La Luz Tacurú FC
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La Luz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | La Luz Tacurú Fútbol Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Los Merengues de Aires Puros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | April 19, 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Parque Luis Rivero Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Capacity | 4,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | Alberto Grille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Julio Fuentes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Segunda División Profesional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[edit] La Luz Tacurú Fútbol Club
La Luz are a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.
[edit] History
Faustino Fernández's bar located in the village "Aires Puros" was one of the few business that had electricity by 1929, in that zone. A group of "football lovers" boys were always at the bar. Among the, there were Luis Rivero, Luis Enrico, and José Ruecco. By April of 1929, they founded La Luz Fútbol Club, they adpoted white jerseys, at first. Why La Luz? La Luz meaning the "Light" of that bar were the used to hang out and dreamed about having their own club.
Segunda División Uruguay (2006/07) |
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