Deportivo Petare

Deportivo Petare
Full name Deportivo Petare Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Petareños
Founded August 18, 1948
Ground Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)
Caracas, Venezuela
Ground Capacity 23,940
Chairman Venezuela Luis Eduardo Fernandez
Manager Venezuela Saúl Maldonado
2015 Copa Movilnet, 18th

Deportivo Petare Fútbol Club (until summer 2010 called Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club) is a Venezuelan football club based in Caracas. Formed in 1948 as "Deportivo Italia F.C.", the club after fifty years merged with "Deportivo Chacao F.C." in 1998, and was called Deportivo Italchacao for eight years. The club has won the Primera División Venezolana five times and the Copa de Venezuela three times.

History

Deportivo Petare was founded on August 18, 1948 with the name "Deportivo Italia" by nine Italian immigrants: Carlo Pescifeltri, Lorenzo Tommasi, Bruno Bianchi, Giordano Valentini, Samuel Rovatti, Angelo Bragaglia, Giovanni de Stefano, Giuseppe Pane and Alfredo Sacchi.

The golden years of the team were those of the "D'Ambrosio era", that lasted from 1958 to 1978.

The D'Ambrosio golden era

In 1958 Mino D'Ambrosio together with his brother Pompeo D'Ambrosio (who managed the financial side) took control of Deportivo Italia.

Deportivo Italia won the Venezuelan First Division tournament four times (1961, 1963, 1966 and 1972) and the Copa Venezuela three times (1961,1962 and 1970), and was runner up in the first division in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971 and in the Copa Venezuela in 1976.

Deportivo Italia even managed to participate in the Copa Libertadores six times (1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1972).[1]

The famous "Little Maracanazo"

Deportivo Italia was Venezuela's Champion of the 1971 season. They traveled to the Maracana stadium and surprisingly took home a 1:0 victory. The goal was scored by central defender Tenorio.

The Caracas daily El Universal wrote that:

... the night of March 3, 1971 will never be forgotten by the fans of Fluminense, who followed the match against Deportivo Italia by radio and television. More than 26,000 people went to the Maracana. The modest Venezuelan team, thrashed in their own field in the previous match, did what no none could do for over a year, not even the powerful Brazilian teams: defeat Fluminense in their Maracana. That fateful night, Deportivo Italia achieved the most enjoyable victory in the Venezuelan national football history, beating the brazilian champion in the largest stadium in the world..

Santander Laya-Garrido, who wrote the book "Los Italianos forjadores de la nacionalidad y del desarrollo economico en Venezuela", said that since then no other Venezuela football team has obtained a similar international result. Until now the "Little Maracanazo" is the top international victory in the history of football in Venezuela.

Deportivo Italchacao

In the summer of 1998 Deportivo Italia merged with Deportivo Chacao with the new team being known as Deportivo ItalChacao.[2]

Deportivo Italia FC again

Deportivo Italia's defense David McIntosh Parra against Cruzeiro of Brazil in the "Copa Libertadores 2010"

For the 2006/2007 season the team returned to its original name Deportivo Italia Fútbol Club. In 2008, with manager Eduardo Saragó, Deportivo Italia won the Torneo Apertura, beating Aragua FC (0–2) on November 30. This gave them a berth to the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Name change: Deportivo Petare

Deportivo Italia changed their name to "Deportivo Petare" in the summer of 2010. There is an ongoing dispute because of the strong opposition from the Italian community in Caracas.[3]

Stadium

The Olimpico stadium of Deportivo Petare.

The club plays at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, which has a capacity of 23,940.[4]

Titles

Professional Era (5): 1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1999 (as Deportivo Italchacao)
1961, 1962, 1970

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Venezuela GK Geancarlos Martínez
Venezuela GK Michel Cofrades
Venezuela GK Giancarlo Shiavone
Venezuela DF Juan Pablo Villarroel
Uruguay DF Juan Péndola
Venezuela DF Jhon Palacios
Venezuela DF Armin Márquez
Venezuela DF Javier Maldonado
Venezuela DF Javier González
Venezuela DF Alejandro Valldeperas
Venezuela MF Alain Giroletti
No. Position Player
Colombia MF Roberto Carlos Bolívar
Venezuela MF José Torres
Venezuela MF Raigel Márquez
Venezuela MF Jesus "Piojo" Quintero
Venezuela MF Michael Covea
Venezuela FW José Parada
Venezuela FW José Rafael Romo Pérez
Venezuela FW Kleudes García
Venezuela FW Armando Maita
Venezuela FW Heiber Diaz

References

  1. es:Copa de Campeones de América 1964
  2. Mikael Jönsson and Roberto Lahsen (2 November 2007). "Venezuela 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. Video about the strong opposition to the name change
  4. "Deportivo Petare FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

External links

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