Deportivo Walter Ferretti is a Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

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Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team playing at the top level. It is based in Managua

Managua

Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...

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History

The club were founded 1987 as MINT due that it was a sport wing of the Nicaraguan Army, late in 1991 the former president Walter Ferretti died in a car accident in the roadway to Leon

León, Nicaragua

León is a department in northwestern Nicaragua . It is also the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. It was founded by the Spaniards as Santiago de los Caballeros de León and rivals Granada, Nicaragua, in the number of historic Spanish colonial homes and churches...

, as a tribute to him the name of the club was changed to his.

Present

The team has been not been the best representative of Managua, because of the little interest in following soccer across the country. However this has been changing over the past few years and every time more and more fans are going to the stadiums and are following the games along the country.

Achievements

• Primera División de Nicaragua
  Primera División de Nicaragua
  Primera División de Nicaragua is the top division of the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol, it was created in 1933. It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura and Torneo de Clausura. In each there is a play-off of the top 4 teams in a 2-leg semi-final and final...
  
  : 4

  1998, 2001, 2009 A, 2010 A.

• Copa de Nicaragua
  Copa de Nicaragua
  The Copa de Nicaragua is the top knockout tournament of the Nicaragua football.-Winners:*1983 : Deportivo Masaya*1984 : FC San Marcos*1991 : Real Estelí*1995 : FC San Marcos*1996 : Diriangén FC bt Real Estelí...
  
  : 0
• Finalisima: 0

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Squad Changes Apertura 2011

In: Milton Bustos - Transferred from Xilotepelt

Xilotepelt

Xilotepelt is a Nicaraguan football team. The team is based in Jinotepe.The team currently plays its games in the second division after being relegated following the 2011 Nicaraguan Clausura.-Current squad:-Notable players:...

 Norfran Lazo - Transferred from Managua F.C.

Managua F.C.

Managua Futbol Club is a Nicaraguan professional football club based in Managua, Nicaragua. The team was promoted to the first division for the first time in their history in 2010.-Current squad:-Squad Changes 2011 Apertura:...

 Donald Parrales - Transferred from Diriangén FC

Diriangén FC

Diriangén FC is a Nicaraguan football team playing at the top level. It is based in Diriamba. Their home stadium is Estadio Cacique Diriangén. It is the most successful club in Nicaragua's football history and it shares a feisty rivalry with Nicaragua's second big club, Real Estelí-Current...

 Quesler Rizo - Transferred from Diriangén FC

Diriangén FC

Diriangén FC is a Nicaraguan football team playing at the top level. It is based in Diriamba. Their home stadium is Estadio Cacique Diriangén. It is the most successful club in Nicaragua's football history and it shares a feisty rivalry with Nicaragua's second big club, Real Estelí-Current...

Out: Jose Luis Rodríguez - Transferred to TBA Juan Barrera

Juan Barrera

Juan Barrera is a Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays Midfield for Tauro F.C..-External links:*...

- Transferred to Tauro FC

Notable players

Néstor Ariel Holweger Carlos Javier Martino Lucas Piccinini David da Silva

David Da Silva

David Aparecido Da Silva , commonly known as David Da Silva or Davi Da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays for League of Ireland First Division club Shelbourne. David previously had a brief spell with Maltese club Birkirkara before transferring to Shelbourne in August 2011.-Birkirkara:Da...

 Jorge Valle Víctor Carrasco Jorge Martínez Alejandro Mejía
Cesar Salandia Luis Valladares Claudio Tovar (2006) Sergio Chamorro (1988-98) Denis Espinoza

Denis Espinoza (footballer)

Denis Espinoza is a Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays goalkeeper for Deportivo Walter Ferretti.-External links:...

 (2008-) Emilio Palacios

Emilio Palacios

Emilio Palacios is a Nicaraguan footballer, currently playing for the Nicaragua national football team and Salvadoran side Independiente Nacional 1906. He was the first Nicaraguan to score a hat-trick in an international competition, in February 2007, when Nicaragua won 4-2 against Belize, during...

 (2007-08) Wilber Sanchez

Wilber Sánchez

Wilber Sánchez is a Nicaraguan footballer, currently playing for the Nicaragua national football team and Salvadoran champions San Salvador F.C.. After a stunishing performance in the IX Copa de Naciones UNCAF, played in San Salvador, Sanchez was called by representatives of San Salvador's most...

(2001-04), (2008-)

List of Coaches

Carlos "Chicharrón" Aguilar (1998–99), (2007) Róger "Pinocho" Rodriguez (2007-2008) Omar Zambrana (2008-Sep 2009) José Valladares (Aug 2009-Aug 2011) Henry “Huesito” Urbina (Aug 2011-)

External links

• http://walterferreti.com/