Defensor Sporting
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| Full name | Defensor Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Violeta, Viola, Tuerto | ||
| Founded | 15 March 1913 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Luis Franzini , Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Chairman | Fernando Sobral | ||
| Coach | Jorge "Polilla" Da Silva | ||
| League | Primera División Uruguaya | ||
| Clausura 2008 | 4th | ||
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Defensor Sporting Club is a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. The team plays in the Luis Franzini Stadium. They are a three-time national champion in Uruguay (1976, 1987, 1991).
Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions inter-nationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops the best players in Uruguay and are then transferred internationally and are world-renowned. The place of birth of numerous international players like Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Nicolás Olivera and so on.
Legendary coach Prof. Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.
Defensor's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos.
Titles
- Primera División Uruguaya 1976, 1987, 1991, 2007-2008
- Segunda División Uruguay 1950, 1965
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 10 appearances
- Best: Quarter-Final in 2008
- Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances
- 2005: First Round
- 2007: Quarter-Final
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
- 1997: First Round
Kit Evolution
      1913
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1915-present
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1922-1925
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 1989 away
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60s-80s & 1993
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 2001 away
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Famous Players
José Manuel Moreno- Herminio Masantonio
- Gustavo Dezotti
- Julio Marchant
Venancio Ramos- Luis Cubilla
- Sergio Daniel Martínez
- Nicolás Olivera
- Gonzalo Sorondo
- Carlos Maria Morales
- Sebastián Abreu
- Jorge da Silva
- Gonzalo Vargas
- Marcelo Tejera
- Tabaré Silva
- José Sasia
- Federico Magallanes
Andreé González- Emilio Haberli
- Beto Acosta
- Gustavo Biscayzacú
- Darío Silva
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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External links
- Defensor Sporting Forum
- Defensor Sporting Official Site
- Fansite (in Spanish)
- http://www.promovete.com/webs/defensor Fansite (in Spanish)]
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