Vítor Baía Related Links on the Web
Now Vítor has an official site!!! :D
...Newly added here on 07/02/2005
...Real video/audio available
...Quicktime movie available
... Mpeg movie available
(or Windows Media Player required)
Official Site...!!
- Fundação Vítor Baía 99
The foundation and its web site
were established on June 1st 2004,
the annual International Children Day.
This site is more about his precious
actions to help poor children in
the country, rather than about himself...
But then, that's Vítor Baía!!
So far most of the site is written in Portuguese.
Let's suppport him and his foundation!!
- Clube de Fãs Vítor Baía
(Official??UNKNOWN)
(A new site, debut on the web on 06/02/2005!!
Apparently the web master is
a volunteer and a fan of his, related to
his foundation Vítor Baía 99...
So I thought it's an official fan club of his but
it is yet to be confirmed...
So far in Portuguese and English...
Unofficial Fan Sites...
- Super FCP
(MSN's "groups" feature run by Ana and Cacau,
written in English & Portuguese)
I guess it has the biggest picture archive on the web,
not only Vitor Baia but also the entire FC Porto squad and staff at the moment.
To join the forum you need to be member, however
still Gallery section is available for casual visitors
Vitor's picture gallery contains over 30 pages so don't miss it!!!! :)
- Site de Tributo a Vítor Baía
(by Victor,
written in English & Portuguese)
The most beautiful fan site,
all contents are powered by
Macromedia's Flash and Shockwave plug-in.
Gallery section is updated frequently
so don't miss it :)
btw, the web master Victor seems to be
so busy these days but sometimes genelously helps us
on my Message Board...Thanks Victor :))
- Vítor Baía' Fans
(by Yolanda,
written in Spanish)
Filled with TONS of images
(a few of them are exclusive!)
and attempts to follow some
rare contents about Vítor Baía.
- Tributo a Vítor Baía
(by Jorge, in Portuguese)
Perhaps this is the most
well- designed fansite.
At "Galeria de Foto" section,
each picture has short description
and it makes easier to follow VB's
past. Although it had not been updated
for nearly a year, the new energy is
now being brought back to the page.
Let's hope it would be very active soon.
- Força Vítor Baía
(by Vanessa, in Spanish...But now gone?)
Claims to be the first fansite on the web.
Apparently it has already been finished and
abandoned, limited to follow his days in
FC Barcelona, '96-'97.
Portuguese Press & Media (all in Portuguese
only)...
- A Bola
On-line version of the Portugal's major daily
sport newspaper, mainly focused on football and supports Benfica.
EURO2000 section has many articles about
VB.
- O Jogo
Another Portugal's major daily sport newspaper's
Web version, focused on football of course. Supports FC Porto mainly, so it can be expected about many news about Vítor; If only there were archives and the search utility for old logs....
- Record
Yet another Portuguese major sport paper's
online version. Supports Sporting Lisbon mainly.
(25/12/2000)They have vast archives and it
can be accessed from "procura"
(=look for) utility. You can search about Vítor Baía from here....Please specify the news' date at your will.
- Mais Futebol
On-line journal about Portuguese football.
On Vitor's 35th birthday, they had a series of nice articles. I hope this link would exist forever... :)
Since this site is on-line based, it's updated very frequently; not just once a day, but several times within a day!
- Desporto Digital
Yet another on-line based journal about Portuguese sports, of course about football mainly. Has archives search utility. Being updated very frequently per day, too.
- Infordesporto Online -Futebol-
Portuguese football news and database.
- Publico
The web version of Portugal's major newspaper.
Perhaps you can read exactly what Portuguese
people read every day.
- Jornal de Notícias
Portugal's newspaper's web version. It's
not a sports paper, but it's from the city
of Porto and sometimes gets the news about
VB faster than any other sports news sites.
- Diario Digital
Yet another Portuguese newspaper, Diario's
web version. A bit being slowly updated?
- Correio da Manhã
Portugal's newspaper's web version.
By the way, the photojournalisits who work
with this paper have their own site and we may see some EURO2000 Photos. Tips:
Disable your browser's java script setting
if you want to save the images on this site.
- Expresso
Portugal's weekly journal's web version.
Has HUGE archives. Will you search about VB now? Put the keyword as Vítor
Baía, not Vitor Baia (You see what
I mean?). If your keyboard can't type vowels
with accent, copy his name from my page and
paste it to the search form. Also it may
find some rare pictures.
- TSF noticias
Portugal's major radio station, TSF's site.
Some article may contain ASX streaming audio
(Windows Media Player is required). Has vast archives, but not
so easy to search about VB properly. Some results have nothing to do
with him and I don't know why it happens.
Well, will you try it anyway?
- TVI noticias de desporto
The website of Portugal's major TV station, TVI (Televisão Independente), sports news headline.
- RTP ...Radiotelevisão Portuguesa
Don't miss this site: Portugal's major broadcasting station's
page. I assure you, this is a TREASURE ISLAND on the web. RealPlayer is required. If you are interested, see my personal guide to RTP archives ( warning: totally unauthorized nor certified
by RTP).
Other Press & Media.....
- RAI Sport (in Italian)
Italian major broadcasting station's site; Has
the archives of EURO2000 and EURO96.
- Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian)
Italia's notable sporting newspaper, Gazzetta's web version. Filled with multimedia. Sometimes the server might be down... ;)
- Calcio Mercato (in Italian)
An informative site about Italian football market; Collects headlines from Italian sports journals. Being updated very frequently.
- Marca Digital (in Spanish)
Spain's major sports newspaper, Marca's web version.
Supports Real Madrid mainly, but some archives
about VB can be reffered.
- El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish)
Spain/Cataluña's major sports newspaper,
on-line version. Supports FC Barcelona mainly.
Since this September, the design of the site
has been dramatically changed and now it
can be seached their archives, although apparently recent articles only are available.
Some Org's Official Sites...
- UEFA
In Champions League section, there are many RealVideos but Today it's not free anymore... :(((((
Anyway, Photos section is still accessible and also we can still refer Vitor's profile at Players section :)
- Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (most in Portuguese)
Since Vítor Baía is currently the most international
player in the Portuguese football history (80 caps, as of February 2005), he is featured as so.
- FC Porto (in Portuguese)
The strongest football club in Portugal, which find out Vítor Baía and his eternal home to rest. Also the champion of Europe 03/04, and the winner of the final Intercontinental Cup 04/05!!! Vítor Baía is a native son of FC Porto!!!!
- FC Barcelona
Well, even if Vítor Baía no longer belongs to this
club, there are still many fans of his in Spain...
- Adidas
The manufacturer of football equipment: Vítor Baía uses the gloves and spikes by
Adidas these years... But their site is too big and I can't find if they have any pictures or articles about Vitor. I was only to find Rui Costa..:)
Other Unofficial Fan Sites...
- FC Porto -O portal dos Dragãos- (in Portuguese)
I think this site is the re-birth of the former http://fcporto.com/ (this address no longer works today) as some contents are the same. Filled with multimedia stuff.
- FCPNET.net (in Portuguese)
Not only Football department of FC Porto, but also other handball or bascket ball or swimming department are followed. There are many downloadable multimedia files related to Porto (like chants).
- FC Porto Online (in English only)
Mainly maintained by Dani and Marco from Canada. Being updated very frequently. May be found some
news related to VB. Perhaps nowadays it's the only one English fan site about FCP...
- PortugueseSoccer.com
Many information about Portuguese football
(National team, League, etc.) available in
English. Picture gallery features *.Art format
image so you have to access with a browser
which handles Art file (Explorer or Netscape
6 beta).
News Photos...
News pictures by Reuters, AP or etc...The
following sites feature many pictures passing
by everyday, so check them out as soon as
possible after the event you want to see.
One day VB might be featured.
- Getty Images
Pictures by Reuter, AP, AFP or etc... Search about Vítor Baía and FC Porto.
- Yahoo Sports
Yahoo Sports has football photo gallery,
however, the contents may be slightly different
depends on the country.
- Yahoo.com's News Photos
May have in common with the pictures the
sites above feature. But without digital marking... :)
Search Engines...Search about Vítor Baía by yourself!
- Terra.es (in Spanish)
Spain's standard search engine.
- Sapo.pt (in Portuguese)
Portugal's standard search engine. Type the
keyword as Vítor and/or Baía,
not Vitor and/or Baia.
- Google.com
Very useful search engine, available with
various languages.
- AltaVista.com
Yet another useful search engine. Has a translation utility, not always helpful though....
Speaking of a free translation service
on
the web, Free Translation.com is also available..
Or try Systran Soft)...
Well it has been about 5 years since I uploaded this page for the first time, but those web-translater does not seem to have evolved a bit...They still can't translate even the simple Portuguese word "guarda-redes" (of course it means goalkeeper) properly!! :(If you know any other more useful translator
on the web, please tell me it... Thanks.
If you know any other useful links, please notify me.
This page is presented by ismaela.
First uploaded: 30/08/2000
Last updated: 07/02/2005
Please notify me if you'd like to link this page anywhere else on the Web.
...BTW, Have you got the wallpapers already?
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