Topper (sports) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Topper is a sportswear brand owned by Alpargatas Group, with business in South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

(mainly in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

and Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

) and Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. Its products range from footwear

Footwear

Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for fashion, protection against the environment, and adornment. Being barefoot is commonly associated with poverty, but some cultures chose not to wear footwear at least in some situations....

and clothing to underwear, sport bags, balls, and equipment in general for football, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

and tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

.

In Brazil, Topper supplies athletic footwear and garments for outdoor and indoor soccer and other sports. The brand is also operating in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

and other Asia

Asia

n countries.

History

Topper was founded in Argentina

Argentina

in 1975, as a subsidiary of Alpargatas . During its first decade of existence, Topper launched its canvas shoes, a model of casual footwear which would soon reached not only a huge success but also became the most representative product of the firm in Argentina, and being considered a real "classic" since then.

In Argentina, Topper has supplied garments for the basketball

Argentina national basketball team

The Argentina national basketball team represents Argentina in basketball international competitions, and is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation....

and volleyball national teams and different football club teams in Argentina including first division

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

, Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

, Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

, Racing

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

, as well as to a number of rugby union

Rugby union

clubs, mainly to clubs from the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.The Buenos Aires Rugby Union , usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial...

(URBA); From 2000 to 2004 Topper was the official supplier for the Argentina national rugby union team

Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...

(known as Los Pumas).

In 2007 Alpargatas Argentina was sold to São Paulo Alpargatas (owner of Topper in Brazil), a Camargo Correa group company.

Football

Atlético Tucumán Estudiantes L.P.

Estudiantes de La Plata

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

Darío Conca

Darío Leonardo Conca or simply Darío Conca is an Argentine professional football attacking midfielder...

Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

Atlético Mineiro

Clube Atlético Mineiro

Clube Atlético Mineiro , are a Brazilian football club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in 1908, they play in the Campeonato Mineiro and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão. Atlético Mineiro have been Brazilian champions once, state winners a record 40 times and...

Campeonato do Nordeste

Campeonato do Nordeste , also known as Copa do Nordeste or Copa Nordeste , is a Brazilian football competition contested between Northeastern region teams .From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do...

Copa Kaiser Federação Paulista

Federação Paulista de Futebol

Federação Paulista de Futebol was founded on April 22, 1941 and manages all the official soccer tournaments within the state of São Paulo including the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa São Paulo de Juniores and the Copa Paulista de Futebol....

Grêmio

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

Marcos

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , known simply as Marcos, is a Brazilian World Cup winning footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays for Palmeiras, of the Série A, since he started playing professional football in 1992 and has since become one of its greatest idols, being nicknamed "São Marcos"...

Marcelo Lomba

Marcelo Lomba , is a Brazilian goalkeeper. He currently plays for Bahia, on loan from Flamengo.-Career:...

SV Transvaal

Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Andre Kamperveen Stadion....

Rugby union

CASI

Club Atlético San Isidro

The Club Atlético San Isidro is a sports club based in San Isidro, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mostly known for its rugby union team , the club hosts other activities such as field hockey, tennis, football, golf and squash amongst others.-History:The sporting institution was founded on 24...

Hindú

Hindú Club

Hindú Club founded in 1919, is a sports club based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mostly known for its rugby union team , the club hosts other activities such as soccer, tennis, golf and bridge.-History:...

U.R.B.A.

Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires

Brazilian Association Fernando Portugal

Tennis

Guillermo Vilas

Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...

José Acasuso

José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favours clay. He is known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides...

Juan Ignacio Chela

Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...

Martín Vassallo Argüello

Martin Miguel Vassallo Argüello is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #47 .He turned pro in 1999...

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

national team Facundo Argüello Fernando Meligeni

Fernando Meligeni

Fernando Ariel Meligeni , nicknamed Fininho is a former professional tennis player from Brazil....

Caio Zampieri

Caio Zampieri is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Titles :-External links:...

Rafael Camilo Ricardo Hocevar

Ricardo Hocevar

Ricardo Hocevar is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...

External links

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