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1979 Copa América, the Glossary

The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December.^[1]

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1979 in South American football
Copa América tournaments

Alberto Bica

Alberto Viller Bica Alonso (11 February 1958 – 22 August 2021) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a right winger.

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Alex Valderrama

Alex Valderrama Pinedo (born 1 October 1960), nicknamed Didi, is a Colombian former footballer who played as a forward.

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Alicio Solalinde

Alicio Ignacio Solalinde Miers (born February 1, 1952) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a forward and works as a coach.

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Américo Gallego

Américo Rubén "El Tolo" Gallego (born 25 April 1955) is an Argentine football coach and former player.

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The Argentine Football Association (Asociación del Fútbol Argentino,; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires.

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Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho (born 15 January 1943) is a former football referee.

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Arnoldo Iguarán

Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga (born 18 January 1957), also known as El Guajiro, is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Asunción

Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.

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Bogotá

Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.

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The Bolivian Football Federation (Federación Boliviana de Fútbol,; FBF) is the governing body of football in Bolivia.

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The Confederation of Brazilian Football (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.

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Carlos Aragonés

Carlos Aragonés Espinoza (born 16 February 1956), nicknamed "Aragonez" in Brazil, is a former Bolivian football (soccer) midfielder, who is Bolivia national team's third-placed all-time goalscorer.

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Carlos Ángel López

Carlos Ángel López Llanes (17 July 1952 – 30 September 2018) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Carlos Caszely

Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido (born 5 July 1950 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean former footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" (King of the square meter, O Rei do Metro Quadrado), who played as a forward.

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Carlos Espósito

Carlos Alfonso Espósito (born November 4, 1941) is a retired Argentine football referee.

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Carlos Humberto Rivas Torres (born 24 May 1953) is a Chilean retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Carlos Ron

Carlos Ron (born 16 December 1953) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

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Carlos Torres Garcés (born 15 August 1951) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

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César Valverde

César Valverde (born 23 August 1951) is a Colombian footballer.

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The Colombian Football Federation (in Federación Colombiana de Fútbol) is the governing body of association football in Colombia.

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Copa América

The CONMEBOL Copa América (Americas Cup; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial football tournament contested among national teams from South America.

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Daniel Passarella

Daniel Alberto Passarella (born 25 May 1953) is an Argentine former footballer and manager, who is considered one of the greatest defenders of all time.

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Denís Milar

Denís Alfredo Milar Otero (born August 20, 1952) is a former Uruguayan football forward, who played for the Uruguay national team between 1973 and 1979, gaining 19 caps and scoring 4 goals.

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Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager.

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Ernesto Díaz

José Ernesto Díaz Correa (13 September 1952 – 4 May 2002) was a Colombian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Estadio Centenario

Estadio Centenario is a stadium in the Parque Batlle of Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for staging football matches.

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Estadio Defensores del Chaco

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, known as Estadio ueno Defensores del Chaco for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay.

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Estadio El Campín

The Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, commonly known as El Campín, is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia.

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Estadio Hernando Siles

Estadio Hernando Siles is a multi-purpose stadium in La Paz, Bolivia.

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Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, officially Estadio Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons, on CARP website, 5 Apr 2022 and popularly known as "River Plate Stadium", "Monumental de Núñez", or simply "El Monumental", is a stadium in Belgrano, Buenos Aires (although popular belief wrongly states that the stadium is in the Núñez district), home venue of Club Atlético River Plate.

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Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos (originally known as Estadio Nacional) is the national stadium of Chile, and is located in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago.

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Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa is a multi-purpose stadium in Quito, Ecuador.

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Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo is a multi-purpose stadium in San Cristóbal, Venezuela.

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Estádio do Morumbi

The Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, popularly known as Estádio do Morumbi (Morumbi Stadium), and currently known as MorumBIS because of the sponsorship with the Lacta chocolate brand BIS, is a football stadium located in the eponymous district in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Eugenio Morel

Eugenio Félix Morel Bogado (born 2 February 1950) is a retired professional footballer.

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Fausto Klinger

Fausto Francisco Klinger (born 15 April 1953) is an Ecuadorian former international footballer who played for Deportivo Cuenca and Barcelona SC as a defender.

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The Football Federation of Chile (Federación de Fútbol de Chile or FFCh) is the governing body of football in Chile.

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Gerónimo Ovelar

Gerónimo Ovelar (born 30 September 1951) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played for Paraguay, as a central defender.

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Hugo Coscia

Hugo Oscar Coscia (born 12 October 1952) is a retired football striker who played for several clubs in the Argentine Primera División and the Argentina national football team.

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Hugo Talavera

Hugo Ricardo Talavera Valdez (born 31 October 1949 in Asunción, Paraguay) is a former football midfielder and forward.

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Ildo Maneiro

Ildo Enrique Maneiro Ghezzi (born 4 August 1947) is a Uruguayan former professional football (soccer) player and manager.

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Jaime Morón

Jaime Morón (16 November 1950 – 2 December 2005) was a Colombian footballer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Jesús Reynaldo

Jesús Reynaldo (born 22 May 1954) is a Bolivian footballer who played as a forward.

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Jorge Alarcón (born 8 February 1956) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

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Jorge Gáspari

Jorge Gáspari (born 3 November 1958) is an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Jorge Peredo

Jorge Sigfrido Peredo Gutiérrez (born 17 February 1953) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

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José Amalfitani Stadium

The José Amalfitani Stadium (also known as El Fortín de Liniers or Estadio Vélez Sarsfield) is a football stadium located in the Liniers neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, near Liniers railway station.

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José Chaparro

José Chaparro (born 2 July 1954) is a Colombian former footballer.

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Juan Daniel Cardellino

Juan Daniel Cardellino de San Vicente (March 4, 1942 – September 8, 2007) was a football (soccer) referee from Uruguay, who officiated at two FIFA World Cups: 1982 (two matches) and 1990 (one match).

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Juvencio Osorio

Juvencio Osorio Maldonado (1 June 1950 – 10 March 2023) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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La Paz

La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz, is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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Leonardo Véliz

Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz (born September 3, 1945) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a left winger for Everton, O'Higgins, Unión Española and Colo-Colo of Chile and in the Chile national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

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Lima

Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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Luis Barrancos

Luis Barrancos Álvarez (born August 19, 1946 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian retired football referee.

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Luis Granda

Luis Granda (born 22 July 1955) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

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Maracanã Stadium

Maracanã Stadium (Estádio do Maracanã), officially named Jornalist Mário Filho Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Jornalista Mario Filho), is an association football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides (born July 10, 1950) is a Chilean former football defender who played as a centre back.

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Mario Tenorio

Mario Tenorio (born 21 August 1957) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

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Milciades Morel

Víctor Milciades Morel Bavera (born 9 September 1953) is a Paraguayan former football striker.

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Montevideo

Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay.

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National Stadium of Peru

The National Stadium of Peru (sometimes known as Estadio José Díaz or Estadio Nacional de Lima) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru.

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Vanderlei Eustáquio de Oliveira (11 June 1950 – 17 July 2023), often known as Palhinha, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.

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The Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol; APF) (Guarani: Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu), is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay.

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Patricio Yáñez

Patricio Nazario Yáñez Candia (born January 20, 1961) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

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Paulo Roberto Falcão

Paulo Roberto Falcão, or simply Falcão (born 16 October 1953), is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager.

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The Peru national football team, nicknamed La Blanquirroja, represents Peru in men's international football.

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The Peruvian Football Federation (Federación Peruana de Fútbol or FPF) is the body that governs Association football in Peru.

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Quito

Quito (Kitu), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area.

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Ramón Barreto

Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (14 September 1939 – 4 April 2015) was a Uruguayan professional association football referee.

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Richard Páez

Richard Alfred Mayela Páez Monzón known as Richard Páez (born 31 December 1953) is a Venezuelan football manager former coach of Deportivo Cuenca from Ecuador and of the Venezuela national football team.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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Roberto Díaz (born 3 March 1953) is an Argentine footballer who played as a forward.

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Roberto Dinamite

Carlos Roberto de Oliveira (13 April 1954 – 8 January 2023), known as Roberto Dinamite, was a Brazilian footballer and politician.

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Roberto Mosquera

Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera (born 21 June 1956) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward.

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Rodolfo Carvajal

Rodolfo Carvajal (born 8 February 1952) is a Venezuelan footballer.

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Romerito

Julio César Romero Insfrán (born 28 August 1960), also known as Romerito, is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, considered among the greatest players in Paraguayan football history.

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Romualdo Arppi Filho

Romualdo Arppi Filho (7 January 1939 – 4 March 2023) was a Brazilian football referee.

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Rubén Paz

Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez (born 8 August 1959) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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San Cristóbal, Táchira

San Cristóbal is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira.

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Santiago

Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.

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Sócrates

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011), simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Milton Queiroz da Paixão, simply known as Tita (born 1 April 1958), is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a forward.

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The Uruguayan Football Association (Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol — AUF) is the governing body of football in Uruguay.

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The Venezuelan Football Federation (Federación Venezolana de Fútbol or FVF) is the governing body of football in Venezuela.

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Waldemar Victorino

Waldemar Victorino Barreto (22 May 1952 – 29 August 2023) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward.

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Arthur Antunes Coimbra (born 3 March 1953), better known as Zico, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.

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1975 Copa América

The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between 17 July and 28 October. 1979 Copa América and 1975 Copa América are Copa América tournaments.

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1983 Copa América

The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between 10 August and 4 November, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. 1979 Copa América and 1983 Copa América are Copa América tournaments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Copa_América

Also known as Copa América 1979.

, Juan Daniel Cardellino, Juvencio Osorio, La Paz, Leonardo Véliz, Lima, Luis Barrancos, Luis Granda, Maracanã Stadium, Mario Soto (footballer, born 1950), Mario Tenorio, Milciades Morel, Montevideo, National Stadium of Peru, Palhinha (footballer, born 1950), Paraguayan Football Association, Patricio Yáñez, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Peru national football team, Peruvian Football Federation, Quito, Ramón Barreto, Richard Páez, Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Díaz (footballer), Roberto Dinamite, Roberto Mosquera, Rodolfo Carvajal, Romerito, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Rubén Paz, San Cristóbal, Táchira, Santiago, São Paulo, Sócrates, Single-elimination tournament, Tita (footballer, born 1958), Uruguayan Football Association, Venezuelan Football Federation, Waldemar Victorino, Zico (footballer), 1975 Copa América, 1983 Copa América.

1979 Copa América, the Glossary

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See also

1979 in South American football

Copa América tournaments

References