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unusual facts about National football team


Luis Pedro Figueroa

Figueroa has also played friendlies during the 2006 and he scored his first goal for Chile against Paraguay (3–2 victory).


1963 in Luxembourg

30 October – The national football team shocks the Netherlands by winning 2-1 in the second qualifying round for the 1964 European Nations' Cup, progressing 3-2 on aggregate.

Alfredo Casero

The song became a huge hit in Argentina, where it was chosen as the anthem for the national football team to represent the country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in South Korea and Japan.

Ayios Dhometios

George Anastasiades, current captain of the National Basketball Team; Christos Stylianides, all time legend of Cyprus basketball and Yiannos Ioannou, former captain of the National Football Team all come from Ayios Dhometios.

Chitral

Chitral has also produced some national players such as Muhammad Rasool who plays for the national football team.

Football in Macau

The association administers the national football team as well as the national league.

Icelanders

Iceland's national football team has yet to participate in the FIFA World Cup.

Mỹ Đình

The stadium is home to Vietnam's national football team—playing host to international friendly matches—as well as Viettel F.C. (previously known as Thể Công), a football club founded by the Vietnam People's Army.

Oscar Morelli

The son of Oscar Bonfiglio (military and goalkeeper of the national football team of Mexico) and Mercedes Mouet, Oscar Morelli studied in the Military School of Mexico and acting with Andrés Soler and Seki Sano.

PFF National Men's Club Championship

In January 2011, with the recent success of the national football team and renewed national interest in football, Smart Communications approached the PFF with an offer to finance a new local football competition.


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Alexander Escobar Gañán

Escobar was part of the youth team of América de Cali, and played for the national football team of Valle del Cauca on 1982 and 1983.

Améleté Abalo

Améleté Abalo (March 7, 1962 – January 9, 2010) was the assistant coach of Togo national football team and manager of ASKO Kara.

Aminul Hoque

Former Coach of Bangladesh national football team George Kottan even went as far as to declare him as one of the best goalkeepers he has ever seen.

Benedettini

Giacomo Benedettini (born 7 October, 1982) is a San Marinese footballer who currently plays for S.P. Tre Fiori and the San Marino national football team.

César Farías

On November 26, 2007, the Venezuelan Football Federation announced the departure of Richard Páez as coach of the Venezuelan national football team.

Chan Siu Kwan

On 15 November 2011, he scored the equalizing goal against Russia under-19 national football team in the game that celebrated Mong Kok Stadium's re-opening after renovation, but Hong Kong U21 lost 1–2 in the end.

Christian Martínez

Christian Martínez Muñoz (born 1983), Chilean footballer for Universidad de Chile and Chile national football team

City Stadium

Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica, Montenegro - the home of FK Budućnost Podgorica and also the most frequently used host stadium by the Montenegrin national football team

David Shaw

Davie Shaw (1917–1977), Scottish footballer for Scotland national football team and Hibernian F.C.

Diosa Canales

Diosa is notoriously known for making promises of getting naked if her country's national football team wins a football tournament, just like Larissa Riquelme does; The two have gotten naked in public several times already.

Dušan Galis

After mutual agreement with the head of Slovak Football Association, František Laurinec, he resigned from his position of head coach of Slovak national football team on 12 October 2006, in order he says to devote more time to his political career.

Edmond Rugova

Before he became the coach of the Kosovo national football team, Edmond Rugova was a famous football player in Kosovo playing for KF Prishtina during the 1980s as part of the so-called "Golden Generation" of Kosovar football players that included Fadil Vokrri, Agim Cana, Fadil Muriqi and others.

Espinho, Portugal

The city is the home of two Portuguese sports clubs: Sporting Clube de Espinho and Associação Académica de Espinho, and former Portugal national football team player Fernando Couto.

Football in Romania

The Romania national football team played its first match in 1922 and is one of only four national teams to have taken part in the first three World Cups, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium.

Goans in sports

Bruno Coutinho, Mauricio Afonso, and Roberto Fernandes have captained the Indian senior national football team.

Graeme Dell

He has coached the British Universities (BUSA) National Football team at eight FISU World University Games (Universiade) in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009, most recently losing in the semi-finals to Ukraine on penalty kicks, yet finishing in 4th place, Great Britain's highest finish since 1993 at that level.

Guy Gerber

At the age of 15, Gerber was a member of the Israeli Under-16 national football team but soon developed a passion for music and found himself drawn to English guitar acts like Joy Division and Irish guitar acts like My Bloody Valentine.

Hans Mild

Mild won Allsvenskan two times with Djurgårdens IF and capped 31 times for the national football team.

Hercules Grytpype-Thynne

For instance in "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea" he is a police inspector; in "The Whistling Spy Enigma" he is the secret Government agent who sends Neddie Seagoon to Hungary to booby-trap the boots of the national football team; and in "The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI" he is Prime Minister Neddie's butler and confidante, but also an undercover Soviet agent plotting with Moriarty to sell the guided NAAFI secrets to the Russians.

Hubert Velud

Velud was shot in the arm in an attack by Angolan rebels while traveling with Togo's national football team to the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Issey Nakajima-Farran

Upon two successful seasons with Albirex Niigata Singapore FC, scoring 26 goals in 45 appearances, he was awarded the S.League Young Player of the Year in 2005, and also was invited to play a game for the U-21 side of Singaporean national football team.

Jersey Football Association

In 2012, it was reported that the Jersey national football team would be unable to play in the 2013 Island Games, due to the costs involved.

John Sherington

John Jebbor Sherington is from the Kru tribe and is a retired Sierra Leonean international footballer and the former manager of the Sierra Leonean national football team.

Joshua Beloya

Beloya came to the attention of the Philippines national football team assistant coach in May 2011 when he scored 12 goals in five matches for his clubCeres FC.

MV Agusta Brutale series

Brutale 910 R Italia - a commemorative model to celebrate the Italian national football team championship in the 2006 World Cup in the color of the national football team, each model was awarded to each team member which will also bear the same number as his jersey, only 124 will be built (including 24 awarded bikes).

Óscar Sánchez

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez (1971–2007), Bolivian footballer, member of the Bolivia national football team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Óscar Enrique Sánchez (born 1955), former Guatemalan footballer, member of the Guatemala national football team in the 1970s and 1980s

Philip Obaji

It is believed that the 1 GAME initiative which he founded has recorded more than 100,000 sign ups on its website including endorsements from celebrities such as Jamaica’s reggae musician Shaggy, Hip-hop duo P-Square, former Nigeria senior national football team coach Samson Siasia, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Aminu Maigari and some members of NFF Executive Committee.

Sahrawi national football team

The Sahrawi national football team and federation had also to face a deal made between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Government of Morocco, which consisted of avoiding the display of the SADR flag during ceremonies and matches of the VIVA tournament.

Sean Thomas

Seán Thomas, former manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team

Shatha Hassoun

The second song, "Asmallah Asmallah" or "Ebin Bladi", was written and composed by the Iraqi poet, Karim Al Iraqi as a gift to the Iraqi people and The Iraqi national football team which won the Asian Cup 2007.

Sibi Gwar

In June 2010, Argentine football coach Rodolfo Zapata, the former coach of Sunshine Stars FC, named Gwar in a list of players he thought should form the basis of the future Nigeria national football team.

South Vietnam national football team

The South Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển túc cầu quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national team of South Vietnam controlled by Vietnam Football Association (now Vietnam Football Federation) between 1949 and 1975.

Stewart Chalmers

Chalmers played once for the Scottish national football team, against Ireland at Windsor Park in front of 30,000 people.

Sverrisson

Eyjólfur Sverrisson (born 1968), former Icelandic footballer and until recently, the coach of the Iceland national football team

Svetlana Dašić-Kitić

She was previously married to a former Bosnia and Herzegovina football player Blaž Slišković, later Yugoslavia national football team and Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team player.

Tanjong Katong Secondary School

Lim Tong Hai: Former captain, Singapore national football team

Var mısın? Yok musun?

Turkish celebrities like Cem Yılmaz and Fatih Terim (among with players of Turkish National Football Team of Euro 2008) have also appeared within the show.

Vladimir Kulik

Kulik had accepted Arsenal deal, however his work license was failed cause he never played for Russian national football team

Women's football in China

The China women's national football team, organised by the Chinese Football Association, were the first Asian women's team to reach the FIFA Women's World Cup, final in 1999.

Žutautas

Raimondas Žutautas (born 1972), former Lithuanian footballer and a current Lithuanian National Football Team head coach