Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
multi-use stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the home field of the football club Botafogo
Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos is a stadium located in the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nilton Santos is the home stadium of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, where games from the Copa Libertadores, Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil and other championships take place. It is used mostly for football matches and it hosted the athletics competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The stadium was built from 2003 through to 2007, opening in time for the 2007 Pan American Games. The stadium was one of the five venues for the 2021 Copa América.
The stadium is known by Nilton Santos. The nickname Engenhão ([ẽʒeˈɲɐ̃w]) refers to the location of the stadium in Engenho de Dentro neighbourhood. The previous name of the stadium was João Havelange Stadium, since 2015 the name is Estádio Nilton Santos (English: Nilton Santos Stadium). The name honors Nílton Santos, who spent his whole career with Botafogo and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of the game and a member of the World Team of the 20th Century. In February 2017, the city of Rio de Janeiro officially renamed the stadium Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos.
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