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An Argentine former football (soccer) player in striker role.Started his career in 1940 for River Pl

An Argentine former football (soccer) player in striker role.Started his career in 1940 for River Plate, Banfield and San Lorenzo de Almagro. He played also in Mexico for Asturias winning the championship title in the1943-44 season, he was also the leagues top goalscorer with 40 goals in 24 games[1]. He was awarded the 1945 CONCACAF player of the year award for 1945[2]

Is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Leixões.He is the runner-up goal scorer (20 goals) of Liga

Is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Leixões.He is the runner-up goal scorer (20 goals) of Liga de Honra 2003-04 season, which helped Penafiel finished third place to won promotion. He only scored 12 goals in two Portuguese Liga seasons, before he went

Was an Argentine soccer player, who made his international debut May of 1964 in Lima for a selection

Was an Argentine soccer player, who made his international debut May of 1964 in Lima for a selection process for the Olympic Games.El Mariscal won the Intercontinental Cup with Racing Club in 1967, as well as two Argentine leagues, and three with River Plate.He had poor performances as coach, starting with Sarmiento de Junín in 1981. He also coached Racing in 1991, and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 1993. Then he coached a few teams from South America, most importantly Club Olimpia from Paraguay, with whom he obtained the local league.

Is a Mexico sprint canoer. Active in the early to mid 1970s, he competed in two Summer Olympics, ear

Is a Mexico sprint canoer. Active in the early to mid 1970s, he competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of eighth in the C-1 1000 m event at Munich in 1972.

Is a Croatian football player. The midfielder currently plays for Flamurtari Vlorë in Albania. In t

Is a Croatian football player. The midfielder currently plays for Flamurtari Vlorë in Albania. In the season 2008/2009 Flamurtari finished sixth in Albanian Superliga and won the Albanian Cup. Roberto Alviz played an important role for Flamurtari in this season, so Flamurtari offered him another 1-year contract, which he signed in the first days of June 2009.

Is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's lightweight division (– 60 kg). He

Is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's lightweight division (– 60 kg). He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada.

Is a Brazilian defensive midfielder, he currently plays for Caxias. Made professional debut in Campe

Is a Brazilian defensive midfielder, he currently plays for Caxias. Made professional debut in Campeonato Brasileiro with a 6-3 away win against Figueirense on May 12, 2007 as 62nd minute substitute for Alan Bahia.

A former Argentine football who played for the Argentina national team[1] and was part of the squad

A former Argentine football who played for the Argentina national team[1] and was part of the squad for the 1966 World Cup. At club level two league championships with Independiente in 1967 and 1970.Tarabini made his debut in 1960 for Estudiantes de La Plata, in 1961 he joined 2nd division Temperley where he played until 1965.In 1966 he joined Independiente where he is said to have played his best football and was part of the squad that won the Nacional in 1967 and the Metropolitano in 1970

Is a former Chilean goalkeeper. Rojas is best known for a 1989 on-the-field incident in which he del

Is a former Chilean goalkeeper. Rojas is best known for a 1989 on-the-field incident in which he deliberately injured himself in an attempt to avoid a loss by the Chilean national team. The incident resulted in a lifetime ban for Rojas and two World Cup b

A former Argentine football defender who played at club level for Instituto de Córdoba and San Mart

A former Argentine football defender who played at club level for Instituto de Córdoba and San Martín de San Juan in Argentina. He also played in Bolivian first division for clubs such as, Oriente Petrolero, The Strongest and Real Santa Cruz.

A former Argentine footballer.[1]Molina played for Ferro Carril Oeste, Rosario Central, Independient

A former Argentine footballer.[1]Molina played for Ferro Carril Oeste, Rosario Central, Independiente and Racing in the Primera División Argentina.[2] Molina played several seasons in the Primera División de México, with América, Atlante, Toros Neza and Puebla.[3] He also had a brief spell with Barcelona in Ecuador.[4]

An Argentine football striker who plays for Cerro Porteño in Paraguay.Nanni started playing for Vé

An Argentine football striker who plays for Cerro Porteño in Paraguay.Nanni started playing for Vélez Sársfield in 2001. He reached the final game of the Torneo Clausura 2003 as the overall top scorer, 3 goals ahead of Luciano Figueroa. However, Figueroa scored 5 goals in Rosario Central's 7-2 victory over Boca Juniors, that presented a juvenile team as the professionals were celebrating the victory in the Copa Libertadores 2003.

An Italian former footballer. He was a goalkeeper noted for having played most of the 1960s with Juv

An Italian former footballer. He was a goalkeeper noted for having played most of the 1960s with Juventus, where he won a Serie A championship in 1966/1967. He was also part of the Italian squad in the 1966 FIFA World Cup as a subtitute; his only appearance for the azzurri came in a friendly pre-World Cup match against Mexico.[1]

An Argentine footballer who currently plays for C.D. Chalatenango.In late 2007 'Armadillo' was linke

An Argentine footballer who currently plays for C.D. Chalatenango.In late 2007 'Armadillo' was linked to English championship side Swaffham Town F.C., but this did not happen as a work permit application was turned down.

Is Uruguayan football player. He is now retired. His previous club is including Club Nacional de Foo

Is Uruguayan football player. He is now retired. His previous club is including Club Nacional de Football, Spanish football club Recreativo de Huelva and LG Cheetahs in South Korea.

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Romanian football club FC Bihor Oradea as a str

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Romanian football club FC Bihor Oradea as a striker. He also played for Guarani, Ponte Preta, Veranopolis, Santa Catarina, Londrina, Portuguesa, Cetatea Suceava and Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt

Was a Cuban boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's Super Heavyweight (+

Was a Cuban boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) category.

An Italian football midfielder currently playing for Brescia in Italy. He plays in the position of d

An Italian football midfielder currently playing for Brescia in Italy. He plays in the position of deep-lying playmaker.In 1996, he was bought by Lazio, and loaned out to Vicenza. He did not become a regular at Vicenza and returned to Lazio, who once again sent him on loan to gain experience. This time he was sent south to Reggina where, along with Andrea Pirlo, he was a key protagonist in their Serie A survival.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

An Argentine football midfielder currently playing on loan for Banfield.Battión started his profess

An Argentine football midfielder currently playing on loan for Banfield.Battión started his professional career in the Argentine Primera División with Unión de Santa Fe in 2002, but at the end of the 2002-2003 season the club were relegated due to their poor points average. He stayed with the club for several seasons in the Argentine 2nd division before returning to the Primera in 2007 to join Argentinos Juniors. He quickly established himself as a valued member of the first team squad.

Is a Spanish professional tennis player. Roberto Bautista-Agut defeat Steve Darcis and Robert Kendri

Is a Spanish professional tennis player. Roberto Bautista-Agut defeat Steve Darcis and Robert Kendrick in qualy of ATP 500, Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, but lost against Albert Montañés in R32.

Was a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He is considered one of the best defensive midfielders in

Was a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He is considered one of the best defensive midfielders in Corinthians history. He also played in the Brazilian national football team, but was forced to miss the 1958 World Cup in Sweden due to an injury.

Is a professional boxer from the United States.

Is a professional boxer from the United States.

An Italian former footballer. Bettega was regarded as a player of noteworthy intelligence and became

An Italian former footballer. Bettega was regarded as a player of noteworthy intelligence and became one of the world's most feared strikers [1]. Bettega played mainly for the Juventus Football Club. His nickname was 'the white feather' (penna bianca).Nils Liedholm said of Bettega, "He allies tremendous athletic strength with impressive technical skills. He is particularly strong in the air, and can kick the ball with either foot. All he needs is to build up experience, and then he will certainly be a force to be reckoned with."

A former Italian footballer in the role of centre back, and currently a manager.A tough defender for

A former Italian footballer in the role of centre back, and currently a manager.A tough defender formed in the AC Milan youth system, Biffi made his professional debut with the rossoneri during their 1982-1983 Serie B season, scoring a total of four first team caps. He then played for several Serie B and C teams before joining Palermo in 1988. He served a total of eleven seasons, all between Serie B and Serie C1, with the rosanero, often captaining his side. He left Palermo in 1999 at the age of 34, after 319 caps with the Sicilian side which made him the player with the highest number of appearances with the rosanero jersey. He retired in 2005 after two seasons with Sanremese, without having ever played a single Serie A match.