Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos

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Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (English: Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium) is a stadium located in the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is owned by Rio de Janeiro City Hall and is the home stadium of Botafogo FR. 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 as Nilton Santos or as the nickname Engenhão ([ẽʒeˈɲɐ̃w]), that refers to the location of the stadium in neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro. The previous name of the stadium was Estádio João Havelange. In 2015 the name changed for Estádio Nilton Santos. 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...

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