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sports club based in San Carlos de Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province. The club, founded in 2002 as a

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institution at the initiative of local TV host

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, won the championship the same season it debuted, beating Rojas Scholem at the finals. Bolívar is also the most winning team of Argentina, with 7 championships won. Apart from volleyball, other sports practised at Bolívar are football (which team participates in regional league

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, and

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History

The club was founded on October 23, 2002, subsequent to that year's FIVB Men's World Championship held in Argentina. The club's foundation was initiative of TV host and entrepreneur

(who was born in San Carlos de Bolívar). Tinelli called former national team captain Daniel Castellani to the project, which conceived the club as a youth player recruiter and former. The colors chosen were the light blue and white, as a tribute to the city of Bolívar's football team that wore those colors. Bolívar won the championship in the first league it played, the 2002-03 season, defeating Rojas Scholem in the finals. The squad would win its second consecutive title in the 2003-04 season. In 2006 Javier Weber became the team's manager. Under his coaching, the team won its first international title in

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. The team has used different names for sponsorship reasons, such as Bolívar Signia, Orígenes Bolívar, DirecTV Bolívar, and Drean Bolívar among others. Bolívar is the most successful team of the Argentine top division, having won 7 titles. The club also won the

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in 2010, earning the right to represent the continent in the FIVB Men's Club World Championship.

Notable players

The following players are mentioned in the "history" section of the club's official website. *

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* Eduardo Rodríguez *

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* Alejandro Spajic * Leonardo Patti * Guillermo García * Marcelo Román * Santiago Darraidou * Pablo Peralta * Gabriel Arroyo * Luciano de Cecco *

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* Juan Pablo Alanís *

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* Javier Filardi * Badá * Pezao *

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* Dalibor Polak *

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* Ronald Méndez *

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* Thomas Edgar

Managers

* Daniel Castellani (2002–2006) * Javier Weber (2006–present)

Titles

Domestic

* Liga Argentina A1 (7): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016-17

International

*Copa Mercosur (1): 2007 *Copa World Challenge (1): 2009 *Copa Ciudad de Bolívar (1): 2010

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolivar b b b