Tauro F.C.

Tauro

Full name	Tauro Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Los Toros de Pedregal El Mas Laureado
Founded	1984
Ground	Cancha Sintetica Rommel Fernández Panama City, Panama (Capacity: 1,000)
Chairman	Gianpaolo Gronchi
Manager	Sergio Angulo
League	Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2010 (C)	7th
Home colours Away colours

Tauro Fútbol Club is a professional football club located in Panama City, Panama that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. Tauro has won seven Liga Profesional de Fútbol Championships since 1988, the highest total of any team. The club has also finished second seven times. The team's colours are black and white because it is said that its founder, Giancarlo Gronchi, was a fan of Italian football team Juventus and wanted to have a similar uniform as the Italian side.

Tauro and Plaza Amador have been continuous rivals since ANAPROF started in 1988. They're both from Panama City itself, but do not play in the same stadium. The rivalry is referred to as "El Clásico" in Panama.

History

The team was founded by Italian industrialist, Giancarlo Gronchi.

Prior to the creation of ANAPROF in 1988, Tauro participated in the ADECOPA and in the Liga Distritorial de Chepo (Chepo League). This was the league for teams in the eastern portion of the Panamá Province. Tauro was also one of the founding teams of ANAPROF in 1987.

Current squad

First team squad, as of April 20, 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Javier Dussan 2 DF Sergio Thompson 4 DF Silvio Morelos 5 FW Temistocles Pérez 6 MF Cristian Vega 8 MF Leonel Parris 12 MF Juan Pérez 15 MF Marcos Sánchez 16 MF Eladio Mitre 17 MF Jair Carrasquilla

No. Position Player 19 MF Jhoan Melo 23 FW Luis Rentería 24 MF Erik Quiroz 27 MF Ricardo Amor 28 FW Rubén Guevara Jr. 29 FW Yair Renteria 43 MF John Pretelt 99 GK Gilmar Torres

Youth squad

Youth team squad, as of April 13, 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 31 DF Andres Zapata 32 MF Gustavo Ibarra 34 MF Jaime Tapia 35 MF Isaias Olmedo 36 MF Rubén Guevara 37 FW James Callender 38 FW Tomas Shaw 39 DF Edgardo Garcia 40 MF Cesar Mariscal 41 DF Virgilio Moreno 42 MF Rolando Botello 43 MF John Pretelt 45 MF Carlos Credidio 46 FW Yosgual Cedeño

No. Position Player 47 MF Steven King 48 DF Rafael Camardo 49 DF Jose Marmolejo 50 MF Cristian Vasquez 51 FW Ariel Brandao 52 GK Aimar Alvarado 53 FW Eusébio Paredes 54 MF Ruben Martinez 55 MF Manuel Vargas 56 DF Reynaldo Garcia 57 FW Israel Sanjur 58 FW Paul Dasent 59 MF Luis Ortiz 60 GK Enrique Bulgin

Personnel

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Gianpaolo Gronchi
Vice-president	Moises Zebede
Secretary	Carlos Martans
Treasurer	Alejandro Linares
Fiscal	Luis Moreno

Management

Position	Name
Manager	Juan Carlos Cubilla
Assistant Manager	Rolando Palma
Reserve Manager	Ernesto Downer
Goalkeeping Coach	John Carlos Castro
Physiotherapist	Luis Quiñonez
Utility Management	Eduviges de la Flor

Honors

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 7 (record)

1989, 1991, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2003, 2007 (A)

Runner-up (7): 1990, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2006, 2008 (A), 2008 (C)

List of coaches

• Miguel Mansilla (1989–2008)
• José Alfredo Poyatos (2000)
• Gonzalo Soto (2008–10)
• Juan Carlos Cubilla (2010–2011)
• Sergio Angulo (2012-)

External links

• Official site
• Non-Official site (Página realizada en su momento por el periodista panameño Adán De Gracia E.)
• Tauro FC Page-ANAPROF Site