rounds were played through 6 September 2020. Hope International FC, Hope International won the league title, making it their fourth ever league title, and their first since 2015. Many games take place at the 3,500-capacity Victoria Park (Kingstown). Table Stadiums Notes References NLA Premier League, 2019-20 2019–20 in Caribbean football leagues 2019–20 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines football Association footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar national football team, Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Parallel tournaments were organised by FIFA's six FIFA#Structure, confederations. Qualification began on 6 June 2019 with several matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), AFC zone, the first being between Mongolia national football team, Mongolia and Brunei national football team, Brunei, and ended on 14 June 2022 with an 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs), inter-confederation play-off between Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica and New Zealand national football team, New Zealand.At the time a rescheduled match of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), the CONMEBOL section was still due to be played, but it was ultimately cancelled. Mongolian player Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal netted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao National Football Team
The Curaçao national football team (; ) represents Curaçao in international football, and is controlled by the Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou (). Following a constitutional change that allowed its predecessor, the Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies to become a unified constituent country consisting of several island territories as the Netherlands Antilles and its dissolution in 2010, Curaçao has played under a new constitutional status as a separate constituent country since 2011. Both FIFA and CONCACAF recognize the Curaçao national team as the direct successor of the dependant Territory of Curaçao (1921–1958) and the Netherlands Antilles (1958–2010). History The first national football team to bear the name Curaçao was the Territory of Curaçao national football team, which made its debut in 1924 in an away match against neighboring Aruba, a match which the Territory of Curaçao won four to nil. This happened in the stadium De Lupaso when the lights went off in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Virgin Islands National Football Team
The British Virgin Islands national football team is the national team of the British Virgin Islands and is controlled by the British Virgin Islands Football Association. They are members of both CONCACAF and FIFA. History Early football games in the British Virgin Islands were between British Royal Navy crew, and expatriates. In 1968, the British Virgin Islands team was founded by a team of Royal Engineers, and soon after, in 1973 the British Virgin Islands Football Association was founded. In 1974, it was affiliated by FIFA. The former Tottenham, Chelsea and Porto manager, Portuguese André Villas-Boas had his first job as Technical Director of the national team British Virgin Islands in 2000 and 2001. World Cup qualification In the qualifying rounds for the 2006 World Cup were drawn against St Lucia, and they were eliminated 10–0 on aggregate. In the qualifying rounds for the 2010 World Cup they were paired with the Bahamas. They lost on the away goals rule afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SVGFF Premier Division
SVGFF Premier Division is the top division league of football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is organized by the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation, under the National Club Championships umbrella. The Premier League began in 2009 under the name NLA SVGFF Club Championship. Clubs * Avenues United (Kingstown) *Awesome FC *Bluebirds FC * Hope International * Jebelle FC * Largo Height FC * North Leeward Predators * Pastures United * Sion Hill *System 3 List of champions Champions so far are: Titles by club * † indicates clubs that no longer exist or disaffiliated. Top goalscorers Multiple hat-tricks References {{CONCACAF Leagues Football competitions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Saint Vincent And The Grenadines Men's Footballers
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but a selected few are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. In many Protestant denominations, and following from Pauline usage, ''saint'' refers broadly to any holy Christian, without special recognition or selection. While the English word ''saint'' (deriving from the Latin ) originated in Christianity, historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
