Águilas Doradas

Águilas Doradas
Full name Águilas Doradas
Nickname(s) Las Águilas Doradas (The Golden Eagles)
Founded November 1991
Ground Estadio Alberto Grisales
Rionegro, Colombia
Capacity 14,000
Owner Talento Dorado S.A.
Chairman José Fernando Salazar
Manager Álvaro de Jesús Gómez
League Categoría Primera A
2014 4th (aggregate table)
Website Club home page

Águilas Doradas[1] is a professional Colombian football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Alberto Grisales stadium.

Since its foundation the team has had several names. The team has had very good results in the Categoría Primera B. In 2010 they became champion and advanced to the Categoría Primera A. The team had his debut in the Categoría Primera A in 2011 as Itagüí, being the first time in the Categoría Primera A that four teams from the same department compete for the grand prize.

The team was expelled from Itagüí in May 2014, following a dispute between the club's chairman and the city's mayor regarding the financial support received by the club from Itagüí's government. The decision to expel the club from the city was made by the mayor after being publicly criticized by the club's chairman for the scarce support provided to the club. This incident meant the team would change its name to Águilas Pereira, moving to the city of Pereira and playing its home matches at Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium, change approved by DIMAYOR's Assembly in an extraordinary meeting on July 14, 2014.[2][3] In March 2015, the club moved to Rionegro, changing its name to Águilas Doradas.[4]

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 February 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Kevin Piedrahita
2 Colombia DF Elvis Mosquera
3 Colombia MF Anderson Zapata
4 Colombia DF Carlos Mario Arboleda
5 Colombia DF Camilo Ceballos
8 Colombia MF Géiler Mosquera
9 Colombia MF Edinson Palomino
10 Colombia MF Cleider Alzáte
11 Colombia MF Andrés Ricaurte
13 Colombia MF Yonaider Ortega
15 Colombia DF Boris Polo
16 Colombia MF Brayan Angulo
17 Colombia FW Diego Álvarez
19 Colombia DF Javier López (on loan from Medellín)
20 Peru FW Johan Fano
21 Colombia MF John Restrepo (captain)
22 Equatorial Guinea FW Mina
No. Position Player
23 Colombia FW Maicol Balanta
24 Colombia DF Samuel Vanegas
26 Colombia DF Fábio Rodríguez (on loan from Quindío)
27 Argentina FW Silvio González
28 Colombia DF Jhonny Meza
33 Argentina GK Osvaldo Cabral
– Colombia DF Jair Benítez
– Colombia DF Fredy Machado
– Colombia DF Ervin Maturana
– Colombia DF Hanyer Mosquera
– Colombia DF Fabián Viáfara
– Argentina MF Matías Giménez
– Colombia MF Juan David Rodríguez
– Colombia FW Kevin Nieto
– Colombia FW Luis Páez
– Colombia FW Jairo Suárez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
– Colombia MF Gustavo Bolívar (at Cali)
– Colombia MF Mauricio Restrepo (at Leones)
No. Position Player
– Colombia FW Jesús Arrieta (at Jaguares de Córdoba)
– Colombia FW Róbinson Larrahondo (at Patriotas)

Former head coaches

Águilas Doradas coaching history from 1994 to present
  • Colombia Leonel Álvarez (July 7, 2012–Dec 13, 2012)
  • Colombia Jorge Luis Bernal (Jan 8, 2013–Dec 7, 2013)
  • Colombia Alberto Gamero (Dec 16, 2013–)

Uniform and team badge

The uniform shirt is gold with red stripes with a navy blue sleeve, navy blue pants and socks. The alternate uniform is white with gold and red trimmings on the shirt, white pants and red socks. The team badge is gold and red colors.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official page in DIMAYOR.com
  2. ↑ ""Las Águilas Doradas fueron expulsadas de Itagüí", Fernando Salazar" ["The "Golden Eagles" were expelled from Itagüí", Fernando Salazar]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "De manera unánime, la DIMAYOR autorizó a Águilas Doradas jugar en Pereira" [Unanimously, DIMAYOR authorized Águilas Doradas to play at Pereira]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Águilas ya tiene 'nido': jugará en Rionegro". Futbolred.com (in Spanish). March 18, 2015.

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