Famous People with Name Ventura

Giampiero Ventura            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Giampiero Ventura: an Italian football manager.After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced to retire from active football at the age of 25 because of a serious back injury. He therefore opted to become a coach in the blucerchiati 's youth system, then becoming an assistant coach in 1979; he then left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria. In 1985 he achieved his first promotion to a professional league with Entella.

Iñaki Astiz Ventura            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Iñaki Astiz Ventura: a Spanish football defender who currently plays for Legia Warsaw, in the Polish first division.A product of Navarran side CA Osasuna's youth system, Astiz's earlier career was played with the B-team. This was where he met manager Jan Urban, a former Osasuna Polish player, who was team manager at the time. Thus, he spent 2007-08 on loan to Legia Warsaw (where Urban would serve as manager) in the Polish Orange Ekstraklasa, thus becoming the first Spaniard ever to play in that competition.

Yolanda Ventura            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Yolanda Ventura: an actress of telenovelas in Mexico and former singer and member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. She is the daughter of Spanish musician Rudi Ventura and wife of Mexican actor Alejandro Aragón.She joined Parchís after a recording company posted an advertisement looking for kids who could sing, dance and act. A few months later, in 1979, the band was formed and name after the Spanish version of the Pachisi board game. The band was a success in Spain and Latin America, they recorded five albums and filmed seven movies (three in Argentina).

José Ramón Machado Ventura            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

José Ramón Machado Ventura: is the First Vice-President of the Council of State in Cuba. With the election of Raúl Castro as President of Cuba on 24 February 2008, Machado was elected to succeed him as First Vice President.

Julio César Landauri Ventura            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Julio César Landauri Ventura: is a Peruvian football striker playing for Universitario de Deportes.