Club Atlético Rentistas, known simply as Rentistas is a

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an professional

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club based in

Cerrito de la Victoria Cerrito, officially Cerrito de la Victoria, is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Most of the barrio is on a hill (''cerrito'' is Spanish for "hill") on which is the very remarkable church named Santuario Nacional del ...

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. Founded in 1933, the club competes in the Uruguayan Segunda División.

History

In 1971, Rentistas was the first team of the neighbourhood (barrio)

that achieved promotion to the Uruguayan first division. They remained there until 1980. Rentistas returned to the first division on three other occasions (1989–92, 1997–01, 2004–07). In 1998 Rentistas inaugurated their new stadium, Complejo Rentistas. The club finished second in the Clausura and qualified for the

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Controversies

Rentistas is known for their involvement in third-party ownership. The transfer fee of

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was channeled through the club.

Rivalries

The neighbourhood has two sports clubs, who share a large rivalry; the ''Clásico del Cerrito'' is contested with CS Cerrito.

Current squad

Other players under

Managers

* Geordy Sequeiros *

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Martín Lasarte Martín Bernardo Lasarte Arróspide (born 20 March 1961) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender, most recently the manager of the Chile national team. He represented five teams in his country, and also had a three-and-a-hal ...

(1998–99) *

Carlos Manta Carlos Alberto Manta Berio (born 19 May 1953) is a Uruguayan Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.Álvaro Gutiérrez (2006–07) *

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(18 September 2006 – 1 June 2007), (28 July 2011 – 7 November 2011) *

Edgardo Arias Edgardo is an Italian-language form of the name Edgar. It may refer to: * Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-Palestinian football midfielder *Edgardo Adinolfi (born 1974), Uruguayan football player *Edgardo Alfonzo (born 1973), former Major Leagu ...

(8 Nov 2011 – 30 June 2012) *

Adolfo Barán Adolfo Barán Flis (born 22 November 1961 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer. Club career Barán was the top goal scorer in the 1990 Primera Division Uruguaya season, with 13 goals. International career Barán made four appear ...

(16 July 2012–Dec 14) *

Manuel Keosseián Manuel Keosseian, in Armenian Մանուել Քեոսեյան, (born 17 August 1953 in Montevideo) is an Armenian Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After he retired from playing, Keosseian became a manager and ...

(Jan 2015–June 2015) * Valentín Villazán (June 2015–)

Titles

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Apertura phase: :: 2020 Apertura * Segunda División Uruguay: 4 :: 1971, 1988, 1996, 2011 * Divisional Intermedia: 1 :: 1966

References

External links

* {{Primera División de Uruguay

Rentistas Club Atlético Rentistas, known simply as Rentistas is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Cerrito de la Victoria, Montevideo. Founded in 1933, the club competes in the Uruguayan Segunda División. History In 1971, Rentistas was ...

1933 establishments in Uruguay