Club Ciudad de Bolívar
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| Full name | Club Ciudad de Bolívar | ||
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| Nickname | Las Águilas (the Eagles) La Celeste (the Light Blue) | ||
| Founded | October 23, 2002 | ||
| Ground | Complejo Polideportivo República de Venezuela | ||
| Manager | Javier Weber | ||
| League | Liga Argentina de Voleibol | ||
| 2009–10 | 1st (champion) | ||
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Club Ciudad de Bolívar or Bolívar Voley (also named Personal Bolívar for sponsorship reasons) is an Argentine volleyball club based in San Carlos de Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province. The club, founded in 2002 at the initiative of local TV host Marcelo Tinelli, won the championship the same season it debuted, beating Rojas Scholem at the finals. Bolívar is also the most winning team of Argentina, with 6 championships won.
History
The club was founded on October 23, 2002, subsequent to that year's FIVB Men's World Championship held in Argentina. The club's foundation was initiative of TV host and entrepreneur Marcelo Tinelli (who was born in San Carlos de Bolívar).[1] Tinelli called former national team captain Daniel Castellani to the project, which conceived the club as a youth player recruiter and former. The colors chosen were the light blue and white, as a tribute to the city of Bolívar's football team that wore those colors.
Bolívar won the championship in the first league it played, the 2002-03 season, defeating Rojas Scholem in the finals. The squad would win its second consecutive title in the 2003-04 season. In 2006 Javier Weber became the team's manager. Under his coaching, the team won its first international title in Brazil.[2]
The team has used different names for sponsorship reasons, such as Bolívar Signia, Orígenes Bolívar, DirecTV Bolívar, and Drean Bolívar among others.
Bolívar is the most successful team of the Argentine top division, having won 6 titles. The club also won the South American Men's Club Volleyball Championship in 2010, earning the right to represent the continent in the FIVB Men's Club World Championship.
Notable players
The following players are mentioned in the "history" section of the club's official website.[3]
Sebastián Firpo- Guillermo Quaini
- Sebastián Jabif
- Eduardo Rodríguez
- Mariano Baracetti
- Alejandro Spajic
- Leonardo Patti
- Guillermo García
- Marcelo Román
- Santiago Darraidou
- Pablo Peralta
- Gabriel Arroyo
- Luciano de Cecco
- Diego Stepanenko
- Juan Pablo Alanís
- Pablo Meana
- Javier Filardi
Badá- Pezao
- William
- Wallace
Dalibor Polak
Gabe Gardner
Ronald Méndez- Iván Márquez
Managers
- Daniel Castellani (2002–2006)
- Javier Weber (2006–present)
Titles
Domestic
- Liga Argentina A1 (6): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
International
- Copa Mercosur (1): 2007
- Copa World Challenge (1): 2009
- Copa Ciudad de Bolívar (1): 2010
References
- ^ "La Liga llega con novedades". Clarín (in Spanish). 2002-11-11. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ Historia del club - official website
- ^ "Club. Historia" (in Spanish). Bolívar Voley official website. Retrieved 2010-09-17.