Club Atlético Platense

For other uses, see Platense (disambiguation).
Platense
Full name Club Atlético Platense
Nickname(s) Calamares, Tense, Marrón
Founded 25 May 1905 (1905-05-25)
Ground Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López,
Florida, Buenos Aires
Ground Capacity 31,000
Chairman Pedro Vilariño
Manager Sebastián Méndez
League Primera B Metropolitana
2015
Website Club home page

Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, 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]

Although the club hosts many activities, Platense is mostly known for its football team. Despite being relegated from the Primera División in 1999, it still remains on the top 20 of the All-time Argentine Primera División table. Platense currently competes in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third level of the Argentine football league system.

History

Founded on 25 May 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 Primera B championship that allowed Platense to play in the Primera División. 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 played to keep a place in the first division. Platense survived at the top level of Argentine football until finally succumbing 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 17 May 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 8 May 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.

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 0-7043-2634-5). Among its supporters, the Tango music singer Roberto Goyeneche and the British author Chris Moss were probably the most notable fans.

Statistics

In Primera División:

Kit evolution and rare models

1905
1912*-present 1
1922
1952
1953–55
1986–87, 2012 aw
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1996–97

Players

Current squad


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

No. Position Player
Argentina GK Andrés Desábato
Argentina GK Ezequiel Mastrolía
Argentina DF Walter Alcaraz
Argentina DF Federico Briones
Argentina DF Juan Infante
Argentina DF Sebastián Lamacchia
Argentina DF Darío Leguiza
Argentina DF Hernán Mattiuzzo
Argentina DF Nicolás Morgantini
Argentina DF Leonardo Talamonti
Argentina DF Cristian Peláez
Argentina DF Humberto Vega
Argentina MF Julián Acosta
Argentina MF Emanuel Alegre
Argentina MF Jonathan Bustos
Argentina MF Lucas Chieffo
Argentina MF Miguel Conicelli
No. Position Player
Argentina MF Maximiliano Ferreira
Argentina MF Emiliano Giannunzio
Argentina MF Diego Molina Fariña
Argentina MF Leonardo Morales
Argentina MF Walter Ortiz
Argentina MF Agustín Palavecino
Argentina MF Diego Romero
Argentina MF Emiliano Villareal
Argentina MF Cristian Zarco
Argentina FW Cristian Campozano
Argentina FW Ricardo Chavarri
Argentina FW Lautaro Fernández
Argentina FW Leandro Kuszko
Argentina FW Catriel Lucero
Argentina FW Pablo Miranda
Argentina FW Daniel Vega

Honours

References

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