VCP Chinandega
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VCP Chinandega 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...

n football
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. They are located in Chinandega
Chinandega
Chinandega is a town and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city has a population of 121,793 inhabitants with 151,000 in the municipality...

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They named after Vicente de la Cruz Padilla
Vicente Padilla
Vicente de la Cruz Padilla is a Major League Baseball pitcher, who is a free agent. Padilla previously pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers...

 (VCP) A famous baseball player who is from Chinandega and is the current owner of the club.http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/deportes/19994

History

The club was founded in August, 2006 by famous baseball player and owner Vicente de la Cruz Padilla
Vicente Padilla
Vicente de la Cruz Padilla is a Major League Baseball pitcher, who is a free agent. Padilla previously pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers...

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As a project to promote football to young people in his home town of Chinandega
Chinandega
Chinandega is a town and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city has a population of 121,793 inhabitants with 151,000 in the municipality...

. With the help of Eddy Reyes, Boanerge Espinoza, Enrique Reyes, Baxter Martínez and Eduardo Vidal Alonso, The club was playing in the Campeonato Nacional de III división (third division Football in Nicaragua) made up of prodomintley of players from the area. Their rise was unbelievable they won the third division in 2006 and in 2007 won the second division which allowed them to be prooted to the first division where they have remained since.

Coaches

Eduardo Vidal Alonso Gomez (2006–08) Flavio Da Silva (2008-March 2009) Eduardo Vidal Alonso Gomez (April 2009-January 2010) Omar Zambrana (January 2010-)

Notable players

  • Darwin Ramírez
  • Rodrigo Ludke
  • Kleber Araujo
  • Denis da Silva

External links

  • http://www.vcp-chinandega.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2
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