Deportivo Merlo

Deportivo Merlo

Full name	Club Social y Deportivo Merlo
Nickname(s)	Los Charros
Founded	August 10, 1954
Ground	Estadio José Manuel Moreno, Merlo Buenos Aires Argentina (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	José Luis Coutinho
Manager	Salvador Daniele
League	Primera B Nacional
2010-11	11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Merlo (usually known simply as Deportivo Merlo) is a football club from Parque San Martín, Merlo, Buenos Aires in Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional Argentina, which is the regionalised second level of the Argentine Football Association.

In 1956 the squad began playing in the AFA lower leagues under the name 9 de Julio in order to commemorate the Argentine Declaration of Independence. The club changed to its current name in 1968.

Titles

• Primera C Metropolitana: 1

1999-00

• Primera C Metropolitana: 1

2005-06

Current squad

As of September 21, 2011.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Darío Capogrosso GK Fernando Tantoni GK Mauro Ruggiero DF Mauricio Almada DF Juan Bravo DF Daniel Delgado DF Gabriel Ferro DF Maximiliano García DF Sebastian Jurado DF Alejandro Manchot DF Emmanuel Martínez MF Simón Bastos MF Matías G. Díaz MF Alejandro Friedrich MF Leonel García

No. Position Player MF Ramiro López MF Leonardo Melián MF Gonzalo Menéndez MF Guillermo Pereyra MF Jorge Ribolzi MF Diego Sequeira MF Nahuel Yeri MF Juan Carlos Zuleta FW Héctor Arrigo FW Maximiliano Barreiro FW Oswaldo Blanco FW Matías Conti FW Maximiliano Estévez FW Diego Núñez

See also

• List of football clubs in Argentina
• Argentine football league system

References

1. ^ Club Social y Deportivo Merlo squad at BDFA.

External links

• (Spanish) Official website
• (Spanish) Aguante Merlo (fan site)
• (Spanish) CS Dep. Merlo (fan site)