Club Atlético Unión is a sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 from Santa Fe

Santa Fe, Argentina

Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...

, the capital city of the province

Santa Fe Province

The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...

 with the same name in Argentina

Argentina

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. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe

Colón de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

.

In 1965, the football

Football (soccer)

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 team was promoted to 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...

 for the first time. The team has played there for many years, alternating with periods in the second division. Unión's supporters are called "unionistas" ,"tatengues", while the squad is usually nicknamed "El Tate". The colours of the club consist of red and white vertical stripes.

In 1979 Unión played the final matches of the Nacional championship

Nacional championship

The Nacional championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1985. The Nacional formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the second half of the year, the Metropolitano took place in the first half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...

, but lost at the hands of River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

, because the goal scored by River in the first match (with a final score of 1-1) ended up in an average over Union according to the away goals rule

Away goals rule

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 applied to that tournament.

The most famous footballers who played for Unión are Leopoldo Luque

Leopoldo Luque

Leopoldo Jacinto Luque is a former Argentine football striker.In a career spanning he played for Unión de Santa Fe, Rosario Central, River Plate, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Chacarita Juniors...

, World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, and Nery Pumpido

Nery Pumpido

Nery Alberto Pumpido is a football coach and former goalkeeper who played for the Argentine national team in two World Cups. After retirement, Pumpido moved into club management and is currently in his second spell as coach of Paraguayan side Olimpia of Asunción.-Club career:Pumpido began his...

, the goalkeeper of the national team that won the World Cup in Mexico

Mexico

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 1986.

Football is not the only sport in which Unión participates. Among the others, basketball

Basketball

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 is the foremost, with Union's team currently in the third division. Carlos Delfino

Carlos Delfino

Carlos Francisco Delfino is an Argentine professional basketball player. He also has Italian citizenship. Delfino plays at the small forward and shooting guard positions. He stands tall and weighs . He is also noted for his defensive skills...

 is its most famous basketball player.

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club and/or played officially for their national team.

Alberto Galateo

Alberto Galateo

Alberto Galateo is an Argentinian football forward who played for Argentina in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Unión de Santa Fe.- Fifa World Cup Career :-External links:*...

 (1927-34) Julio Ávila (1948-49), (1955-56) José Vicente Grecco

José Vicente Grecco

José Vicente Grecco was an Argentine football player and manager.-Club career:Grecco began his playing career in 1948 with Boca Juniors, he only played one game for the club a 3-1 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata on 14 November 1948...

 (1949-53) Victorio Cocco

Victorio Cocco

Victorio Nicolás Cocco is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Colombia and represented the Argentina national football team.- Personal life :...

 (1964-67) Néstor Scotta

Néstor Scotta

Néstor Leonel Scotta was an Argentine football striker who was twice top scorer in Copa Libertadores.Néstor Tola Scotta was born in San Justo in 1948, he came from a footballing family, his father played for Colón de San Justo and his elder brother Héctor was an Argentina international and twice...

 (1967-69) Mario Zanabria

Mario Zanabria

Mario Nicasio Zanabria is a former Argentine football player and the current coach of Real España.A playmaker, Zanabria made debut in first division in 1967 with Unión de Santa Fe, where he played until 1969....

 (1967-69)   Roberto Martínez

Roberto Juan Martínez

For other people, see Roberto Martinez Roberto Juan Martínez Martínez is an Argentine-Spanish footballer.-External links:*http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=fju&cj=3580&d=1...

 (1970) Leopoldo Luque

Leopoldo Luque

Leopoldo Jacinto Luque is a former Argentine football striker.In a career spanning he played for Unión de Santa Fe, Rosario Central, River Plate, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Chacarita Juniors...

 (1971), (1973-75), (1980-81) Carlos Trullet

Carlos Trullet

Carlos Alberto Trullet is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Atlético Rafaela in the Argentine Primera División.-Playing career:...

 (1974-77) Hugo Gatti

Hugo Gatti

Hugo Orlando Gatti, Loco Gatti is a former Argentine professional football goalkeeper who played in the Argentine First Division for 26 seasons and set a record of 765 appearances...

 (1974-75) Víctor Marchetti

Víctor Marchetti

Víctor Rodolfo Marchetti is a retired Argentine footballer.-Career:Marchetti began his career with Club Atlético River Plate, and made 174 appearances for the club. He played for Unión de Santa Fe from 1975–1976 and again in 1984. In 1976 he was an Argentine Primera División topscorer. Marchetti...

 (1975-76), (1984) Rubén Suñé

Rubén Suñé

Rubén José Suñé is a former Argentine football midfielder who won eight titles with Boca Juniors and also played for the Argentina national team....

 (1975) Nery Pumpido

Nery Pumpido

Nery Alberto Pumpido is a football coach and former goalkeeper who played for the Argentine national team in two World Cups. After retirement, Pumpido moved into club management and is currently in his second spell as coach of Paraguayan side Olimpia of Asunción.-Club career:Pumpido began his...

 (1976-81), (1991) Roberto Telch

Roberto Telch

Roberto "Oveja" Telch is a former Argentine footballer. He won four league championships with San Lorenzo in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup....

 (1976-79)   Carlos Trucco

Carlos Trucco

Carlos Leonel Trucco Medina is an Argentine-Bolivian former football goalkeeper who played 51 games for the Bolivian national team between 1989 and 1997....

 (1977-81), (1984-85) Fernando Husef Alí (1978-?)
Ramón Centurión

Ramón Centurión

Ramón Miguel Centurión is a former Argentine football striker who won Copa Libertadores 1986 with River Plate.-Playing career:...

 (1978-85), (1991-92) Osvaldo Escudero

Osvaldo Salvador Escudero

Osvaldo Salvador Escudero is a former Argentine footballer. He was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan....

 (1982-85)   Daniel Morón

Daniel Morón

Jose Daniel Morón is an Argentine born Chilean football goalkeeper. He was born on September 30, 1957, in the city of Tunuyán in the Mendoza Province of Argentina...

 (1983-88) Daniel Killer

Daniel Killer

Daniel Pedro Killer is a retired Argentine football defender who was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup...

 (1984-86) Edgardo Arasa

Edgardo Arasa

Edgardo Arasa is a former Argentine footballer currently played for Clubs of Argentina and Chile.-Teams: Atlanta 1985-1986 Unión de Santa Fe 1986-1988 Atlético Concepción 1989-1990 Chacarita Juniors 1991 Everton 1992 San Marcos de Arica 1993-External links:* Profile at...

 (1986-88) Alberto Acosta

Alberto Acosta

Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a striker.In a professional career which spanned 18 years , he played for San Lorenzo in four different spells...

 (1986-88) Ricardo Altamirano (1986-88) Julio César Toresani

Julio César Toresani

Julio César Toresani is a former Argentine football midfielder. Toresani most recently managed the Bolivian first division club The Strongest.- Club career :...

 (1986-89), (1990-91) Antony de Ávila

Antony de Ávila

Ántony Wílliam de Ávila Charris is a former Colombian soccer striker, who last played for América de Cali.- Career :...

 (1987-88) Franco Navarro

Franco Navarro

Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro is a former football striker and manager from Peru.-Career:Navarro played for Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, Independiente from Argentina and Grasshoppers from Switzerland among others...

 (1989-90) Claudio Borghi

Claudio Borghi

Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s...

 (1990-91) Darío Cabrol

Darío Cabrol

Darío Gabriel Cabrol is a former Argentine football midfielder who played professionally in Argentina, France, Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador during the 1990s through 2007.-Club career:...

 (1990-92), (1994-00) Ricardo Giusti

Ricardo Giusti

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 (1991-92) José Luis Marzo (1991-95), (1996-98) Danilo Aceval (1997-99) Nii Lamptey

Nii Lamptey

Nii Odartey Lamptey is a former Ghanaian footballer. He is known foremost for his erratic career, in which he became a superstar as a teenager and then suffered a long string of failures which burnt him out well before his time...

 (1997)
Pablo Cavallero

Pablo Cavallero

Pablo Oscar Cavallero Rodríguez is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a goalkeeper....

 (1998-99) Juan José Jayo

Juan José Jayo

Juan José Jayo is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Alianza Lima in the Peruvian First Division. He is also the club's current team captain.-Club career:...

 (1998-00) Daniel Noriega

Daniel Noriega

Daniel Noriega Acosta is a Venezuelan football striker who made a total number of 38 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1996 and 2005. He started his professional career at Minervén in 1995. Noriega also played in Peru, Argentina, Colombia and Spain.-External links:...

 (1998-00), (2001-02) Matías Donnet

Matias Donnet

Matías Donnet is an Argentine football midfielder, who currently plays for Unión de Santa Fe....

 (1999-00), (2009-10) Marcelo Mosset (1999-06), (2007-08) Waldir Sáenz

Waldir Sáenz

Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez is a Peruvian football striker. He currently plays for Sport Boys.-Career:Waldir is most famous as a player for Alianza Lima, in which he became the all-time leading goal scorer of the club with 167 goals in 324 matches...

 (1999) Andrés Silvera

Andrés Silvera

Néstor Andrés Silvera is an Argentine football striker who plays for Club Atlético Belgrano in Argentina. He has also played for a number of other clubs in the Argentine Primera División, as well as UANL Tigres in Mexico.-Playing career:...

 (1999-01) Daniel Tílger

Daniel Tílger

Daniel Alberto Tílger is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Durazno FC in Uruguay.-Club career:...

 (1999-01) Martín Zapata (1999-04), (2006-09) Fernando Ortiz

Fernando Ortiz (footballer)

Fernando Ortiz is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera División.-Career:...

 (2000-03) Rubén Capria

Rubén Capria

Rubén Oscar Capria . is a former Argentine football midfielder who played professional football in Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile and Uruguay....

 (2001-03)   Leonardo Fernández

Leonardo Fernández

Leonardo Alberto Fernández is a retired Argentine-Bolivian football goalkeeper. He played for 13 professional clubs in six different countries.-Club career:...

 (2001) Piero Alva

Piero Alva

Piero Alva is a Peruvian international football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal in the Primera Division Peruana.-Playing Style:...

 (2002) Roberto Battión

Roberto Battión

Roberto Miguel Battión is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Independiente of the Argentine Primera División.-Career:...

 (2002-07) Ignacio Canuto

Ignacio Canuto

Ignacio Canuto is an Argentine football central defender, currently playing for Libertad in the Paraguayan Primera División.- Club :...

(2004-07)

External links

Official website Tatequerido (fan site) Tatengues.com (fan site) Mundo Rojiblanco (fan site) LosTates (fan site)