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.
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Maldonado | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El Depor Verdirrojo Rojiverde Batacazo | ||
| Founded | August 25, 1928 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado, Uruguay | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Chairman | Malcolm Caine | ||
| Manager | Joaquín Boghossian | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2023 | Primera División, 12th of 16 | ||
| Website | https://deportivomaldonadosad.com/ | ||
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History
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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
edit- As of 15 September 2024[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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References
edit- ^ Aarons, Ed (10 October 2016). "Welcome to Deportivo Maldonado, where the big names never actually play". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Listado 1ra División" (in Spanish). Club Deportivo Maldonado, SAD. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
External links
edit- Official website
(in Spanish) - Official website of the parent sports club (in Spanish)
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