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2019–20 Club Atlético Independiente Season
The 2019–20 season is Independiente's 7th consecutive season in the top division of Argentine football. In addition to the Primera División, the club are competing in the Copa Argentina, Copa de la Superliga and Copa Sudamericana. The season generally covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Review Pre-season Brown completed the loan signing of young midfielder Elías Contreras on 26 June 2019. Independiente purchased centre-back Alexander Barboza from River Plate on 29 June. Numerous loans from the previous campaign officially expired on and around 30 June. Saúl Nelle was loaned out to Nueva Chicago on 1 July. Temperley announced the incoming of Nicolás Messiniti on 2 July. A goal from Alan Franco helped them beat Temperley in their opening pre-season friendly on 3 July, which preceded a further victory soon after following strikes from Mauro Molina, Fernando Chávez and Diego Mercado. Hours later, Damián Martínez joined Unión Santa Fe permanently; ...
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Club Atlético Independiente
() is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División and is considered one of Big Five (Argentine football), Argentina's ''Big Five'' football clubs. Independiente was officially founded on 1 January 1904 as Independiente Foot-Ball Club, although the institution had been formed on 4 August 1904. Originally from Monserrat, Buenos Aires, Monserrat, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires city, the club moved to Crucecita in 1907 and then to Avellaneda in 1928. The association football, football team achieved promotion to the Argentine Primera División for the first time in 1912 Argentine Primera División, 1911, and has participated there ever since, except for the 2013–14 Primera B Nacional, 2013–14 season, when they were relegated. Inaugurated in 2009, the Estadio Libe ...
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Elías Contreras
Elías Contreras (born 7 March 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Estudiantes de Buenos Aires. Career Contreras' career started in the youth academy of Independiente. He signed his first professional contract with them in July 2018. On 26 June 2019, Primera B Nacional side Brown announced a loan deal had been agreed for Contreras. He made his professional debut in their 2019–20 league opener against Atlético de Rafaela on 17 August, as he replaced Fernando Enrique for the final twelve minutes of a 1–1 draw. Contreras then had a loan spell at Temperley (October 2020 until the end of 2021), before returning to Brown de Adrogué in January 2022, once again on loan, until the end of the year. In February 2023, Contreras joined Estudiantes de Buenos Aires Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Caseros or Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, is an Argentina, Argentine association football, football club from Caseros, ...
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Cristian Gabriel Chávez
Cristian is the Romanian, Spanish and Italian form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname. Cristian may refer to: People * Cristian (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Cristian Adomniței (born 1975), Romanian engineer and politician * Cristian Agnelli (born 1985), Italian footballer * Cristian Alberdi (born 1980), Spanish footballer * Cristian Albu (born 1993), Romanian footballer * Cristian Alessandrini (born 1985), Argentine footballer * Cristian Alex (born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Cristian Alexanda, Australian R&B singer * Cristian Amarilla (born 1993), Argentine footballer * Cristian Amigo (born 1963), American composer, guitarist, and sound designer * Cristian Andreoni (born 1992), Italian footballer * Cristian Andrés Campozano (born 1985), Argentine footballer * Cristian Ansaldi (born 1986), Argentine footballer * Cristián Arriagada (born 1981), Chilean actor * Cristian Avram (born 1994), Moldovan footballer * Cristi ...
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Club Atlético Platense
Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink". Although the club hosts many activities, Platense is mostly known for its association football, football team. A historic team in Argentina, they won their first league title in their 120 years of existence in the 2025 Argentine Primera División, 2025 Apertura, beating Huracán in the final. History Founded on 25 May 1905, Platense played in the second division from 1956 to 1964, and from 1972 to 1976, when the team finally won its first title, the Primera B Metropolitana, Primera B championship that allowed Platense to play in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División. The club achieved cult status in the late 1970s as they repeatedly staved off relegation through a series of "last-day miracles" (relegating other teams as Club Atlético Temperley, Temperley after defeati ...
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Unión De Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its association football, football team and currently plays in the Argentine Primera División. Other sports practised at the club include basketball, futsal, gymnastics, field hockey, swimming, karate, rugby union, roller skating, and volleyball. The basketball team competes in Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top division of basketball in Argentina. History The club was established by a group of fourteen former members of Santa Fe Foot-ball Club, on April 13, 1907 after a meeting held in the Baragiola family on Catamarca street. Guillermo Drenner was appointed as president of the institution. Initially the club was named "Club United" after a proposal from founding member Cayetano Bossi, who alleged that the club should represent the friendshi ...
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Damián Martínez (footballer, Born January 1990)
Damián Alberto Martínez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Atlético Tucumán in the Argentine Primera División. Career Club Martínez started his career with San Lorenzo in 2009, making his professional debut on 3 April in an Argentine Primera División match with Arsenal de Sarandí. That was one of nine appearances for San Lorenzo between 2009 and 2010. In 2011, Martínez was loaned out to Independiente Rivadavia of Primera B Nacional. He remained for two seasons, 2010–11 and 2011–12, and scored one goal (versus Boca Unidos) in thirty-two matches. He returned to San Lorenzo in 2012 and subsequently made two more appearances, prior to leaving permanently to sign for Primera B Nacional's Aldosivi in 2013. He scored in his first start for Aldosivi, in a 2–2 tie with Independiente on 17 August 2013. In total, Martínez featured thirty-three times for Aldosivi throughout the 2013–14 campaign. In June 2014, Martínez joined Argent ...
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Diego Mercado
Diego Alan Mercado Carrizo (born 3 January 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Miami FC. Career Mercado began his senior career with Independiente, having joined their youth system from Boca Juniors. He was an unused substitute on two occasions during the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División season under manager Ariel Holan, prior to making his professional debut in the following campaign against Huracán on 21 October 2018; Holan subbed him on for the final seconds of a 3–1 victory. Mercado joined USL Championship club Miami FC Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ... on 6 February 2025. Career statistics . References External links * 1997 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Pr ...
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Mauro Molina (Argentine Footballer)
Mauro Julián Molina (born 29 July 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sportivo Dock Sud. Career Molina joined Independiente's youth system in 2005. He began his senior career with the club in the Primera División in 2017. His professional debut came on 9 December, appearing for the final moments of a 1–2 win over Arsenal de Sarandí. Seven appearances followed across 2018–19, as did his first senior goal in a 4–0 Copa Argentina win over Atlas on 6 March 2019. Molina didn't feature competitively in 2019–20, partly due to injury and the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2020, Molina was loaned to Primera B Nacional with Temperley. On 15 February 2022, Molina joined Primera Nacional club Quilmes until the end of the year.Mauro Molina es nuevo futbolista de Quilmes...
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Alan Franco (footballer, Born 1996)
Alan Javier Franco (born 11 October 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo. Club career Independiente Born in Avellaneda, Franco joined Independiente in January 2015, from San Telmo. On 20 December 2016, he signed his first professional contract with the club, agreeing to a deal until 2020, and was promoted to the main squad shortly after. Franco made his first team – and Primera División – debut on 18 March 2017, starting in a 0–0 home draw against San Martín de San Juan. He scored his first professional goal on 12 July, netting the first in a 4–2 Copa Sudamericana home defeat of Deportes Iquique. Franco became a starter under Ariel Holan during the 2017 Copa Sudamericana, featuring in both legs of the Final against Flamengo. Atlanta United On 8 April 2021, Franco joined Major League Soccer side Atlanta United on a five-year contract as a designated player. He made his debut for ...
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Nicolás Messiniti
Nicolás Ariel Messiniti (born 21 February 1996) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Delfín SC, Delfín on loan from Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente. Career Messiniti's career began with Argentine Primera División side Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente. In July 2017, Messiniti was loaned out to fellow Primera División team San Martín de San Juan, San Martín. His professional debut arrived on 28 October in a 1–0 home win against Estudiantes de La Plata, Estudiantes. A loan to Defensores de Belgrano of Primera B Nacional was confirmed on 22 August 2018. Career statistics . References External links * 1996 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Avellaneda Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional pl ...
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Club Atlético Temperley
Club Atlético Temperley is an Argentine sports club from the city of Temperley in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Apart from football, Temperley hosts various sports, such as athletics, basque pelota, basketball, boxing, futsal, field hockey, judo, roller skating, swimming, taekwondo and tennis. History Beginning The predecessor of Temperley was the ''Club de Foot-ball Centenario'' established in 1910 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Revolución de Mayo. But the official establishment of the club was on 4 November 1912 during a meeting held at Club Arias. The first field of Centenario was in Villa Turdera, Buenos Aires. The first jersey was red with green collar. In 1917 Temperley affiliated to the Argentine Football Association, the same year that the club decided to adopt the light-blue colors for the jersey, which wo ...
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Club Atlético Nueva Chicago
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago is an Argentine sports club based in Mataderos, a neighborhood in the west side of Buenos Aires, formerly called "Nueva Chicago". The club's nickname, ''El Torito'' ("The Little Bull") is an allusion to legendary 1930s boxer Justo Suárez, known as ''El Torito de Mataderos'' ("The Little Bull of Mataderos"). The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Other sports practised at the club are basketball, boxing, field hockey, futsal, handball, roller skating and volleyball. History On 1 July 1911, a group of young people aged 15 to 30 met in a public park (more specifically on the wooden bridge located in the corner of Tellier and Francisco Bilbao streets) to form a football team. The name chosen was "Los Unidos de Nueva Chicago", naming Pedro San Martín as president, along with Felipe Maglio as vice-president. The club's activities started on ...
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