Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais,
founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro currently campaigns in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
They finished in 3rd place last season and currently lie in 6th position in the league as the
current Brazilian soccer season winds down.
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On the day that retired ex River Plate, Argentinos Juniors, Villarreal, Cruzeiro and Argentina full
back Juan Pablo Sorín was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Belo Horizonte (the city he's
lived in three times during his spells at Cruzeiro), FIFA confirmed that another former Argentina
player is held in rather less high esteem.
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His fifteen year career took in ten titles: four Argentine leagues, one Copa Brasil, one French
Cup, one Copa Libertadores, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Panamerican Games title, and one Youth
World Cup. He was part of the most successful River Plate team of all time, and played for ten
clubs in six different countries.
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Another season is drawing to a close in Europe, and the time arrives for the first reprise in Hasta
El Gol Siempre's brief existence. Ladies and gentlemen, the second annual Hasta El Gol Siempre
Award for Best Argentine Footballer in a Foreign League is upon us! Voting for the 2008 award opens
as soon as [.
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...The end of my trip round Spain, at least. And, just possibly, for Juan Román Riquelme's
freezing-out of Villarreal's first team. But definitely not for Juan Pablo Sorín's career,
according to the man himself, and neither for both River's and Boca's challenges for international
honours.
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