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Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine

Argentina

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sports club

Sports club

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based in Vicente López

Vicente López Partido

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, in the north side of Greater Buenos Aires. The club nickname is Calamar (Squid

Squid

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) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink".

Platense's football

Football (soccer)

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team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

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

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

. 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

Club Atlético Temperley

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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

Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

, 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

David Trézéguet

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, who had debuted at Platense but after playing only 5 matches in Argentine Primera División was transferred to AS Monaco FC

AS Monaco FC

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.

Platense's fans base can be found in Vicente López, Olivos and Florida towns (all of them part of the Vicente López Partido

Vicente López Partido

), as well as in Villa Urquiza

Villa Urquiza

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and Saavedra

Saavedra, Buenos Aires

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neighbourhoods. The club is also cited in Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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's book El Sueño de los héroes ("Dream of Heroes" ISBN 0704326345). Among its supporters, the Tango music

Tango music

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singer Roberto Goyeneche

Roberto Goyeneche

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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

Argentino de Quilmes

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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

Rare models

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

Current Squad 2010/11

Notable players

Jorge Borelli

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Claudio Borghi

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Carlos Bulla Antonio Campilongo

Antonio Campilongo

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Raul Alfredo Cascini

Raúl Alfredo Cascini , is a retired Argentine football midfielder, who also has Italian nationality. His first club was Platense and has also played for Estudiantes de La Plata, Independiente and Boca Juniors....

José Chatruc

Jose Chatruc is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Tiro Federal .Chatruc made his league debut on 11 March 1996 for Platense in a 1-0 defeat to Lanús. In 1999 he joined Racing Club where he has played over 100 games in his two spells with the club...

Eduardo "Chacho" Coudet

Eduardo Coudet

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Julio Cozzi

Julio Adolfo Cozzi was an Argentine football goalkeeper who won the Copa América 1947 with the Argentina national team....

Daniel Cravero Mariano "Loco" Dalla Líbera Adrián Domenech

Adrián Domenech

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Grégorio Esperón

Iván Esperón

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Marcelo "Cabezón" Espina

Marcelo Espina

Marcelo Fabian Espina is a retired Argentine football midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Chile and represented the Argentina national football team. In 2010 he became manager of Argentine club Club Atlético Platense.-Club career:Espina bagan his career at Platense in the...

Raúl Frutos Esteban "Bichi" Fuertes

Esteban Fuertes

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Blas Giunta Sebastián Gualco Mauricio Hanuch

Mauricio Hanuch

Mauricio Fabio Hanuch is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético Platense as a right midfielder.-Football career:...

Santiago Hirsig

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Ángel Labruna

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Andrés Madrid

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Juan Ignacio Mercier

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Osvaldo Morelli Carlos Alfaro Moreno‎
Claudio Morresi

Claudio Morresi

Claudio Alberto Morresi is a former football player from Argentina. He is currently the Sports Secretary of Argentina and with Enzo Francescoli formed one of the best striking partnerships in soccer at the River Plate football club in the early 1980s.-Titles:-References:...

Lucas Pusineri

Lucas Andrés Pusineri Bignone is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Platense of the Primera B Metropolitana, which is in the regionalised third tier of the Asociación de Fútbol Argentino league system.- Footballing career :Pusineri started his professional football career in 1998 with...

Vicente E. Sayago Darío Scotto

Darío Scotto

Darío Oscar Scotto is a former Argentine footballer. He currently played club football in Argentina Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia and played for the Argentina national football team....

Julián Speroni

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Claudio Spontón Enrique José Topini Santiago Vernazza

Santiago Vernazza

Júlio Carlos Santiago "Ghito" Vernazza is a former Argentine footballer. He was a forward who played for Platense and River Plate in his native Argentina until 1956, when he moved to Italy and signed for newly-promoted Serie A club Palermo...

José Yudica David Trezeguet

David Trézéguet

David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....

Atilio García

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Titles

Primera B
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

: 2

1976, 2005–06

External links

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

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