Sport Boys
Full nameSport Boys Warnes
Nickname(s)El Toro Warneño
Founded17 August 1954; 69 years ago (17 August 1954)
Dissolved2019; 5 years ago (2019)
GroundEstadio Samuel Vaca Jiménez
Capacity9,000
ChairmanCarlos Romero
ManagerMauro Blanco
LeagueBolivian Football Regional Leagues
2019 ClausuraDivisión Profesional, 14th
(disaffiliated)

Club Sport Boys Warnes was a Bolivian professional football team based in Warnes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, that competes in the Bolivian Primera División.

History

The club was founded on 17 August 1954.[1] The club reached in 2013 the second place of the Liga Nacional B and was for the first time in its history promoted to the Bolivian Primera División.[2] Warnes signed to the beginning of 2014 the former Argentine footballer Néstor Clausen as new coach.[3] The club ranks 2014 three internationals for the Bolivia national football team with goalkeeper Sergio Galarza, defender Carlos Mendoza and Joaquín Botero.[4]

In 2014, sitting Bolivian president Evo Morales signed a contract for 200 dollars a month with Sports Boys Warnes, becoming the oldest active professional soccer player in the world.[5]

Current squad

As of 3 May 2018[6] 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 Bolivia BOL Saidt Mustafá
2 DF Bolivia BOL Jordy Candia
3 DF Paraguay PAR Óscar Velázquez
5 DF Bolivia BOL Jesús Flores
7 FW Argentina ARG Imanol Iriberri
8 MF Argentina ARG Luciano Ursino
10 MF Spain ESP José Luis Capdevila
11 MF Bolivia BOL Edivaldo Rojas
17 MF Bolivia BOL Jorge Rojas
18 MF Bolivia BOL Mauricio Saucedo
21 MF Bolivia BOL Guery García
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Brazil BRA Ferreira
23 GK Bolivia BOL Miguel Mercado
25 MF Bolivia BOL Damir Miranda
27 FW Spain ESP Armiche
28 DF Bolivia BOL Óscar Ribera (on loan from Bolívar)
29 FW Colombia COL Yoni Angulo
— FW Bolivia BOL Carmelo Algarañaz (on loan from Oriente Petrolero)
— DF Bolivia BOL Julio Pérez
— MF Bolivia BOL Olvis Justiniano
— DF Bolivia BOL Juan Rivero
— GK Bolivia BOL Fabián Rojas

Notable managers

National honours

2015 Apertura

External links

References

  1. ^ Sport Boys Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Liga del Futbol Profesional Boliviano Wrap: Dream start for Sport Boys". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  3. ^ "Sport Boys contrata al DT Clausen – La Razón". Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  4. ^ "Sport Boys pretende alcanzar la punta ganando a Real Potosí". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  5. ^ "Bolivian President Evo Morales signed by football club". BBC News. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano – SPORT BOYS WARNES". Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  7. ^ "Hilda Ordoñez defiende su designación como DT de Sport Boys". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
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