Fun Facts About Soccer : DID you recognize THAT...

The word favorite doesn't imply plenty in soccer (soccer) nowadays. Paraguay won the silver medal in soccer within the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.

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In 1962 the FIFA World Championship was held in Chile for the primary time. Brazil captured an unprecedented 2nd FIFA World Cup by defeating Czechoslovaquia (at the instant Czech Republic) on June seventeen, 1962, in Santiago de Chile.

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Japan received the bronze medal in soccer on the 1968 Olympic Video games in Mexico town.

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Everald "Gally" Commings is that the simplest known and skilled Trinidadian player round the world. He played within the North yankee Soccer League inside the Nineteen Seventies.

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In 1950 Brazil hosted the planet Cup. Surprisingly, the host lost the final word 2-1 to Uruguay.

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Jose Luis Chilavert was the simplest known and most skilled Paraguayan player inside the twentieth century.He was born on July twenty seven, 1965, in Luque, Paraguay. Like Oscar Schmidt (Brazilian basketball player) and Raul Ramirez (Mexican tennis player), Jose Luis"Chila" Chilavert was most likely the best sportsman in Latin America.He played for golf equipment in Argentina (San Lorenzo) and Spain (Zaragoza).

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Uruguay received the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. They beat Argentina 4-2 within the last in Montevideo, the capital metropolis of Uruguay.

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West Germany (presently Germany) was the primary crew from Europe to win the FIFA World Cup (1954).

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Cameroon, an ex-French colony in Africa, received the gold medal soccer within the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. Cameroon 5-3 win over Spain.

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Totally totally different from Malaysia, Thailand,  Peru,  and Taiwan, Cote d'Ivoire, previously Ivory Coast,  is among the world`s poorest countries.Nonetheless, Cote d'Ivoire is probably going one in all the best teams inside the Third World. And finally qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2006.

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who's greatest said as "Pele", played in four FIFA World Cup competitions (Sweden-1958, Chile-1962, England-1966, and Mexico-1970), and scored over one,200 targets in his profession sooner than lastly retiring in 1977.

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In  August 1983 Uruguay's national soccer cluster won its first-ever gold medal on the Pan yankee Video games in Venezuela.

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Nigeria defeated Argentina three-2 and received the gold medal in soccer on the 1996 Summer season Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

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Angola certified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. it's doubtless one in all the 10 poorest countries within the world. The coaching system is probably going one in all the worst inside the Third World.

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In 1994, Bolivia defeated Brazil  3-1 in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup.

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South Korea has competed inside the planet Cup seven occasions:1954, 1986,1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

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Hungary has gained a gold medal in mes´s soccer thrice at the Olympic Games:1952, 1964 and 1968.

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There are Brazil-born participant within the squads of Mexico (Antonio Naelson), Japan (Alessandro "Alex" Santos), Spain (Mario Senna), and Tunisia (Francileudo dos Santos)

Former coach of Mexico, Ricardo Lavolpe, as soon as said, "I'd say around eighty per cent of the strikers who play within the Mexican League are foreigners, and If one in all them could be a naturalized Mexican, i do not understand why i can not select him If the Structure says he's Mexican, that's ok for me".

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