Venezuelan Football and Culture

ELEVEN NEW INTERVIEWEES CONFIRMED FOR RED WINE AND AREPAS

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Posted by Jordan Florit

August 5, 2019

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I am delighted to announced that on Saturday night I was able to confirm a further eleven interviewees!

At 10pm on Saturday, I sent a few messages with every intention of then shutting the laptop and watching some TV. At 0130, I finally did so after three hours of arranging to meet a number of Venezuelan football professionals in person when I go to Venezuela in October, and more through video calls.

Here's the first reveal of our new interviewees:

Accompanying Executive President of the Venezuelan Football League Ruben Villavicencio is the President of the league George Antar!

Carlos Javier Lopez - played for Estudiantes de Merida, Deportivo Italia, Anzoategui, Zamora, Tachira, and Mineros. He spent six years playing in Venezuela and was a champion with three different teams. He now lives and plays in Argentina.

Jesus 'La Pulga' Gomez - currently plays for Estudiantes de Merida and has been capped by Venezuela

Ricardo Andreutti - currently plays for Caracas FC. Started his professional career in Italy, before moving to Uruguay. He has played in FUTVE since 2008.

Ricardo David Paez - another former Venezuelan international, who has over 60 caps for his country and scored at the Copa America in 2007 in which they reached the quarterfinals for the first time. His father was also the international team's manager from 2000-2007.

Jose Luis 'Gato' Tancredi - a Uruguayan midfielder who played for Venezuelan side Deportivo Tachira, as well as in Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile, meaning he has played in six of the ten South American leagues.

Jorge Silva - President of top-flight side Deportivo Tachira. Tachira have won the top division of Venezuelan football eight times, have appeared in 21 Copa Libertadores, two Copa Sudamericanas, and 3 Copa CONMEBOLs. In 2004, they reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores.

Juan Garcia - President of the Asociacion Unice de Fotbolistas Profesionales de Venezuela (AUFPV)

Alfredo Coronis - DIRECTV Sports Venezuela football journalist and radio host

Ignacio Benedetti - Journalist for 'The Tactical Room,' podcast host, and radio host

Humberto Kiko Perozo - Venezuelan historian of football and the country

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Mods/Admin - can you please delete this thread? I posted it in haste and have created another thread instead as I did not know how to delete this one. Sorry for the inconvenience.