Estudiantes de Altamira

Altamira
Full name Altamira Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Estudiantes (The Students)
Founded 11 August 2001
Ground Estadio Altamira
Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Capacity 13,500
Owner Enrique de Hita Sánchez
Chairman Enrique de Hita Yibale
Manager Fernando Palomeque
League Ascenso MX
Apertura 2014 5th (Semifinals)
Website Club home page

Altamira Fútbol Club, or Estudiantes de Altamira (previously known as Estudiantes de Santander) is a Mexican football team that is based in Altamira, Tamaulipas. They play in the Ascenso MX League.[1]

History

On July 12, 2001, the expansion club Estudiantes de Santander announced an open try-out that was attended by hundreds of youth in Tamaulipas, wishing to form part of the club that would begin play in the Segunda División de México (Second Division). The club was officially founded on August 11, 2001. During the 2004-05 season, the club was promoted to the Primera A (now Liga de Ascenso), where they became a farm team to San Luis and later, Pumas UNAM. But their stay in the Primera A was short, and they were eventually relegated back to the Second Division after the Clausura 2005 tournament.

In 2006, the team changed its name to Estudiantes de Altamira.

It would be almost 5 long years before Altamira returned to the Liga de Ascenso in 2010. This, due to the fact that the teams that reached the Second Division championship that year (Universidad del Futbol and Chivas Rayadas, respectively) did not have the right to be promoted. So, Estudiantes de Altamira took their place.[2]

Team crest and colors

The team crest represents the important resources in and around the port city of Altamira (the anchor, the ship, and the factories). In the foreground, there is a ship's steering wheel. The navy blue and white colors symbolize the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Players

First-team squad

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 Austin Guerrero
2 Mexico DF Salvador Silva (on loan from UAT)
3 Argentina DF Javier Malagueño (captain)
4 Mexico DF Éder Morales (on loan from Morelia)
5 Paraguay MF Blas Irala
6 Mexico MF Pedro Vargas
7 Paraguay FW Víctor Aquino (on loan from Newell's Old Boys)
8 Mexico DF Érick Palafox
9 Mexico FW Jair García (on loan from Puebla)
10 Argentina FW Eduardo Dos Santos (on loan from UAT)
11 Colombia MF Juan Núñez
12 Mexico MF Julio Robledo
14 Mexico FW Ezequiel Orozco (on loan from Necaxa)
No. Position Player
15 Mexico MF Hugo Rodríguez
16 Mexico DF Eduardo Chávez (on loan from Morelia)
17 Mexico MF Luis Reyes (on loan from Atlas)
18 Mexico DF Guillermo Martín (on loan from Atlas)
19 Mexico FW Carlos Nava (on loan from Atlas)
20 Mexico MF Miguel González
21 Mexico GK Óscar Mejía (on loan from Toluca)
22 Mexico MF Juan Carlos Silva (on loan from Pachuca)
23 Mexico MF Luis Rodríguez (on loan from Atlas)
24 Mexico MF David Jiménez (on loan from BUAP)
25 Mexico DF Carlos Cuevas
26 Mexico MF Ángel Gaspar (on loan from Atlas)
27 Mexico FW Sergio Blancas

Notable players

Austin Guerrero

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome rdfut.com - Hostmonster.com". Rdfut.com. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. ↑

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