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Soccer-Venezuela factbox for Copa America

SANTIAGO, June 6 (Reuters) - Profile of the Venezuela team for the Copa America:

Number of appearances in finals: 15 (first in 1967)

Best performance: Fourth place: 2011

Drawn in Group C with Brazil, Peru and Colombia

FIFA ranking on June 4: 72

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Coach:

Noel Sanvicente

The 50-year-old made his name when he spent eight years as coach of Caracas FC, an incredibly long length of time in the volatile world of South American coaching.

He won five Venezuelan league titles during that time, then went on to win two more with less fashionable Zamora FC.