Club Atlético Rentistas, known simply as Rentistas is a
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an professional
football club based in
Cerrito de la Victoria,
Montevideo. Founded in 1933, the club competes in the
Uruguayan Segunda División
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.
History
![Rentistas1971](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Rentistas1971.jpg)
In 1971, Rentistas was the first team of the neighbourhood (barrio)
Cerrito de la Victoria 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
The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divi ...
and qualified for the
CONMEBOL Cup
The Copa CONMEBOL ( en, CONMEBOL Cup) was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football cont ...
1999
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.
Controversies
Rentistas is known for their involvement in
third-party ownership. The transfer fee of
Hulk 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
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Geordy Sequeiros
*
Manuel Keosseian
*
Martín Lasarte (1998–99)
*
Carlos Manta (1 Jan 2005 – 18 September 2006)
*
Álvaro Gutiérrez (2006–07)
*
Julio César Balerio Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to:
*Julio (given name)
*Julio (surname)
*Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
(18 September 2006 – 1 June 2007), (28 July 2011 – 7 November 2011)
*
Edgardo Arias (8 Nov 2011 – 30 June 2012)
*
Adolfo Barán (16 July 2012–Dec 14)
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Manuel Keosseián (Jan 2015–June 2015)
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Valentín Villazán (June 2015–)
Titles
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Primera División Apertura phase:
:: 2020 Apertura
*
Segunda División Uruguay: 4
:: 1971, 1988, 1996, 2011
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Divisional Intermedia: 1
:: 1966
References
External links
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{{Primera División de Uruguay
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1933 establishments in Uruguay