Club Social y Deportivo Madryn (usually called simply Deportivo Madryn) is an

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. Its home town is

Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn (; cy, Porth Madryn), also known as ''Madryn'', is a city in the province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia. It is the capital of the Viedma Department, and has about 93,995 inhabitants according to the last census in 2010. Puer ...

, in the

Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...

. Although other sports are practised there, the club is mostly known for both its

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and

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teams.

Football

Deportivo Madryn currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of

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, the

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Basketball

The basketball squad plays in the regional ''Liga Patagónica de Básquetbol''. Madryn played three seasons in the

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(first division), but sold its spot at the end of the 2006–07 season for economic reasons.

External links

Official website
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