Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira, known simply as Abel as a player, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Brazilian club Palmeiras.
Miraildes Maciel Mota, commonly known as Formiga, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder. She previously played for professional clubs in Sweden, the United States and France. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil national team, being the only player present in all Olympic Games tournaments of women's football since the first edition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a record for appearing at seven different FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.
Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a professional futsal team based in Lisbon, Portugal, that plays in the Liga Portuguesa de Futsal.
The BSWW Mundialito, often simply known as Mundialito, is an annual international beach soccer tournament that takes place between few select countries, which are invited to play at the tournament organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). First played in 1994 at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the competition was reignited in 1997 in Portugal, where it was held ever since until 2022. Few nations have won the tournament, those being only Brazil, Portugal, United States, and Spain.
Venícius Ribeiro Mariane Fambre, better known as Buru, is a former Brazilian beach soccer player. He played as a defender.
Foz Cataratas Futebol Clube, commonly known as Foz Cataratas, is a Brazilian women's football (soccer) club, based in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná state, Brazil. They won the 2011 Copa do Brasil, which was the most important competition of Brazilian women's football at the time, and reached the final of the 2012 Copa Libertadores.
Associação Desportiva Centro Olímpico, commonly known as Centro Olímpico or by the acronym Adeco, is a professional women's association football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in March 2000 as a youth team, they affiliated to São Paulo's Centre of Olympic Training and Research under director "Magic" Paula Silva in January 2001. The club won the inaugural Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino in 2013.
The 2016 Copa do Brasil was the 28th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition was contested by 86 teams, which qualified either by their respective state championships (70), by the 2016 CBF ranking (10) or those qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores (5) and the team with the best 2015 Série A record. The latter six clubs entered the competition in the round of 16. The best six teams of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated until the third round qualified for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.
The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras Youth System is the youth system of football department of Brazilian sports club Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. The youth sector is composed of various squads divided by age groups. The U-20 squad currently plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20, the Copa do Brasil Sub-20 and the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. Palmeiras Academy Squads of all categories have won trophies at national and international level. The academy has produced many young successful players that have played in the youth levels of the Brazilian National team such as Gabriel Jesus.
The 2018 Copa do Brasil Finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2018 Copa do Brasil, the 30th season of the Copa do Brasil, Brazil's national cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.
Carlos Alberto Lisboa, better known as Neném, is a retired Brazilian beach soccer player who played as a forward. He was a mainstay of the Brazil national team from 1994 until 2005. Injury forced him into retirement in 2009.
Jenílson Brito Rodrigues, better known as Mão, is a Brazilian beach soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. He is a record five-time winner of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and won the Golden Glove award at Dubai 2009. Additionally, he holds the record for the most appearances at the World Cup and indeed all FIFA competitions (52), and is the most capped-Brazilian player ever.
The Supercopa do Brasil Sub-20, is an official Brazilian national football super cup tournament for U-20 teams, reuniting the champions of Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 and Copa do Brasil Sub-20 of the season.
The Copa Paraíba was a tournament organized by Federação Paraibana de Futebol in order to decide one of the representatives of the state at the Copa do Brasil.
The following article presents a summary of the 2023 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 122nd season of competitive football in the country.
Hilton Santos Júnior, better known as Júnior Negão, is a Brazilian former beach soccer player who played as a defender for the Brazil national team. He is considered to be one of the greatest players to play the sport, FIFA.com describing his career as "incomparable" upon his retirement; Swiss coach Angelo Schirinzi named him as part of his all-time beach soccer dream team in 2021. After retiring he undertook two spells as head coach of Brazil.
The history of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas begins in 1891 when the Botafogo Regatta Group was founded in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Three years later, the group became Club de Regatas Botafogo and, in 1904, the Botafogo Football Club was created. After 38 years of the two associations existing in parallel, the merger between the two clubs created Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, currently one of the most popular sports entities in Brazil.
The following article presents a summary of the 2024 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which will be the 123rd season of competitive football in the country.
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