Club Deportivo Platense
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Platense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Tiburón Los Escualos |
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| Founded | 4 July 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Excelsior, Puerto Cortés, Honduras |
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| Capacity | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Jorge Canahuati |
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| Manager |  Roque Alfaro |
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| League | Liga Nacional de Honduras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06-07 Apertura | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Deportivo Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960.
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[edit] History
According to the records available, the following people attended Club Platense's first meeting: René Paíz, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, Manuel Flores, Héctor Sánchez, Rolando Méndez, Samuel Williams, Rodolfo Williams, Ricardo Fúnez , Julio Linares, Oscar Pineda, Raúl Betancourt, Francisco Maldonado , Humberto Dole, Rolando Zavala and Reginaldo Guevara.
In the first meetings of Club Platense, the names of vaious international soccer clubs were included among the choices, from which the official name of the team was taken. Among the choices available were: Leyland, Banfield, Magallanes, and Platense of Argentina; being this last one, the most likeble among the founder members of the Club.
In its beginnings, this team had the fortune to include the support of the Tela Railroad Company. The members of Club Platense where for the most part, hired by this company, while they participated with the club. This benefited them a great deal, because in addition to their salary with Tela Railroad Co. Where they received a special treatment for being soccer stars, they also received a salary from the ticket sales, as part of their contracts with Club Platense. That motivated these players, to give 100% in training, as well as in the official games.
After the Honduran National Soccer League was founded in 1964; Club Deportivo Platense became one of its '10 Original Club Members', and one of the most important Clubs of all Honduran Soccer.
By 1965, Club Deportivo Platense already possessed the great and only honor, of being the first champion of the Honduran National Soccer League. Among the members of the famous team, that won the first championship, were: Gilberto Zavala, Tomas Maximo, Ricardo 'Cañon' Fúnez, Felix 'Mantequilla' Guerra, Raúl Betancourt, 'Kubala' Díaz, 'El Chino' Hernandez, 'Pichingo' Crosdaile, Francisco Brocatto, "Care" Alvarado, Chita Arzú, León Victor "Escalera" Jallú, among others.
[edit] Second Championship
After having obtained the first championship of National League, Club Deportivo Platense, had to wait 36 years to win its second championship. The new format of short tournaments (opening – closure) disputed through semifinals, allowed Platense to dispute the championship; even though it finished second on the final standings. The title was to be fought out, in a series of two games against the most popular team of the country: Club Deportivo Olimpia. The first game disputed in Puerto Cortes, finished with triumph for the 'Tiburón' by scoreboard of 1-0; with goal netted by the Argentine Marcelo Verón. The return game, was won by Club Olimpia by the same scoreboard.- This forced the teams to go to over-time. The champion would be the team that scored the first goal (Golden Goal). It was this way, how, with goal of Rony Morales, Club Platense conquered its second championship of National League; to win the global series by scoreboard of 2-1
[edit] Club Honours
[edit] National Level
- Champions at Liga Nacional de Honduras: 2
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- 1965-1966, 2000-2001 Cl.
- Runner Up at Liga Nacional de Honduras: 3
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- 1966-1967, 2000-2001 Ap., 2002-2003 Ap.
- Champions at Honduran Cup: 2
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- 1996-97, 1997-98
Other Facts
- First Football Champion of Honduras (1965-66).
[edit] Current Squad
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[edit] Squad Changes For 2006/07 Season
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Out:
- Clifford Laing - Signed By Marathon
- Romero - Signed By
- Waltieri - Signed By
- Jose Pacini - Signed By Olimpia
Denilson Costa - free transfer to Marquense- Carlos Costly - signed by GKS Bełchatów (Poland)
[edit] Trivia
- Honduran Carlos Padilla was the coach when the team won its first championship.
- Argentinian Alberto Romero was the coach when the team won its second championship.
[edit] Top Goal Scorers
| Position | Player | Goals Scored |
| 1 |
Juan Manuel Carcamo | 58 |
| 2 |
Francisco Ramirez | 53 |
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Raul Centeno Gamboa | 50 |
| 4 |
Eduardo Antonio Laing | 48 |
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Oscar Piedrahita | 33 |
| 6 |
Marcelo Ferreira | 28 |
| 7 |
Carloso Alvarado | 27 |
| 8 |
Dennis Caballero | 26 |
| 9 |
Luis Alonso Perdomo | 25 |
| 10 |
Marcelo Andres Veron | 23 |
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| Atletico Olanchano | Broncos UNAH | Hispano | Marathón | Motagua | Olimpia | Platense | Real España | Victoria | Vida | |
