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Defensor Sporting Club is a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. The team plays in the Luis Franzini Stadium. They are a three-time national champion in Uruguay (1976, 1987, 1991).
Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions inter-nationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops the best players in Uruguay and are then transferred internationally and are world-renowned. The place of birth of numerous international players like Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Nicolás Olivera and so on.
Legendary coach Prof. Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.
Defensor's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos.
[edit] Titles
[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
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- Best: Quarter-Final in 2008
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- 2005: First Round
- 2007: Quarter-Final
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- 1997: First Round
[edit] Kit Evolution
[edit] Famous Players
[edit] Current squad
[edit] External links
| Defensor Sporting – current squad |
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1 Silva • 2 Semperena • 6 Lamas • 5 Gaglianone • 7 Souza • 8 Amado • 9 Morales • 10 Viudez • 11 Costela • 13 Suárez • 14 Vila • 16 Fernández • 17 Marchant • 18 Ariosa • 19 Ithurralde • 20 Navarro • 21 Difiori • 24 Maulella • 25 Castillo • Manager: da Silva
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José Manuel Moreno
Luis Cubilla
Andreé González
