Deportivo Maldonado
Full nameClub Deportivo Maldonado
Nickname(s)El Depor
Verdirrojo
Rojiverde
Batacazo
FoundedAugust 25, 1928; 95 years ago (1928-08-25)
GroundEstadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado, Uruguay
Capacity22,000
ChairmanMalcolm Caine
ManagerJoaquín Boghossian
LeaguePrimera División
2023Primera División, 12th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Primera División following their promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División at the end of the 2019 season.

History

logo of the parent sports club

Club Deportivo Maldonado, SAD have a history of being a Middle Men club used by third-party owners, where top flight South American clubs will sell players to the team before they are immediately sold or loaned to another club, with the player never appearing for Deportivo Maldonado. Notable players who've made this type of transfer include Allan, Jonathan Calleri, Gerónimo Rulli, Hernán Toledo, Alex Sandro, Marcelo Estigarribia,[1] Willian José[2] and Iván Piris.[3]

Current squad

As of 5 November 2023[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Danilo Lerda
4 DF Uruguay URU Charles Zoryez
5 MF Uruguay URU Sebastián González
6 MF Uruguay URU Facundo Rodríguez
8 MF Uruguay URU Santiago Cartagena
10 MF Uruguay URU Federico Ramos
11 DF Uruguay URU Andrés Ravecca
12 GK Uruguay URU Valentín Fernández
14 FW Uruguay URU Rodrigo Muniz
16 DF Uruguay URU Álex De Freitas
17 MF Argentina ARG Hernán Toledo
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Uruguay URU Facundo Tealde
22 MF Uruguay URU Mariano Bogliacino
23 DF Uruguay URU Agustín Sant'Anna
24 FW Uruguay URU Federico Castellanos (on loan from Plaza Colonia)
26 DF Uruguay URU Gastón Pagano
29 FW Uruguay URU Alexander González
30 FW Uruguay URU Luis Machado
31 GK Uruguay URU Leandro Gelpi
32 MF Uruguay URU Lucas Núñez
34 MF Uruguay URU Maximiliano Cantera

References

  1. ^ Aarons, Ed (10 October 2016). "Welcome to Deportivo Maldonado, where the big names never actually play". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ Scott, Nate (19 March 2014). "Tiny Uruguayan soccer club makes millions as undercover transfer market middle-man". USA Today. Bloomberg and transfermarkt contributed the content. Gannett Satellite Information Network. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ "IVAN RODRIGO PIRIS Operazioni di mercato" (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Listado 1ra División" (in Spanish). Club Deportivo Maldonado, SAD. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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