Alain Baroja Méndez (born 23 October 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Always Ready and the Venezuela national team .
17-739: Baroja is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alain Baroja (born 1989), Venezuelan footballer Carmen Baroja (1883–1950), Spanish writer and ethnologist José Baroja (1983-), Chilean writer Julio Caro Baroja (1914–1995), Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist Pío Baroja (1872–1956), Spanish writer Pío Caro Baroja (1928–2015), Spanish film and television director, screenwriter, and author Ricardo Baroja (1871–1953), Spanish painter, writer and engraver Serafin Baroja (1840–1912), Spanish writer and engineer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
34-434: A shot from James Rodríguez helping the team's victory. Baroja started the next 2 group games of Venezuela and made a world-class save in the last group match, stopping a header from Brazil 's centre-back Thiago Silva . Despite his good performance in the tournament Venezuela was eliminated in the group stage. Caracas AEK Athens Noel Sanvicente Noel 'Chita' Sanvicente Bethelmy (born 21 December 1964)
51-490: A team that was not being counted by the press as competitive enough to win that season, but against all odds the team defeated Deportivo Anzoátegui and won the title . The following season Sanvicente led the team to glory again, this time defeating his ex-team as a player Mineros de Guayana becoming the most successful manager of Venezuela. On 26 November 2007, the Venezuelan Football Federation announced
68-492: Is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a forward . Sanvicente is a former head coach of the Venezuela national team . He is the most successful manager in the country's history, having won 13 national championship titles and one cup with four teams. At the club level, Sanvicente played for Mineros de Guayana (1980–1986), C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela (1986–1993) winning 4 national championships with
85-528: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alain Baroja Born in Caracas , Alain debuted for the national team at age 25. Initially second-choice to Dani Hernandez , he soon worked his way up to first-choice and eventually earned his first senior cap following some brilliant performances at club level with Caracas FC . On 17 July 2015, AEK Athens reached an agreement with Caracas FC for
102-551: The Venezuelan senior side , for a match scheduled to be played against Ecuador on 16 October 2012 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification , but he didn't play. He was called again to play a friendly match against Nigeria but he didn't play either. Under the new management of Noel Sanvicente , Dani Hernandez was used as first choice goalkeeper in the first 4 friendly games of Sanvicente. In February 2015, there were scheduled 2 matches against Honduras , but because they were out of
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136-485: The Copa Libertadores in 2009 where they reached the quarter-finals. He also won the 2009 Copa Venezuela In 2010, Noel Sanvicente stepped down from the team following which Ceferino Bencomo took over as manager. For the 2010–11 Venezuelan Primera División season Sanvicente was appointed as the manager of Real Esppor Club (now called Deportivo La Guaira). At the end of the season the team ended up 1 point short of
153-527: The FIFA calendar, Sanvicente could only call players from the Venezuelan Primera División for the national team. Baroja was chosen as the starting goalkeeper and finally debuted for the national team at age 25. Venezuela won both matches against Honduras and Baroja's performance was very well received. Baroja started again against Peru on March, a game Venezuela won 1–0 with another good performance of
170-476: The departure of Richard Páez as coach of the Venezuela national football team. Sanvicente was among the favourite options of the fans and the press to become the national team's manager, but after weeks of negotiations with him and several other coaches, the Venezuelan Football Federation chose César Farías to replace Paéz. After Farías announced his resignation as coach, the press and fans started again to ask for
187-654: The first choice of AEK manager Gustavo Poyet , in a glorious 1-0 derby win against the undefeated, till that game, champions Olympiakos . On 9 June 2016, the officials of AEK Athens announced that they are not intended to activate the buying clause on Alain Baroja's loan contract and the Venezuelan goalkeeper will return to Caracas FC . On 24 August 2016, Baroja was loaned to Spanish Segunda División club Cádiz CF , being immediately loaned out to Sud América in Uruguay. On 1 October 2012, Baroja received his first call-up to
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#1732855428991204-464: The goalkeeper. On 10 November 2015, Baroja is doubtful for the games with his national team, but his injury isn't serious enough to worry AEK . Baroja played for a couple of minutes at the end of the game against Asteras Tripolis suffering two-headed muscle injury. The footballer travelled to Venezuela and according to the National team's medical staff his injury isn't too severe. On 12 May 2015, Baroja
221-564: The second half. He ended up playing 3 games at that Copa América, one of them as a starter. Sanvincente served at Caracas FC since 2002, at the 2001–02 Venezuelan Primera División season when he was appointed manager just 4 games before the season ended. He is Caracas' most successful manager as he was able to win five titles in 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, and most recently in 2008–09. He also led Caracas F.C. to its best ever position in South America's most prestigious club competition,
238-405: The team, Minervén Bolívar FC (1994–1996) winning another 2 championships, and finally ended his career at Caracas FC in 1996 due to a knee injury. Internationally, Sanvicente played 10 times for Venezuela, without scoring a goal. His international career began on 3 July 1989 at the 1989 Copa América in a First Round game against Colombia playing 36 minutes after entering as a substitute in
255-398: The title. The following season he continued as manager but after some disagreements with the team executives he quit on 2 December 2011. For the 2012–13 Venezuelan Primera División season Sanvicente was presented an offer to manage Deportivo Táchira , but due to the rivalry between Tachira and his ex-team Caracas FC, and being demanded immediate titles, he refused. He signed for Zamora FC,
272-585: The transfer of Alain Baroja on a one-year loan. The 25-year-old Venezuelan goalkeeper was under AEK Athens radar for a while and as his team, Caracas FC, officially announced his transfer -on a one-year loan- to the Greek club was completed. He started as the indisputable first goalie of the club, till 17 December 2015 when he suffered a finger injury in training and will remain out of action for at least one month. On 13 February 2016, almost two months from his last appearance, he replaced his teammate Giannis Anestis , being
289-457: Was named in Venezuela's 23-man squad for the Copa America 2015 and assigned the number 1 shirt. Initially second-choice to Dani Hernandez, he soon worked his way up to first-choice following some brilliant performances at club level with Caracas FC and earned his first cap in a competitive match. In the team's opening match of the tournament against Colombia , he kept a clean sheet and stopped
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