The Chile national football team represents Chile in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. The team is commonly referred to as La Roja. Chile has appeared in nine World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in third place,the highest position the country has ever achieved in the World Cup.
The ninth South American Championship was held in Buenos Aires,Argentina from 29 November to 25 December 1925.
The Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's football and is run by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It has participated in ten editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup,finishing as runner-up in 2007,and nine editions of the Copa América Femenina.
Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago,Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium,which has a capacity of approximately 8,500 seats.
The Football Federation of Chile is the governing body of football in Chile. It was founded on 19 June 1895,making it the second oldest South American association football federation,and is a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916. It supervises the Chile national football team,Chile women's national football team,Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional:(National Association of Professional Football,originally called Asociación Central de Fútbol,or ACF,and Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur.
El Gráfico is an Argentine online sports magazine,originally published by Editorial Atlántida as a print publication between 1919 and 2018. El Gráfico was released in May 1919 as a weekly newspaper,and then turned to a sports magazine exclusively. It began to be scheduled monthly from 2002,and was discontinued in 2018,continuing only online.
Sergio Rubio Ríos is a Mexican football manager and former defender.
Joaquín Soria Terrazas was a Mexican athletics director. Soria Terrazas was president of the amateur sector of the Mexican Football Federation. He was president of CONCACAF between 1969 and 1990,he was succeeded by Trinidadian Jack Warner.
Roberto Emilio Coll Marengo was an Argentine football player remembered by his spell at the Chilean club Palestino,where he was considered an icon of the 1955 Primera División de Chile title.
Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon. She has previously played for Colo-Colo,Valencia,Paris Saint-Germain,and the University of South Florida.
Women's football in Argentina has struggled to find a mainstream audience. While women's football clubs have existed in Argentina for decades,only in 1991 a group of clubs was allowed into the AFA. Initially seven teams,the country saw the number of clubs with female teams rising to 35 in 1998,and then steadily plummet due to lack of interest.
Lumiton is a former film production company and current museum located in Munro,Buenos Aires,Argentina. Lumiton Studios was founded in 1932 at the start of the golden age of film in that country. Its lowbrow,populist films appealed to local audiences and were highly successful in Argentina and throughout Latin America. It was the main competitor to Argentina Sono Film in the 1940s.
Vanessa Arauz León is an Ecuadorian football manager was the head coach of the Chilean club Colo-Colo women's team until 2020. She was the head coach of Ecuador at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup at 26 years old,hired at age 24,setting a world record for youngest coach at a Men's or Women's FIFA World Cup. In the 2015 FIFA World Cup,Ecuador finished last,only scoring one goal. Although most federations might have fired the coach after a score that low,especially a female coach. Surprisingly the federation retained Arauz for the women's national program at all levels. By 2017,she was coaching all women's teams for the federation and was named an official instructor by CONMEBOL. In that position,Arauz travelled to provide assistance and training to women's programs throughout South America. Through the efforts of the federation,Arauz proved to be the face of change within Latin America and women's rights,specifically within football.
Graciela Contreras Barrenechea (1895–1974),also known as Graciela Contreras de Schnake,was a Chilean politician. She was the mayor of Santiago from 1939 to 1940,becoming the first woman to hold the office.
Alicia "La Pelé" Vargas is a Mexican former footballer who played for the Mexico Women's National Football Team in the first two Women's World Cups,organised by the International European Federation of Women's Soccer,in 1970 and 1971. In 1999 she was named third best woman of the Century by CONCACAF,jointly with Julie Foudy.
Oscar Alex Enrique Schnake Vergara was a Chilean politician and physician. He was a founder member of the Chilean Socialist Party and close to President Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1938–1941).
Juan Eduardo Simián Gallet was a Chilean footballer and politician who served as minister of State during Eduardo Frei Montalva's government. Simián is considered a historical player of Club Universidad de Chile.
Elena Schiavo is an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Italy women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1971 Women's World Cup.
María Eugenia Rubio Ríos,also called La Peque,is a retired footballer who played as a forward for the unofficial Mexico women's national football team at the 1970 and 1971 Women's World Cups. In 2018,she became the first Mexican woman inducted into the International Football Hall of Fame in Pachuca,Mexico. In 1999,she was named the eighth best woman player in Concacaf during the 20th century.
Iona Ronit Rothfeld Báscoli is a Chilean former football player who played as a midfielder. She is currently the President of ANJUFF,the union of female footballers in Chile.
