San Martín de Tucumán

San Martín de Tucumán
Full name Club Atlético San Martín
Nickname(s) Los Cirujas, El Santo
Founded November 2, 1909
Ground Estadio La Ciudadela, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Ground Capacity 30,500[1]
Chairman Oscar Mirkin
Manager Diego Cagna[2]
League Torneo Federal A
2011–12 3rd
Website Club home page

Club Atlético San Martín (mostly known as San Martín de Tucumán) is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The club is notable for its football team, which currently plays in Torneo Argentino A, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

San Martin played every season in the Nacional championship between 1968 and 1985. El Santo has also played 3 seasons in the Argentine Primera División, in 1988/89, 1991/92 and in 2008/09.

The club's most notable victory was a 6–1 win over Boca Juniors in the Bombonera on November 20, 1988. After playing the 2008–2009 season in Argentina's First Division, San Martín was relegated to the Primera B Nacional Argentina. In 2011, after losing the Promoción, San Martín was relegated again to a lower division, the Torneo Argentino A.

Other sports practised at the club are field hockey, handball, martial arts, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

Titles

National

Regional

Current squad

As of March 5, 2015.[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Argentina GK Juan Ignacio Carrera
Argentina GK José Luis Martínez Gullotta
Argentina GK Héctor Chávez
Argentina GK Juan Jaime
Argentina DF Edgardo Diaz
Argentina DF Maximiliano Martínez
Argentina DF Facundo Rivero
Argentina DF Franco Zambrano
Argentina DF Darío Cajaravilla
Argentina DF Emanuel Martínez
Argentina DF Gerardo Pérez
Argentina DF Rolando Serrano
Argentina DF Alejandro Rébola
Argentina DF Rodrigo Carreras
Argentina DF Matías Villavicencio
Argentina MF Matías Fernández
Argentina MF Albano Becica
No. Position Player
Argentina MF Matías Galvaliz
Argentina MF Emir Ojeda
Argentina MF Lucas Bossio
Argentina MF Hernán Pérez
Argentina MF Rodrigo Nieva
Uruguay MF Álvaro Brun
Argentina MF Ezequiel Salcedo
Argentina MF Brian Meza
Argentina MF Alejandro Arrieta
Argentina MF Daniel Carrasco
Argentina MF Patricio Rodríguez
Argentina MF Bruno Lezcano Rodríguez
Argentina MF Víctor Beraldi
Argentina FW Maximiliano Velasco
Argentina FW Facundo Silva
Argentina FW Lucas Chacana
Argentina FW Gonzalo Rodríguez
Argentina DF Cristian Piarrou

See also

References

External links

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