CD Veracruz
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Veracruz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Tiburones Rojos (Red Sharks) |
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| Founded | 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente, Veracruz, Ver., Mexico |
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| Capacity | 47,470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Eduardo Césarman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Victor Manuel Vucetich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera División de México | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apertura 2006 | 9th (wildcard playoffs) 9th (league) 3rd (group - wildcard) |
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Club Deportivo Veracruz, also known as Veracruz, is a Mexican professional football club. Veracruz plays in the Primera División de México. The club was founded in 1943. Their nickname "tiburones rojos" means red sharks.
Notable players have included Adolfo Ríos, Luís de la Fuente, Jorge Alberto Comas Romero, Cuauhtémoc Blanco and René Higuita.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official Site
- Unofficial Site
[edit] Current roster
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[edit] Squad Changes for Apertura 2006 season
In:
Cirilo Saucedo - signed from Dorados de Sinaloa- Ivan Estrada - signed from Dorados de Sinaloa
- Jaime Ruíz - signed from Dorados de Sinaloa
- Hugo García - signed from Dorados de Sinaloa
- David Mendoza - signed from Dorados de Sinaloa
- Alonso Sandoval - signed from Chivas de Guadalajara
- Marinho Ledesma - signed from Pachuca
Tressor Moreno - signed from Necaxa
Héctor Mancilla - signed from Colo Colo
Israel Damonte - signed from Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
Mauricio Victorino - signed from Defensor Sporting- Oscar Razo - signed from Irapuato
- Enrique Badillo - signed from Pachuca
- Hugo Chávez - signed from Puebla
- Carlos Zamora - signed from Monterrey
- Martin Arzuaga - signed from Juniors de Barranquilla
Out:
- Mario Rosales - returns to UAG Tecos
- Martín Calderón - transfer to Atlante
- Pablo Granoche - returns to CD Toluca
- Joaquín Reyes - returns to Santos Laguna
- Hiber Ruiz - returns to Coatzacoalcos
- Gustavo Biscayzacu - transfer to Atlante
- Pablo Quatrocchi - to San Lorenzo
- Rodrigo Valenzuela - to N/A
Oscar Rojas - transfer to Jaguares- Manuel Vidrio -to N/A
- Francisco Bravo - transfer to UAG Tecos
| Primera División de México |
| América | Atlante | Atlas | Chivas | Cruz Azul | Jaguares | Morelia | Monterrey | Necaxa Pachuca | Queretaro | San Luis | Santos | Tecos | Tigres | Toluca | UNAM | Veracruz |
