Club Atlético Platense

For other uses, see Platense (disambiguation).

Platense

Full name	Club Atlético Platense
Nickname(s)	Los Calamares (The Squids), Tense, Marrón (Brown)
Founded	May 25, 1905
Ground	Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, Vicente López (Capacity: 31,000)
Chairman	Pedro Vilarino
Manager	Fabian Nardozza
League	Primera B Metropolitana
2010-11	15th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Vicente López, in the north side of Greater Buenos Aires. The club nickname is Calamar (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink".^[1]

Platense's football team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana division, the third tier of the Argentine football league system.

History

Founded on May 25, 1905, Platense played in the second division from 1956 to 1964,and from 1972 to 1976, when the team finally won its first title, the Argentine second division that allowed Platense to play in the Primera División Argentina. The club achieved cult status in the late 1970s as they repeatedly staved off relegation through a series of "last-day miracles" (relegating other teams as Temperley after defeating them in decisive matches disputed to keep a place in the first division. Platense survived at the top level of Argentine football until finally succumbed to relegation in 1999.

This would be the beginning of a steep decline: Platense was subsequently relegated to the regionalised third division, Primera B Metropolitana, at the end of the 2001–02 season. On May 17, 2006, Platense won its second title and was promoted back to the Argentine second division Nacional B. But soon later The Squid would be relegated again to the third category (more precisely on May 8, 2010).

The club's main claim to fame during these lean years is the success of David Trézéguet, who had debuted at Platense but after playing only 5 matches in Argentine Primera División was transferred to AS Monaco FC.

Platense's fans base can be found in Vicente López, Olivos and Florida towns (all of them part of the Vicente López Partido), as well as in Villa Urquiza and Saavedra neighbourhoods. The club is also cited in Bioy Casares's book El Sueño de los héroes ("Dream of Heroes" ISBN 0704326345). Among its supporters, the Tango music singer Roberto Goyeneche was probably the most notable fan.

Statistics

Seasons in Primera A: 72—54 (professional) and 18 (amateur).
Best finished: 2nd place (tied with River Plate) in 1949.
Highest score (in Primera A): 8-0 to Argentino de Quilmes in 1939.
Player who scored the most goals: Vicente E. Sayago (1948–1956) with 75 goals.
Player with most games played: Enrique Topini (1959–1973), with 324 games played.

Kit evolution and rare models

Uniform evolution

1905

1912*

1922

1952

1953-55

Rare models

1986-87

1988-89

1990-91

1996-97

(*) Considered the "traditional" team uniform and worn most of the times.

Current Squad 2010/11

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 Nicolás Angelotti GK Martín Bernacchia GK César Horst GK Matías Lopez GK Fernando Umaño DF José Barreal DF Ramiro Fassi DF Ángel Puertas DF Emiliano M. Rodríguez DF Emiliano Rutili DF Juan Soto DF Osvaldo Vila DF Eduardo Von Arx

No. Position Player MF Marco Cáceres MF Federico Carneiro MF Nicolás González MF Juan Manuel Olivares MF Walter Quintana MF Braian Robert MF Gastón Schmidt MF Jonathan Zacaría FW Alfredo Ábalos FW Alexis Blanco FW Ezequiel Molina FW Agustín Sanfilippo FW Luis Solignac

Notable players

Jorge Borelli Claudio Borghi Carlos Bulla Antonio Campilongo Raul Alfredo Cascini José Chatruc Eduardo "Chacho" Coudet Julio Cozzi Daniel Cravero Mariano "Loco" Dalla Líbera Adrián Domenech Grégorio Esperón

Marcelo "Cabezón" Espina Raúl Frutos Esteban "Bichi" Fuertes Blas Giunta Sebastián Gualco Mauricio Hanuch Santiago Hirsig Ángel Labruna Andrés Madrid Juan Ignacio Mercier Osvaldo Morelli Carlos Alfaro Moreno‎

Claudio Morresi Lucas Pusineri Vicente E. Sayago Darío Scotto Julián Speroni Claudio Spontón Enrique José Topini Santiago Vernazza José Yudica David Trezeguet Atilio García

Titles

The 1976 champions. (Standing): Morelli, De Virgilio, Miguel Arturo Juárez, Pilla, Gianetti, Rivero. (Seated): Roa, Orlando, Pavón, Osvaldo Pérez, Ulrich.

• Primera B: 2

1976, 2005–06

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Los apodos del ascenso" (in Spanish)

External links

• Official site (Spanish)
• Platense Locura (Spanish)
• La Página Calamar (Spanish)
• Platense A Lo Ancho (Spanish)
• Platense Sos Mi Vida (Spanish)