Also, the most prestigious international club football competition in South America is named the Copa Libertadores in their honour.
The name of the tournament is an homage to the Libertadores (Portuguese and Spanish for freedom fighters), the main leaders of the independence wars of South America.
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After this contest, the dispute of the official international tournaments was interrupted until 1960, when the South American teams began to participate in the Copa Libertadores.
With status of "xerifão" the central defense of the tricolor, was for two years at the club where he won two Campeonato Gaúcho (2006 and 2007) and a deputy of the Libertadores (2007).
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The 2014 Copa Libertadores Femenina will be the sixth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's football club tournament.
In his debut for the Libertadores, Universitario tied 1–1 with Deportivo Quito at Sucre.
Copa de Oro (Spanish: Gold Cup), South American association football competition between the club winners of the Copa Libertadores de América, the Supercopa Sudamericana, the Copa CONMEBOL, and the Supercopa Masters
"Los hijos de los libertadores" (The Sons of the Liberators) By Guillermo Thorndike, Published by Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú, Fondo Editorial del Banco de Crédito del Perú, 2005, ISBN 9972-221-01-6, ISBN 978-9972-221-01-9
After finishing second place to Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores, Palencia departed from Cruz Azul at the end of the 2000-2001 season and went to Spain (on loan) to play for RCD Espanyol in La Liga, where he played 35 matches and scored six goals.
"El Tucán", was a regular fixture in the Newell's Old Boys setup, and during the Clausura 2006 season he scored 9 goals in 18 games, but better was to come in the 2006 edition of the Libertadores where Newell's reached the knockout stage.
Morales started his career in 1961 at the age of 16 with Racing Club de Montevideo, in 1965 he was signed by Uruguayan giantsNacional he helped the club to win 5 league titles and a Copa Libertadores before moving to Europe to play for Austria Wien.
In 1979 he played for Guarani, both in the National championship (only 2 appearances) and the Copa Libertadores: during the latter tournament he scored 6 goals, finishing as the topscorer along Peruvian Juan José Oré.
After several seasons at Unión de Santa Fe he took over at Paraguayan side Olimpia, from the capital city of Asunción, winning the Copa Libertadores in 2002.
Overall Top Scorers: for Olimpia is Mauro Caballero with 10 goals (9 in the Paraguayan League and 1 in Copa Libertadores) and for Cerro is Saturnino Arrua with 11 goals (7 in the Paraguayan League and 4 in the Copa Libertadores).
Between 1989 and 1995 "Mumo" was a UC player, reaching with them the Copa Libertadores final in 1993, which they lost against Brazilian giants São Paulo.
A similar sending off happened to Brazilian footballer Neymar, who was also sent off for putting on a mask during a Copa Libertadores match.
Similarly, top teams in other parts of the world can qualify for the Copa Libertadores, AFC Champions League, CAF Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, or OFC Champions League.