João Paulo Cuenca

João Paulo Cuenca (Rio de Janeiro, 1978) is a Brazilian writer, considered to be among the new generation of promising Brazilian authors. In 2012, the English literary magazine Granta named him as one of the 20 best Brazilian writers under 40. In 2007, he was selected by the Hay Festival as one of the most talented 39 Latin American writers under 39. His striking eloquence creates scenarios which change effortlessly between common surroundings and surreal incidents.

Career

João Paulo Cuenca was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1978. He is the author of “Body present” (2003), “The Mastroianni Day” (2007), “The only happy ending for a love story is an accident” (2010) and “The day I found out I was dead” (2015). His novels have been translated into eight languages and had its rights sold to eleven countries so far. He is a weekly columinst for major Brazilian newspapers and magazines since 2003 and now writes for Folha de São Paulo, the biggest national newspaper. An anthology of his articles, “The last dawn”, was published in 2012.

João Paulo

João Paulo is a Portuguese given name, the equivalent of "John Paul" in English. It also may be refer to:

João Paulo (footballer, born 1985)

João Paulo da Silva (born February 22, 1985), known as João Paulo is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Coritiba as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Curitiba, Paraná, João Paulo graduated from São Caetano's youth setup. A versatile two-footed central midfielder, he signed with the Japanese club Albirex Niigata in August 2010.

After an unsuccessful stint in Japan, João Paulo returned to Brazil and signed for Ponte Preta in March 2011. After appearing regularly for Macaca he moved to Atlético Paranaense on 6 July 2012.

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KS Cracovia (football)

KS Cracovia (Polish pronunciation: [kraˈkɔvʲa]) is a Polish sports club based in Kraków. Cracovia is the oldest Polish football club still in existence (teams from Lwów were a few years older, but the city of Lwow was occupied and subsequently annexed by the Soviet Union in September 1939 and is now part of Ukraine), and has continually participated in competition since its founding on 13 June 1906.

The team currently plays its matches in the Józef Piłsudski Stadium situated next to the Błonia Park, located in the Zwierzyniec district of Kraków.

History of Football Department

The Beginning

The early years of football in the city of Kraków are associated with professor Henryk Jordan. He was a Polish physician who had spent some time in Britain and after coming back to his native city introduced football to its youth. Jordan was a huge supporter of all sports and gymnastics. On 12 March 1889, he founded The Park of Games and Plays in Kraków, which was commonly called Jordan's Park. Places like this later spread all across Austrian Galicia, and apart from gymnastics, the youth there became acquainted with football.