Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of

Rafaela Rafaela () is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the . The city was established in 1881 by Guillermo ...

, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional

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team, that competes in Primera Nacional, the second division of

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. It is popularly known in Argentina and other South American countries for its nickname "La Crema". Apart from football, other sports and activities practised at the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, artistic gymnastics, paddle tennis, roller skating,

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, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

History

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Under the name "Club Atlético Argentino de Rafaela", the club was founded in the city of Rafaela, Santa Fe Province in 1907. In 1915 the name was changed to "Club Atlético de Rafaela". The Monumental de Barrio Alberdi concrete stadium was erected in 1951. The club was turned into a non-profit organization in 1988, and renamed ''Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela'' ("Social and Sport Association Rafaela Athletic"). Only a year later Rafaela reached the second division after defeating Atlético Ledesma by 3–0 with goals scored by López (20', 30') and Poelman (35'). Atlético de Rafaela played in the second division for 14 years until the team won the Apertura 2002 and the Clausura 2003 to finally reach the first division. After losing the '' promoción'' against

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, Atlético de Rafaela was relegated to the second division again. The following season Atlético lost its chance to return to the first division, after losing the '' promoción'', against Argentinos Juniors. In 2009 Rafaela earned another chance to return to the Primera División via a playoff against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. After winning the first final 3–0, Rafaela lost the second match by the same score (0–3) and had to stay in the second division once again. Atlético de Rafaela fans are referred to as ''Cremosos'' or ''Celestes'', and the people that follows the team everywhere are known as ''La Barra de los Trapos'' . The club also has an important car racing circuit since 1919, which hosts many competitions including the Turismo Carretera (since 1941) and the

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(since 1983). On the 21st of May 2011, after defeating Atlético Tucumán 2–0 with goals scored by Carniello and Aldana, they earned a place back in the first division for the 2011–12 season.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either played at least 50 games for the club, set a club record or played for their national team. *

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(1988–92) *

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(1989–90) * Gustavo Semino (1996–97), (1998–99), (2000–01), (2004–05), (2007) * Gonzalo del Bono (1997–99), (2000–06), (2007–08) * Raúl "Speedy" González (1997–00) * Federico García (1997–04), (2005–06), (2009) * Lucas Bovaglio (1998–00), (2001–04), (2006), (2009–11), (2012–14) *

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(1998–02) * Carlos Goyen (1992–95) *

Hugo Barrientos Hugo Alberto Barrientos (born 3 January 1977 in Comodoro Rivadavia) is a retired Argentine football midfielder and current football coach.

(2000–04) * Franco Mendoza (2000–05) *

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(2001–02) * Darío Gandín (2001–04), (2011–13) *

Iván Juárez Iván Mauricio Juárez (born 20 October 1976) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career * Atlético Rafaela 2001–2002 * Macará 2002 * Atlético Rafaela 2003–2004 * Banfield 2004 * Ferro Carril Oeste ...

(2001–04), (2005–11), (2011–13) * Ezequiel Medrán (2001–04) *

Carlos Araujo Carlos Luciano Araujo (born November 19, 1981) is a retired Argentine football player, who played as a right-back. Career Araujo started his career with Independiente Rivadavia. He then played for Atlético de Rafaela, with which he won 2002� ...

(2002–04) * Marcelo Barovero (2002–07) * Leonardo Di Lorenzo (2003–04) * Sergio Marclay (2004–05), (2006–07), (2009–10) *

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(2005–08) * Claudio Bieler (2006–07) * Martín del Campo (2006–07) *

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(2007) * Cesar Carignano (2010–11), (2012–13) * Rodrigo Depetris (2009–2015)

Managers

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(1970) *

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(Dec 21, 1988–??)Atlético de Rafaela History.
* Francisco Calabrese (1992–??)"A cycle of good statistics", Diario La Opinion.
* Roberto Rogel (1993–94) *

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(19??) * Carlos Biasutto (19??) *

(1992–95), (1998–00) * Jorge Ghiso (Nov 12, 1997–98), (2001–02), (2006–07)Guiso is back.
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(2002 – Nov 4, 2003) * Alejandro Zurbriggen ''(interim)'' (Nov 9, 2003) * Osvaldo Piazza (Nov 11, 2003 – July 4, 2004) *

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''(interim)'' (Aug 16, 2004) *

José Luis Brown José Luis Brown (10 January 1956 – 12 August 2019) was an Argentine football central defender and coach. Most of his 14-year professional career was spent with Estudiantes, for which he appeared in more than 300 official matches and won two m ...

(2004–05) *

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(April 21, 2005 – Oct 18, 2005) *

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(2005–06) *

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(June 14, 2007–08) *

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(June 23, 2008 – June 30, 2009) *

Carlos Trullet Carlos Alberto Trullet (born 21 October 1949 in El Trébol, Santa Fe) is an Argentine football manager and former player. Playing career Trullet started his professional career in 1969 with Estudiantes de La Plata. In his two years with the ...

(2009 – March 12, 2012) * Rúben Darío Forestello (March 13, 2012 – Nov 18, 2012) * Victor Bottaniz ''(interim)'' (Oct 6, 2012 – Dec 3, 2012) *

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(Dec 3, 2012 – May 26, 2014), (Jan 4, 2016 – March 24, 2016) * Roberto Sensini (June 10, 2014 – April 4, 2015) *

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(April 14, 2015 – Nov 8, 2015) * Juan Manuel Llop (March 28, 2016 – June 25, 2017) * Lucas Bovaglio (July 10, 2017 – current)Diario Castellanos - "los Pasillos del Monumental"
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Institutional

Current Board

Executive Board 2017 * President: Eduardo Gays * 1st Vice-president: Carlos Eguiazú * 2nd Vice-president: Adrián Steinaker

List of all-time chairmen

* Eduardo Ripamonti (1907–1910) * Alfredo Miles (1911) * Eloy Gaitán (1912) * Eusebio Forns (1913) * Calesancio Stoffel (1914) * Virgilio Fanti (1915) * Ermindo Bertolaccini (1916) * Juan Pablo Fiorillo (1917) * Virgilio Fanti (1918) * Octavio Zóbboli (1919–1921) * Ermindo Bertolaccini (1922) * Santiago Rodríguez (1923–1924) * Ermindo Bertolaccini (1925) * Bernardo Strubia (1926) * Santiago Rodríguez (1927) * Miguel Villabrica (1928) * Ernesto Remonda (1928) * José Gutiérrez (1929–1930) * Pablo Comtesse (1931) * Carlos Casabella (1932) * Rinaldo Ripamonti (1933) * Juan Cagliero (1934) * José Gutiérrez (1935) * Carmelo Sáenz (1936) * Juan Báscolo (1936–1937) * Carmelo Sáenz (1943) * Juvenal Viotti (1944) * Luis Radicci (1945–1946) * Ricardo Santi (1947–1948) * Luis Radicci (1949) * Juan Cagliero (1950) * Juan Báscolo (1951–1954) * Juan Berzero (1955–1958) * Ricardo Santi (1959–1960) * Néstor Ruatta (1961–1964) * Bernardo Kuschnir (1965–1968) * Eduardo Ricotti (1969–1972) * Aníbal Alberto (1972) * David Alujes (1973–1976) * Edison Valsagna (1977) * Isidro Dellasanta (1977–1980) * Egidio Bocco (1981–1989) * Silvio Fontanet (1990–1996) * Gabriel Gaggiotti (1997–2001) * Ricardo Tettamantti (2002–2014) * Homero Ingaramo (2014-2016)

Titles

National

* Primera B Nacional (2): 2002–03,

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(1): 1988–89

Regional

*Liga Rafaelina (17): 1923, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2013

Friendly

*Copa Ciudad de Rosario (1): 2012 *Copa Centenario Patronato de Paraná (1): 2014 Patronato celebrated its centenary but Rafaela won the cup.
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Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atletico de Rafaela R R R R R R Basketball teams established in 1907