Fun Facts About Soccer

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The favorite word does not mean much in football (soccer) announced today. Paraguay won the silver medal in football in the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.

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In 1962, the World Cup in Chile was the first time instead. Brazil won a second without previous World Cup, beating Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) 17 June 1962 in Santiago.

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World Championship 2010 FIFA should take place in South Africa.

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Japan won the bronze medal in football at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.

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Everald "Gally" to come is the best known and experienced players from Trinidad in the world. He played in the League North American Soccer in the 1970s.

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Kuwait is the first time qualified for the World Cup FIFA 1982nd

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In 1950, Brazil hosted the World Cup. Surprisingly, the hosts lost the final 2-1 to Uruguay.

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Jose Luis Chilavert is the best known and most experienced players of Paraguay in the 20th 27 century.He Born in July 1965, in Luque, Paraguay. As Oscar Schmidt (Brazilian basketball player) and Raul Ramirez (tennis player from Mexico), Jose Luis "Chila" Chilavert one of the best athletes in America America.He games for clubs in Argentina (San Lorenzo) and the Spain (Zaragoza).

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Uruguay won the first World Cup 1930th They beat Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

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West Germany (currently Germany) was the first winner of Europe at the FIFA World Cup (1954).

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Cameroon, a former French colony in Africa, won the gold medal in football, the 2000 Olympics in Australia. Cameroon beat Spain 5-3.

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Different from Peru, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan, Côte d'Ivoire, formerly Ivory Coast, is one of the poorest of the world `s pays.Toutefois, Côte d'Ivoire is the One of the best teams World.It third qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2006.

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who has played better known as "Pele", four World Cup goals (Sweden-Chile from 1958 to 1962, England in 1966 and Mexico 1970) and received more than 1,200 in his career before finally retiring in 1977.

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In August 1983, the Uruguay national football team won its first gold medal ever at the Pan American Games in Venezuela.

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Nigeria defeated Argentina 3-2 and won the gold medal in football in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

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Angola qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It is one of the poorest countries in ten in the world. The education system is one of the worst in the Third World.

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In 1994, Brazil beat Bolivia 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup Games.

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South Korea has won seven times at the World Championships: 1954, 1986.1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

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El Salvador won the gold medal at the 1954 Soccer America Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico.

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Hungary has the gold medal in football MY won three Olympics: 1952, 1964 and 1968.

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There are players born in Brazil in the team of Mexico (Antonio Naelson), Japan (Alessandro Santos Alex), Spain (Senna Mario) and Tunisia (Francileudo dos Santos)

Ricardo Lavolps, former coach of Mexico, said: "I would be about 80 percent of strikers playing in the Mexican league say, are foreigners, and if one of them is a naturalized Mexican who I do not understand why can not I Catch it if the Constitution says he is from Mexico, is good enough for me. "