Club Atlético Platense

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Club Atlético Platense
Escudo del Club Altético Platense.svg
Full nameClub Atlético Platense
Nickname(s)Calamares
Tinta de calamar
Marrón
Founded25 May 1905; 116 years ago (1905-05-25)
GroundEstadio Ciudad de Vicente López,
Florida, Buenos Aires
Capacity31,000
ChairmanPablo Bianchini
LeaguePrimera
2020Promoted
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Current season

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 remains on the top 20 of the All-time Argentine Primera División table. Platense currently competes in the Argentine Primera División, the top division of the Argentine league system. The team was recently promoted after beating Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in the "Torneo Reducido" final.

History[]

Platense squad in 1913

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). On May 2, 2018, Platense was directly promoted to the second division after winning the Primera B Metropolitana title in a victory over club Estudiantes de Caseros. In 2021, Platense would make their return to the Primera División for the first time in 22 years after defeating Estudiantes de Río Cuarto on penalties to earn promotion.[2]

The club's main claim to fame during these lean years is the success of Momo and David Trezeguet, 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:

  • Best position: 2nd. place in 1949
  • Longest victory : 8–0 to Argentino de Quilmes in 1939
  • All-time top scorer: Daniel Vega with 77 goals
  • All-time most capped player: Enrique Topini (1959–73), with 324 games
  • Seasons in First División: 73
  • Seasons in Second Division: 24
  • Seasons in Third Division: 12
  • One Coscu Award

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
  • 1 Considered the "traditional" team uniform and worn most of the times.

Squad[]

As of 27 August 2021.[3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Jorge De Olivera
2 DF Argentina ARG Nahuel Iribarren
3 DF Argentina ARG Juan Infante
4 DF Argentina ARG Augusto Schott (on loan from Talleres)
5 MF Argentina ARG Hernán Lamberti
6 DF Argentina ARG Luciano Recalde
7 FW Argentina ARG Matías Tissera
8 MF Argentina ARG Mauro Bogado
9 FW Argentina ARG Braian Mansilla (on loan from Racing)
10 MF Argentina ARG Ignacio Schor
11 MF Argentina ARG José Luis Sinisterra
13 MF Argentina ARG Gastón Gerzel
14 MF Argentina ARG
17 DF Argentina ARG Cristian Marcial
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Argentina ARG Tiago Palacios
21 DF Argentina ARG Brian Lluy
22 MF Paraguay PAR Cristian Núñez
23 GK Argentina ARG Andrés Desábato
24 DF Argentina ARG Stefano Callegari
25 FW Argentina ARG Facundo Curuchet
26 MF Argentina ARG Francisco Ilarregui
28 MF Argentina ARG Alexis Messidoro
29 FW Argentina ARG Nadir Zeineddin
32 MF Argentina ARG Franco Baldassarra
33 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Zalazar
34 GK Argentina ARG Luis Ojeda
35 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Bertolo
36 MF Bolivia BOL Franz Gonzales

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Argentina ARG Jorge Pereyra Díaz (at Kerala Blasters until 31 May 2022)

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Los apodos del ascenso" (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Report". info.afa.org.ar. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Platense squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

External links[]

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