Club Atlético Platense

Club Atlético Platense
Full name	Club Atlético Platense
Nickname(s)	Calamares; Tinta de calamar; Marrón
Founded	25 May 1905; 119 years ago
Ground	Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López,; Florida, Buenos Aires
Capacity	31,000
Chairman	Geronimo Benavidez
Manager	Martin Palermo
League	Primera División
2021	18th.
Website	Club website
Home colours	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

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 on 8 May 2010 The Squid would be relegated again to the third category. On 2 May 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

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

Current squad

As of 12 September 2022.^[3]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Alejandro Sánchez
2	DF	ARG	Ramiro González
3	DF	ARG	Juan Infante
4	DF	ARG	Nicolás Morgantini (loan from Lanús)
5	MF	ARG	Carlos Villalba (loan from Talleres)
6	DF	ARG	Gastón Suso
7	FW	ARG	Horacio Tijanovich
8	MF	ARG	Mauro Bogado
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Bergessio
10	FW	ARG	Mauro Zárate
11	MF	ARG	Vicente Taborda (loan from Boca Juniors)
12	GK	ARG	Augusto Alcorcel
16	DF	URU	Haibrany Ruiz Díaz (loan from Plaza Colonia)
17	FW	URU	Sebastián Guerrero (loan from Montevideo City)
18	MF	URU	Federico Gino


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ARG	Carlo Lattanzio (loan from Estudiantes)
20	DF	ARG	Franco Camargo (loan from River Plate)
21	DF	ARG	Iván Gómez (loan from Estudiantes)
22	GK	PAR	Marcos Ledesma (loan from Defensa)
23	MF	ARG	Alexis Sabella (loan from San Lorenzo)
24	DF	ARG	Juan Pablo Pignani
25	MF	ARG	Nahuel Casasola (loan from River Plate)
26	FW	ARG	Ignacio Schor
27	FW	ARG	Rodrigo Contreras
30	FW	ARG	Juan Cruz Esquivel (loan from Talleres)
32	MF	ARG	Franco Baldassarra
33	FW	ARG	Nicolás Delgadillo (loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
79	DF	ARG	Ayrton Costa (loan from Independiente)
92	FW	PAR	Jorge Benítez (loan from Veraguas United)

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
—	GK	ARG	Luis Ojeda (at Sol de América until 31 December 2022)
—	FW	ARG	Gianluca Pugliese (at San Telmo until 31 December 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Héctor Canteros (at CSA until 31 December 2022)
—	FW	ARG	Facundo Russo (at All Boys until 30 June 2023)

Honours

Primera B (3): 1976, 2005–06, 2017–18

References

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

External links

Official website

[1] "Los apodos del ascenso" (in Spanish)

[2] "Report". info.afa.org.ar. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021.

[Soccerway-3] "Platense squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

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