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

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In 1962, the FIFA World Cup was held in Chile for the first time. Brazil won an unprecedented second World Cup by defeating Czechoslovaquia (now Czech Republic) 17 June 1962 in Santiago de Chile.

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The > 2010 FIFA World Cup was planned, South Africa, held a.

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

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Everald "Gally" coming is the best known and experienced players of Trinidad around the world. He played in the North American Soccer League in 1970.

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Kuwait is the first time qualified for the FIFA World CupCup> in 1982.

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

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

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West Germany (currently Germany) was the first team from Europe) to win the FIFA World Cup (1954

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Cameroon, a former French colony in Africa, won theFootball gold medal in 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. Cameroon defeated Spain 5-3.

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Different from Peru, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan, Ivory Coast, a former Ivory Coast, is one of the poorest of the world `s countries.However, Côte d'Ivoire is one of the best teams in the third world. He qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2006.

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as "Pele", played inFIFA World Cup (Sweden-Chile from 1958 to 1962, England in 1966 and Mexico 1970) and scored over 1,200 goals in four career before finally retiring in 1977

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

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

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

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In 1994, Brazil defeats Bolivia 3-1 in World Cup qualifying games.

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South Korea competed in the World Cup seven times: 1954, 1986.1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

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

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

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There are players born in the Brazilian team in Mexico (Antonio Naelson), Japan (Alessandro "Alex" Santos), Spain (Mario Seine) and Tunisia (Francileudo dos Santos)

Ricardo Lavolpe, former coachMexico, once said: "I would have about 80 percent of strikers playing in the Mexican league say, are foreigners, and if one of them is a naturalized Mexican, I do not understand why I can not decide whether the Constitution says it's Mexican , which is good enough for me. "

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