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Club Atlético River Plate, commonly known as River Plate, is an Argentine professional
on AFA website, 6 July 2015 At international level, River Plate has won 18 titles, with 12 organised by
sports club
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based in the Núñez
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* Antonio Núñez Jiménez, Cuban revolutionary and academic
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neighborhood of Buenos Aires
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. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata
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. Although many sports are practiced at the club, River Plate is best known for its professional football
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team, which has won Argentina
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's Primera División
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championship a record of 37 times, its latest title in 2021
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. Domestic achievements also include 14 national cups, with the 2021 Trofeo de Campeones as the most recent, making River Plate the country's most successful team in domestic competitions with a total of 51 top-division titles.Campeones – Primera Divisiónon AFA website, 6 July 2015 At international level, River Plate has won 18 titles, with 12 organised by
CONMEBOL
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and other international bodies. River Plate's official international achievements include four Copa Libertadores
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, one Intercontinental Cup, one Supercopa Sudamericana
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, one Copa Sudamericana
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, three Recopa Sudamericana
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, one Copa Interamericana
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and one Suruga Bank Championship
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The tournament was previously officially called the ...
. Furthermore, the club has also won six tournaments organized by AFA and AUF together: five Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao, and one Tie Cup
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. In addition, River Plate's reserve team
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won the U-20 Copa Libertadores
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in 2012
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. River Plate is the first and only team to simultaneously hold CONMEBOL's three current major international competitions, after winning the 2014 Copa Sudamericana
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, 2015 Recopa Sudamericana
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and the 2015 Copa Libertadores
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.
In a survey published by the Argentine Football Association
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in 2016, 6 out of 11 players in the all-time Argentina national team had played for River Plate. The club placed ninth in the FIFA Club of the Century
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poll in December 2000, and in 2010, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics
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also placed River Plate in ninth place in a list of the best teams in the world during the 1990s and 2000s, ranking as the top South American club. Among other achievements, River Plate is at the top of the list in the All-time Argentine Primera División table The All-time Argentine Primera División table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Argentine association football top division since the first championship held in 1891.Historical table of the Copa Libertadores, being the South American team with most games won.
River has a fierce rivalry with
According with the club's official version, River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901, close to the
The "River Plate" name was chosen in 1901, when the team was still located at the
The Estadio Antonio Liberti (nicknamed ''El Monumental'') placed in Belgrano
In a research from a European sport marketing agency about the football teams with more members in the world, River Plate is in the sixth position, with 123,000 members, the highest in the
Legends of football not only had the privilege of playing in the first division of the club ''Millonario'', but also wore the red and white jersey since the youth categories. The lower divisions of River Plate, also known as "El Semillero" has always been the most fruitful of
Some of the most distinctive and famous players who emerged from the River Plate Academy
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The
The women's
The current swimming team has its origins in 2003, after many years in which the Club Atlético River Plate had no representatives in the national championships of this discipline.
The draft to form the best team in the country was led by Professor Rodolfo Sacco and had the best results that had never been achieved in the institution. The team began to form from a contractual relationship with the swimmer
Tennis is a sport practiced in River Plate since 1923. Currently, River Plate counts with 10 clay courts and one hard court. As in other disciplines, the Club stands out for its large number of teams participating in the official tournaments organized by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis, as well as having important activities and competitions for the development of this sport in the country.
River Plate Women's division reached the national title four times, being one of the top champions of the league and the first to be champion three consecutive times (2005 to 2007).
The men's volleyball team won the Liga Argentina de Voleibol in the 1998–99 season with the Brazilians Jefferson, Marcos Dreyer, and the nationals Marcelo Román, Diego Gutiérrez and Luis Gálvez and the Súper 4 in 2003. The team also won 8 Metropolitan Leagues between 1956 and 2011.
The River Plate women's football team plays in the
Boca Juniors
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. Matches between them are known as ''Superclásico
Superclásico is the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby, with the prefix "super" used as the two clubs are the most popular and su ...
'', and the two teams' rivalry is amongst the most heated in the sport, due to their local and global popularity. River's home stadium, Estadio Monumental is the largest in the country. Apart from football, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as athletics
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, basque pelota
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, bowls
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, chess
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, basketball
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, handball
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, cestoball
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, gymnastics
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, field hockey
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, karate
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, roller hockey, roller skating
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, swimming
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, taekwondo
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, tennis
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, volleyball
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, waterpolo
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, and eSports
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.
History
According with the club's official version, River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901, close to the La Boca
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neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Boca Juniors
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). The institution was formed after the merger of two clubs, "Santa Rosa" and "La Rosales", with Leopoldo Bard being elected as its first president. The name was chosen because of an incident during the construction of Buenos Aires Port: one of the members had seen how the workers of Dique nº 3 left their duties for a while to play a football match. The boxes they were working with just said "The River Plate" (the name the English gave to the Río de la Plata
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) and that inscription was taken to name the new club.
River Plate affiliated to the Argentine Football Association
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in 1905, debuting in the third division against Facultad de Medicina. On 13 December 1908, the team was promoted to first division after beating Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
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2–1. However, the match was declared null due to River supporters jumping onto the field to celebrate with the players, so a new match had to be played. River again won, this time 7–0, to achieve promotion.
In 1914 River won its first domestic championship, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club
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and its first international title, the Copa de Competencia Chevallier Boutell. The nickname ''Los Millonarios'' came after the acquisition of winger Carlos Peucelle
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in 1931 for $10,000 and Bernabé Ferreyra
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for $35,000 (Large sum of money for the period) in 1932
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.
In the following years, River Plate consolidated its place as one of the most popular teams of Argentina, and the 20th century brought much success. The club's record of 28 official tournaments saw them dubbed ''El Campeón del Siglo'' (The Champions of the Century).
Uniform
Kit evolution
;NotesKit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Adidas
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has been River Plate's uniform supplier since 1982, becoming one of the company's largest sponsorship deals in the world, only behind German club Bayern Munich
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. The US$60 million partnership with the German sports company signed in 2015 (extending the deal to 2021) marked the most expensive kit agreement in the history of Argentine football.
Badge
As in many football shirts and sports in general, the team's jersey has a badge on its front, as a symbol of the institution. When the River Plate jersey was created it did not have a badge, and its presence varied throughout the history, according to the designs of each era. Currently it is embroidered on the jersey, with three colors (red, white and black). Its format resembles that of the jersey, as it has a red stripe that crosses it, along with the acronym of the club (CARP) in black, and the background is white, in a stylized design. When Hugo Santilli became chairman in 1984, he soon called to a competition where a new emblem would be chosen. The main objective of this new image was to eradicate the nickname ''Gallinas (Chicken)'' that River's rivals (Boca Juniors fans mainly) used to mock them. Artists from Argentina took part in that competition. The club finally chose a logo designed by the artistCaloi
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Caloi wa ...
. This emblem showed the figure of a lion (wearing a River jersey) rising from the Monumental stadium. The lion logo was immediately added to the uniforms (on the field and training clothes) having River Plate won the Copa Libertadores de América
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and European/South American Cup
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using the lion logo. In 1989, when Santilli left the club so the lion went with him and has not been reestablished since.
In February 2022, River Plate launched its new corporate image, which included an update to the logo and a typography designed exclusively for the club. The corporate image was created and developed by "Grupo Berro", a brand
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ing and design studio that had been working on the corporate image for over two years.
Rivalry
River Plate andBoca Juniors
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are the two largest football clubs in Argentina, with more than half the country's football fans supporting the clubs. Due to the rivalry between them, the Boca Juniors vs River Plate ''Superclásico
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'' local derby
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as one of the most famous derbies in the world. It was also acclaimed in 2004 as the number one of the ''Fifty sporting things you must do before you die'' by ''The Observer
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'' newspaper.
Club nicknames
The "River Plate" name was chosen in 1901, when the team was still located at the La Boca
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neighbourhood, next to the Río de la Plata
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("River Plate" in some English sources). Proposed names as "Club Atlético Forward", "Juventud Boquense" or "La Rosales" had been rejected. Pedro Martínez saw the name "The River Plate" written at ship containers, and proposed it as a name, which was finally accepted as the official name.
River fans and the press are fond of the nickname ''Los Millonarios'' (The Millionaires). This name derives from the 1930s after some expensive transfers of players from other clubs, including Carlos Peucelle
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from Sportivo Buenos Aires in 1931 and Bernabé Ferreyra
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from Tigre in 1932.
Due to the red band in their shirt, it is also common to refer to River as ''El Equipo de la Banda'' (the team with the band) or simply ''La Banda'' (which means "the stripe", but can also mean "the band" -both as in "gang" and "musical group"). River Plate's forwards between 1941 and 1946 were given the nickname ''La Máquina
''La Máquina'' (Spanish for "the Machine") is a nickname given to the River Plate football team from 1941 to 1947, commonly referred by the media as the best Argentine team of its era and one of the best teams worldwide.
'' (The Machine), due to their synchronization and movements on the field.
There was also a River Plate team that was known as ''La Maquinita'' (The Little Machine, as tribute to its predecessor) in the 1950s. Managed by José María Minella
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, the team earned the nickname after winning five championships in six years (1952–57). Some notable players were Alfredo Di Stéfano
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, Santiago Vernazza
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, Walter Gómez, Enrique Omar Sívori
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, among others. Some members of the original ''Máquina'' of the 1940s such as Labruna and Loustau, were also part of the team.
Stadiums
The Estadio Antonio Liberti (nicknamed ''El Monumental'') placed in Belgrano neighborhood
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of Buenos Aires
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is River Plate's stadium. With a capacity of 65,645, it was inaugurated on 25 May 1938. The Argentina national football team
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Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...
usually plays its home games at the stadium.
Since its establishment in 1901, River Plate stadiums has been:
* Dársena Sur (1901–05, 1907–15): Placed on the corner of Wenceslao Villafañe and Caboto streets of La Boca
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. The club returned in 1907 from Sarandí.
* Sarandí (1906–07): The club moved to that district in Greater Buenos Aires
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, near to railway station.
* La Boca (1915–23): River built a stadium on the corner of Pinzón and Gaboto streets in La Boca
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.
* Alvear y Tagle (1923–37): in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. The lands where the stadium was built had been owned by Juan Manuel de Rosas
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.
* Antonio V. Liberti (''Monumental'') (1938–present): Built on the same lands where the Bajo Belgrano Horse racing
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track had existed years ago.
Support
In a research from a European sport marketing agency about the football teams with more members in the world, River Plate is in the sixth position, with 123,000 members, the highest in the Americas
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Along with th ...
. The ranking is led by Barcelona of Spain and Benfica of Portugal. In a ranking made in 2018 by the Bundesliga
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about the football clubs with more members, River Plate appears in the sixth position with 146,000 members, surpassing clubs like FC Barcelona
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, Real Madrid CF
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn ...
and Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, ...
among other football world powers.
On 8 October 2012, "The world's longest football flag" was unveiled in a caravan in which approximately 15,000 supporters took part. It was made entirely by fans who carried the 7,830 meters flag along the streets of Buenos Aires. The away jersey of the 2012–13 season was the most sold throughout the world during the month of September 2012, an achievement that had not reached any Argentine team. In 2015, the club participated in the FIFA Club World Cup
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and played against Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the coun ...
at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka on 16 December, and on 20 December in the final against FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
at the International Stadium Yokohama
, also known as , is a multi-purpose stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which opened in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J1 League.
International Stadium Yokohama had the highest seating capaci ...
. The number of River Plate supporters who traveled to Japan during that period were between 15,000 and 20,000, a record in the competition.
River Plate has official subsidiaries in provinces such as Santa Fe, Tucumán, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla G ...
, Catamarca, among others, and in Spain, Mexico, Australia, the United States, Paraguay and Canada. There are also unofficial fan clubs in all Latin American countries, and also in Spain, Italy, England, Israel, Australia, Germany, the United States and New Zealand.
Players
Current squad
Other Players Under Contract
Reserve squad
Out on loan
Top goalscorers
Most appearances
Youth academy
From its creation in 1901 to the present, the lower divisions of River Plate have protagonized splendid moments in their categories. The River Plate Academy is recognized on a continental and world level for the amount of talents that have emerged throughout it. River produced many of the best players in the history of football, including most of the institution's top idols. Its main objective is to supply players with great future to the first team and educate academically, ethically and athletically its members.Legends of football not only had the privilege of playing in the first division of the club ''Millonario'', but also wore the red and white jersey since the youth categories. The lower divisions of River Plate, also known as "El Semillero" has always been the most fruitful of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, the most important and also the one with the greatest success. Historically it is considered as the best soccer training school of the Americas and one of the best in the world.
Two players who won the Ballon d'Or
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, Alfredo Di Stéfano
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People with the given name include:
*Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...
and Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian-Argentine football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus during the late 1950s and ...
, were born from "''El Semillero''".
* Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name.
People with the given name include:
*Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...
(1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
, 1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
, 1989 Super Ballon d'Or)
* Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian-Argentine football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus during the late 1950s and ...
(1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
)
River Plate players among the 50 best footballers in South America in the 20th century according to IFFHS
Some of the most distinctive and famous players who emerged from the River Plate Academy
* Pablo Aimar
Pablo César Aimar (born 3 November 1979) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national football team, Argentina national team.
Aimar played as an Midfielder#Attacking ...
* Matías Almeyda
Matías Jesús Almeyda (; born 21 December 1973) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Greek Super League club AEK Athens.
Nicknamed ''El Pelado'' ("bald one") despite his traditionally l ...
* Norberto Alonso
Norberto Osvaldo Alonso (born 4 January 1953), known colloquially as "Beto" Alonso, is an Argentine former football midfielder, who played the majority of his career for the Argentine club River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of ...
* Julián Álvarez
* Leonardo Astrada
Leonardo Rubén Astrada (born 6 January 1970) is a retired Argentine footballer, who went on to become a football manager. The last team he managed was Atlético de Rafaela.
Playing career
Astrada was born in Buenos Aires. He played the majority ...
* Claudio Caniggia
Claudio Paul Caniggia (; born 9 January 1967) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as forward or winger. Caniggia played 50 times for the Argentina national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both r ...
* Amadeo Carrizo
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo (12 June 1926 – 20 March 2020), popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helping to innovate techniques and strategies f ...
* Fernando Cavenaghi
Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (; born 21 September 1983) is a retired Argentine professional footballer. He played as a striker who was efficient in front of goal with either foot and from any range.
He spent most of his career with River Plate ...
* Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He is the current manager of Qatari club Al-Duhail.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 19 years. At in ...
* Andrés D'Alessandro
Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro (born 15 April 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
He has played top-flight football in Argentina, Germany, England, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay. He won an Olym ...
* Martín Demichelis
Martín Gastón Demichelis (; born 20 December 1980) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played usually as a centre-back, although he could also operate as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of River Plate.
Dem ...
* Ramón Díaz
Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine Association football, footballer and the current manager of Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal. He played for Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate as a Forw ...
* Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name.
People with the given name include:
*Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...
* Radamel Falcao
Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and often captains the Colombia national team. Nicknamed "''El Tigre''" (Spanish for ''The Tige ...
* Enzo Fernández
Enzo Jeremías Fernández (born 17 January 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Argentina national team.
As an academy graduate of River Plate, Fernández made ...
* Marcelo Gallardo
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo (; born 18 January 1976) is an Argentine football coach and former professional player who last managed River Plate. Gallardo began his career in the club's youth divisions, and made his debut in the Argentine Primera D ...
* Gonzalo Higuaín
Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (; born 10 December 1987) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed ''El Pipita'' or ''Pipa'', Higuaín was a prolific striker, known for his eye for goal, strong physique, and o ...
* Juan José López
Juan José "J. J." López, (born October 31, 1950) is an Argentine football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. López spent the most part of his career in River Plate, where he won 7 titles. With Argentinos Juniors, where he p ...
* Ángel Labruna
Ángel Amadeo Labruna (28 September 1918 – 19 September 1983) was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of ...
* Erik Lamela
Erik Manuel Lamela Cordero (born 4 March 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for La Liga club Sevilla and the Argentina national team.
Lamela began his career at River Plate and in 201 ...
* Félix Loustau
Félix Loustau () (25 December 1922 – 5 January 2003) was an Argentine footballer who was a key player on the River Plate squad known as La Máquina. La Maquina is considered to be one of the greatest team ever assembled in the history of Sout ...
* Oscar Más
Oscar Antonio Más (born October 29, 1946) is an Argentine former football striker. He played the majority of his career for River Plate, and is the club's second highest goalscorer of all time.
He was born in the city of Villa Ballester in th ...
* Javier Mascherano
Javier Alejandro Mascherano (born 8 June 1984) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Argentina national under-20 team. As a player, he played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder, most not ...
* Reinaldo Merlo
Reinaldo Carlos Merlo (born 20 May 1950) is an Argentine football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Known as ''Mostaza'' (mustard) because of his off-blond hair, Merlo played his entire career for Club Atléti ...
* Gonzalo Montiel
Gonzalo Ariel Montiel (born 1 January 1997) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as right-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest, on loan from La Liga club Sevilla FC, Sevilla, an ...
* José Manuel Moreno
José Manuel Moreno Fernández (3 August 1916 — 26 August 1978), nicknamed "''El Charro''", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for many who saw him play, he ...
* Carlos Morete
* Mateo Musacchio
Mateo Pablo Musacchio (, ; born 26 August 1990) is an Argentine former footballer who plays as a central defender.
He spent most of his professional career with Villarreal after signing as a 19-year-old, going on to appear in 249 competitive mat ...
* Ermindo Onega
Ermindo Ángel Onega (30 April 1940 – 21 December 1979) was an Argentine footballer, attacking midfielder and forward from River Plate. He played for River Plate from 1957 to 1968, scoring 98 goals in 222 matches. In 1972, he played for C ...
* Daniel Onega
Daniel Onega (born March 17, 1945) is a retired Argentine football player who played most of his career for River Plate. He also played for the Argentina national team between 1966 and 1972. He is the brother of the late midfielder Ermindo On ...
* Ariel Ortega
Ariel Arnaldo Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" (''The Little Donkey''), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega".
Ariel Ortega first played f ...
* Exequiel Palacios
Exequiel Alejandro Palacios (; born 5 October 1998) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentina national football te ...
* Adolfo Pedernera
Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera (15 November 1918 – 12 May 1995) was an Argentine football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro" ("The Teacher"), he was widely considered to be one of the best world football players in the 1940s and one of the gr ...
* Germán Pezzella
Germán Alejo Pezzella (; born 27 June 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Betis and the Argentina national team, with whom he won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Club career Early career
Pezz ...
* Guido Rodríguez
Guido Rodríguez (born 12 April 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World C ...
* Néstor Rossi
Néstor Raúl "Pipo" Rossi (Buenos Aires, 10 May 1925 – 13 June 2007) was an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Nicknamed "Pipo", he started his career at River Plate, playing from 1945 to 1949, and then agai ...
* Javier Saviola
Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández (; born 11 December 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He represented both Barcelona and Real Madrid, also having notable spells with Benfica and Olympiacos, and was na ...
* Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian-Argentine football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus during the late 1950s and ...
* Santiago Solari
Santiago Hernán Solari Poggio (born 7 October 1976) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a left midfielder.
He spent the better part of his 16-year professional career in Spain, amassing La Liga total ...
* Norberto Yácono
Norberto Yácono (also ''Iacono'' / 8 January 1919 – November 1985) was an Argentine footballer defender who won six Argentine league championships with CA River Plate. He was born in Buenos Aires.
Playing career
"Pacho" Yácono was taken ...
FIFA World Cup winners
*Norberto Alonso
Norberto Osvaldo Alonso (born 4 January 1953), known colloquially as "Beto" Alonso, is an Argentine former football midfielder, who played the majority of his career for the Argentine club River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of ...
(1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
)
* Ubaldo Fillol
Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (; born 21 July 1950), nicknamed ''el Pato'' (in English: "the Duck"), is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper. He took part in the 1974, 1978 (where he won the championship with his team and was voted Best Goalk ...
(1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
)
* Leopoldo Luque
Leopoldo Jacinto Luque (; (3 May 1949 – 15 February 2021) was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
In a career spanning from 1972 to 1984 he played for Unión de Santa Fe, Rosario Central, River Plate, Racing Club de ...
(1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
)
* Oscar Ortiz (1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
)
* Daniel Passarella
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
(Captain 1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
, DNP 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
* Héctor Enrique
Héctor Adolfo Enrique (born 26 April 1962 in Lanús) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder, and who was assistant coach of the Argentina national team. He played for ''La Seleccion'' in the 1986 World Cup and in Copa Améri ...
(1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
* Nery Pumpido
Nery Alberto Pumpido (born 30 July 1957) is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper who played for Argentina in two World Cups. After retirement, Pumpido moved into club management. His nephew Facundo Pumpido is also a professional fo ...
(1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
* Oscar Ruggeri
Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born 26 January 1962) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as centre-back. Nicknamed ''El Cabezón'' ("The Big-Headed One"), Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with the Argentina nati ...
(1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
* Franco Armani
Franco Armani (; born 16 October 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Argentina national team.
He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 202 ...
(2022
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)
Player gallery
Carlos Peucelle
Carlos Desiderio Peucelle (13 September 1908 – 1 April 1990) was an Argentine football player who played as an inside forward or as a right winger and is considered one of Argentina's finest wingers in their history. He is also known for being ...
was a notable forward
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* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
, playing 10 years for River Plate.
File:Bferreyra poster 1936.jpg, Bernabé Ferreyra
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was an implacable scorer: 187 goals in 185 matches.
File:Adolfo Pedernera (River) - El Gráfico 1382.jpg, Adolfo Pedernera
Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera (15 November 1918 – 12 May 1995) was an Argentine football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro" ("The Teacher"), he was widely considered to be one of the best world football players in the 1940s and one of the gr ...
was the natural conductor of La Máquina
''La Máquina'' (Spanish for "the Machine") is a nickname given to the River Plate football team from 1941 to 1947, commonly referred by the media as the best Argentine team of its era and one of the best teams worldwide.
.
File:Angel Labruna 1940.jpg, Ángel Labruna
Ángel Amadeo Labruna (28 September 1918 – 19 September 1983) was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of ...
, the all-time top scorer with 293 goals.
File:Jose M Moreno 1941.jpeg, José Manuel Moreno
José Manuel Moreno Fernández (3 August 1916 — 26 August 1978), nicknamed "''El Charro''", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for many who saw him play, he ...
is considered one of the best South American players ever.
File:Alfredo_Di_Stefano.jpg, Alfredo Di Stéfano
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People with the given name include:
*Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...
is regarded as one of the best footballers of all time.
File:Amadeocarrizo 1961.jpeg, Amadeo Carrizo
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo (12 June 1926 – 20 March 2020), popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helping to innovate techniques and strategies f ...
, whose style revolutioned the goalkeeper position.
File:Omar Sivori.jpg, Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian-Argentine football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus during the late 1950s and ...
started his career at River Plate before moving to Italy.
File:Oscar_Mas_1969.jpg, Oscar Mas
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People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology), ...
is the all-time 2nd. top scorer.
File:Daniel Onega 1970.jpg, Daniel Onega
Daniel Onega (born March 17, 1945) is a retired Argentine football player who played most of his career for River Plate. He also played for the Argentina national team between 1966 and 1972. He is the brother of the late midfielder Ermindo On ...
holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season of Copa Libertadores
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.
File:Merlo river.jpg, Reinaldo Merlo
Reinaldo Carlos Merlo (born 20 May 1950) is an Argentine football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Known as ''Mostaza'' (mustard) because of his off-blond hair, Merlo played his entire career for Club Atléti ...
played his entire career in River Plate.
File:Passarella kicking.jpg, Daniel Passarella
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
was player, manager and president of River Plate.
File:Beto alonso retouched.jpg, Norberto Alonso
Norberto Osvaldo Alonso (born 4 January 1953), known colloquially as "Beto" Alonso, is an Argentine former football midfielder, who played the majority of his career for the Argentine club River Plate, where he won 9 titles. He remains one of ...
, one of the most iconic players of River Plate.
File:Francescoli river 85.jpg, Enzo Francescoli
Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (; born 12 November 1961), nicknamed "El Príncipe" ("The Prince"), is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of Uru ...
won 7 titles during his 2 tenures on River Plate.
Notable managers
Marcelo Gallardo
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo (; born 18 January 1976) is an Argentine football coach and former professional player who last managed River Plate. Gallardo began his career in the club's youth divisions, and made his debut in the Argentine Primera D ...
is the club's most successful manager of all-time, with thirteen titles. Gallardo (appointed in 2014) is the current manager and under his direction, River Plate has won most of its international championships. Domestic titles won include three Copa Argentina
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( 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2018–19) and two Supercopa Argentina
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(2017
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, 2019
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). He has been specially successful in the international scene, having won two Copa Libertadores
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(2015
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, 2018
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), one Copa Sudamericana
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(2014
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), three Recopa Sudamericana
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(2015
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, 2016
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, 2019
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), and one Suruga Bank Championship
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The tournament was previously officially called the ...
(2015
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). Several of these championship wins included memorable victories against archrivals Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
.
Ramón Díaz
Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine Association football, footballer and the current manager of Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal. He played for Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate as a Forw ...
had three tenures on River Plate (1995–2000, 2001–02, and 2012–14), being the club's most successful manager in the domestic scene, having achieved six Primera División
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titles ( 1996–97 Torneo Apertura, 1996–97 Torneo Clausura, 1997–98 Torneo Apertura, 1999–2000 Torneo Apertura, 2001–02 Torneo Clausura, 2013–14 Torneo Final) and one Copa Campeonato (2014
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); internationally, he won the Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
(1996
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) and one Supercopa Libertadores
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(1997
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).
José María Minella
José María Minella (1909–1981) was an Argentine football player and manager. He played for and managed Argentina's national team.
Club career
A midfielder, Minella started playing at local club Independiente of Mar del Plata. On 23 August ...
was another notable manager with eight titles won with River Plate, seven Primera División championships (1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
, 1947
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Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
, 1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
, 1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, 1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
, 1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
, 1957
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) and one Copa Dr. Ricardo Aldao (1947).
Ángel Labruna
Ángel Amadeo Labruna (28 September 1918 – 19 September 1983) was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of ...
had an outstanding career not only as player (he is club's all-time topscorer with 293 goals in 515 matches played), but as coach for the club, having won six Primera División championships ( 1975 Torneo Metropolitano, 1975 Torneo Nacional, 1977 Torneo Metropolitano, 1979 Torneo Nacional, 1979 Torneo Metropolitano, and 1980 Torneo Metropolitano).
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
won the Copa Libertadores de América
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with River Plate, in 1986
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Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
. That same year the team won the European/South American Cup
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played in Tokyo. Under his coaching the club also won the 1985–86 Argentine championship, totalizing three titles with River Plate.
Honours
Friendly international
*Supercopa Euroamericana
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Youth international
*U-20 Copa Libertadores
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(1): 2012
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Friendly
* Torneo Internacional Nocturno (1944) * Copa Tres Ciudades (1947) * Torneo Triangular (1962) *Copa Ciudad de Bogota (1964) * Feria de Cali (1965) *Copa Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1969) * Torneo Villa de Madrid (1978) * Torneo de Campeones (1979) * Torneo Cuadrangular Rosa de Oro de Querétaro (1985) * Copa 85th Aniversario (1986) * Copa Misiones (1986) * Copa Trasandina (1992) * Triangular Internacional Sodimac (2022) ;NotesOther sports
Basketball
The basketball
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team currently plays in the Torneo Federal de Básquetbol. In 1950, the first FIBA World Championship was played in Buenos Aires and Argentina
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claimed the gold medal with 3 River Plate players: Alberto López, Leopoldo Contarbio
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In 1948 he was a member of the Ar ...
and Vito Liva. The club won a Campeonato Argentino
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title in 1983, and finished in the 2nd place in the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol
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in 1984.
The last edition of the Campeonato Argentino was held in that year, and River Plate was defeated in the finals, then playing at its successor competition, Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
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, between 1985–93 and 2004–06. The team reached the finals in 1988, and for the 1989 and 1990 seasons, Héctor Campana
Héctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana Marcomini (born November 10, 1964) is an Argentine former basketball player and former vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party from 2007 to 2011. At club level, Campana won 7 times ...
became the top scorer of the LNB, playing for River Plate. The team also achieved 2nd place in 2004 and 2005 editions of Copa Argentina. Since 2014, after eight years of absence in professional basketball, River Plate returned to national tournaments playing the CABB Federal Basketball Tournament.
Field hockey
The women's field hockey
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team is affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association
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Urban sprawl (a ...
(AHBA) and currently playing in Torneo Metropolitano A, the top division of regional hockey in Argentina.
In 2016, the squad (nicknamed ''Las Vikingas'') won its first Metropolitano
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championship after beating Ciudad de Buenos Aires
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by 3–2 at the final.
In 2017, ''Las Vikingas'' won their third consecutive Hockey National League after defeating Club Italiano
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by 2–0 at the final, thus becoming one of the two clubs with most titles at the national tournament.
Two players from River Plate, Lucina von der Heyde
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She was part of the Argentine team at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jog ...
and Bianca Donati
Bianca Donati (born 5 June 1995) is an Argentine field hockey
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, who were Junior World Champions in Chile 2016, made their debut in a world cup in London 2018. Von der Heyde was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year.
Futsal
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team plays in the Argentine División de Honor. The team won three championships in 1991, 2002 and 2003, and two Copa Argentina de Futsal in 2016 and 2017. The team also achieved a third place in the Copa Libertadores de Futsal
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in 2013.
Handball
River is one of the founding clubs of the Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano (Fe.Me.Bal.) and it is also the institution that won more championships in local history. All these titles have been obtained in the metropolitan and national levels, either in Metropolitan, Aperturas, Clausuras, Super 4 or Nacionales Tournaments, or the Federal League. The men's team won 32 domestic titles and the gold medal in theSouth American Men's Club Handball Championship
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in 1984. The team also achieved 2 Bronze medals in the same competition and 4 Bronze medals in the Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship
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. The women's team won 9 national titles, and the silver medal in the South American Women's Club Handball Championship in 1984 and the bronze medal in 1987.
The more prominent players in the club's history are Guillermo Till, Claudio Straffe, Freddy Ambrosini, Gabriel Canzoniero and Juan Ojea.
Swimming
The current swimming team has its origins in 2003, after many years in which the Club Atlético River Plate had no representatives in the national championships of this discipline.
The draft to form the best team in the country was led by Professor Rodolfo Sacco and had the best results that had never been achieved in the institution. The team began to form from a contractual relationship with the swimmer José Meolans
José Martin Meolans (born June 22, 1978 in Córdoba) is a freestyle swimmer from Argentina, who won the world title in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
A year later he won 100m freesty ...
, one of the Argentine swimmers with most titles won.
Many high-level swimmers, trained in other institutions began to approach to be part of what would be the best team in the country for the coming years.
Other swimmers from River Plate who represented Argentina in the Olympics include Meolans himself, Georgina Bardach
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, Eduardo Germán Otero, Walter Arciprete, Agustín Fiorilli
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, María del Pilar Pereyra
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, Juan Pereyra
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He has represented Argentina at three consecutive Summer Olympics.
, He has represented Argentina at three consecutive Summer Olympics.
Damián Blaum
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, Javiera Salcedo
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, Pablo Martín Abal, Cecilia Biagioli
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.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport practiced in River Plate since 1923. Currently, River Plate counts with 10 clay courts and one hard court. As in other disciplines, the Club stands out for its large number of teams participating in the official tournaments organized by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis, as well as having important activities and competitions for the development of this sport in the country.
Gabriela Sabatini
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, who is considered the best Argentine women's tennis player in history and an icon in national women's sport, began practicing at River at age 6, under the direction of Professor Daniel Fidalgo, with whom she trained for seven years. When she was 12 years old, she participated in the Mundialito Infantil de Caracas, winning the competition, and ratifying once again the talent she had already shown during his participation in metropolitan and national children's tournaments.
Volleyball
River Plate Women's division reached the national title four times, being one of the top champions of the league and the first to be champion three consecutive times (2005 to 2007).
The men's volleyball team won the Liga Argentina de Voleibol in the 1998–99 season with the Brazilians Jefferson, Marcos Dreyer, and the nationals Marcelo Román, Diego Gutiérrez and Luis Gálvez and the Súper 4 in 2003. The team also won 8 Metropolitan Leagues between 1956 and 2011.
Women's Football
The River Plate women's football team plays in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino
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and have won the championship 11 times of which five were in succession from 1993 to 1997. The team achieved the third place in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina
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.
Other
In addition to the mentioned sports, River Plate's sections includeartistic gymnastics
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, artistic roller skating
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, athletics
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, basque pelota
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, boxing
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, bowls
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, chess
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, karate
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, rhythmic gymnastics
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, roller hockey, taekwondo
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, table tennis
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and waterpolo
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.
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