Sport Boys Warnes

Sport Boys
Full nameSport Boys Warnes
Nickname(s)El Toro Warneño
Founded17 August 1954 (17 August 1954)
Dissolved2019 (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 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Notable managers

Honours

National

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.