Defensores Unidos

Club Atlético Defensores Unidos (simply known as Defensores Unidos) is an Argentine football club from the Villa Fox district of Zárate, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B, the second division of Argentine football league system.

Defensores Unidos

Full name	Club Atlético Defensores Unidos
Nickname(s)	Cadu Defensores Celestes
Founded	14 July 1914; 110 years ago (1914-07-14)
Ground	Estadio Gigante de Villa Fox, Zárate, Buenos Aires
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Alberto Ojeda
Manager	Reinaldo Merlo
League	Primera Nacional
2023	12th on Zone A
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

As of 19 May 2019.^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ARG Fabricio Henricot — GK  ARG Mauricio Aquino — GK  ARG Jaime Barceló — DF  ARG Ariel Morales — DF  ARG Matías Mariatti — DF  ARG Damián Zadel — DF  ARG Matías Contreras — DF  ARG Luis Olivera — DF  PER Luis Martínez — DF  ARG Matías Rapetti — DF  ARG Juan Cruz Ponce — DF  ARG Nicolás Alarcón — DF  ARG Lautaro Arregui — MF  USA Jonathan Suárez

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Franco Sivetti — MF  ARG Matías Nizzo — MF  ARG Nicolás Cavagnero — MF  ARG Brian Guerra — MF  ARG Maximiliano Ortigoza — MF  PAR Kevin Fernández — MF  ARG Felipe Palazuelo — MF  ARG Guido Lopez — FW  ARG Rodrigo Hernández — FW  ARG Nicolás González — FW  ARG Franco Lonardi — FW  ARG Martín Peralta — FW  ARG Javier Velázquez (captain) — FW  ARG Franco Caballero

Honours

The team that achieved the Primera D championship in 1969.

National

• Primera B Metropolitana
  • Winners (1): 2022
• Primera C
  • Winners (2): 1993-94, 2017-18
• Primera de Aficionados
  • Winners (1): 1969
• Primera D
  • Winners (1): 2007-08

References

1. "Defensores Unidos squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

External links

• Defensores (fan site) Archived 27 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• CADU
• CADU Blog (fan site)