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Club Atlético River Plate, usually known simply as River Plate, are an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently play in the Primera División Uruguaya. River is the merge of Olimpia and Capurro, and the kit is that used by River Plate F.C. one of the giants of the amateur era.
River Plate have won the second division title 6 times, this is a national record they share with Sud América
C.A. River Plate's away kit is sometimes sky blue jersey, black shorts and socks. This kit was adopted by the Uruguay national football team in 1910 as a homage to the disbanded River Plate F.C. (four times champions of Uruguay) who defeated the best team of the Americas at the time, the Argentine team Alumni. Thus, the worldwide known "celeste" jersey was taken by the national team from the club away kit. Before 1910 Uruguay wore several jerseys including dark blue, green, striped white and sky blue, similar to that of Argentina among others.
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River Plate's highest position was reached in 1992. Osvaldo Canobbio, Juan Ramón Carrasco, Luis Diego López and Edgardo Adinolfi were involved in the squad by those times. Nacional won the tittle based on the skills of the notable forward Julio Dely Valdes.
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As of February 16, 2008
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Sergio Markarian
