Cortuluá

Cortuluá

Full name	Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá
Founded	16 October 1967
Ground	Doce de Octubre Tuluá, (Valle del Cauca), Colombia (Capacity: 16,000)
Chairman	Carlos Hernán Marmolejo
Manager	Fernando Velasco Gutiérrez
League	Categoría Primera B
2010	Liga Postobón I: 17th Liga Postobón II: 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Tuluá. The club was founded October 16, 1967 and plays its home games at the Doce de Octubre stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 16,000 seats.

History

In 2006, the United States Treasury identified the football club as one of ten businesses allegedly operating on behalf of one of the most wanted Colombian drug barons, Carlos Alberto Renteria Mantilla.^[1] The move by the United States authorities placed a freeze on any assets owned by the club within the United States, and prevented United States residents from having dealings with the club.^[1] After five years in the Categoría Primera B turned back to the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano on 30 June 2009.^[2]

Current Roster

• Actual as of Jan 28, 2010.

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 Carlos Barahona GK Mauricio Mafla GK Leider Barandica DF Jonathan Muñoz DF Leonard Vásquez DF Layneker Zafra DF Carlos Alberto Terranova DF John Jairo Montaño DF Yonni Hinestroza DF Damián Fernández DF Belmer Aguilar MF Cristián López MF Luis Enrique Díaz MF David Fernando Cardona

No. Position Player MF José Rodrigo Castillo MF Andrés Felipe Arboleda MF Óscar Díaz Asprilla MF Alexis Hinestroza MF Jorge Zapata MF César Hinestroza MF Deivi Rodríguez MF Léiner Rolong MF Jair Valoy FW Yuberney Franco FW Pablo Jaramillo FW John Jairo Castillo FW Juan Hernández Lesmes FW Víctor Bonilla

Honours

National Honours

• Primera B: 2

1993, 2009

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ikeda, Nestor; Joshua Goodman (2006-11-01). "U.S. says Colombia's Cortulua soccer team linked to drug kingpin". USA Today Online (Gannett Corporation). http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2006-11-01-colombian-club-drug-cartel_x.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
2. ^ Cortulúa steigt auf

External links

• Web oficial del Cortuluá