Club Deportivo Maldonado is a
football
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club from
Maldonado, Uruguay
Maldonado () is the capital of Maldonado Department of Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the seventh most populated city of the country.
Maldonado is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs. It includes the following zo ...
. They currently play in the
Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, ...
following their promotion from the
Uruguayan Segunda División
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at the end of the 2019 season.
History
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
Allan may refer to:
People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
,
Jonathan Calleri,
Gerónimo Rulli
Gerónimo Rulli (; born 20 May 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Villarreal and the Argentina national team.
Club career Estudiantes
Born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Rulli graduated from local ...
,
Hernán Toledo
Hernán Darío Toledo (born 17 January 1996) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a winger for Estudiantes, on loan from Deportivo Maldonado.
Club career
Toledo debuted professionally for Vélez Sarsfield in the 2015 Argentine Primera Div ...
,
Alex Sandro
Alex Sandro Lobo da Silva (born 26 January 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Juventus and the Brazil national team.
At club level, Alex Sandro began his career with Atletico Paranaense, and later ...
,
Marcelo Estigarribia
Marcelo Alejandro Estigarribia Balmori (born 21 September 1987) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left winger for Sol de América in the Primera División Paraguaya.
Estigarribia has been known since youth as ''Chelo'', as a diminutiv ...
,
Willian José and
Iván Piris.
Current squad
References
External links
*
Official website of the parent sports club
Football clubs in Uruguay
Association football clubs established in 1928
1928 establishments in Uruguay
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