Club Deportivo Coronel Bolognesi is a

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vian

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club located in the city of

Tacna Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland f ...

. Originally founded on 18 October 1929, It was named after

Francisco Bolognesi Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes (4 November 1816 – 7 June 1880) was a Peruvian military colonel. He is considered a national hero in Peru and was declared patron of the Army of Peru by the government of Peru on 2 January 1951. Early life and ...

. Years later, a second branch of the club called Club Sport Bolito, was founded on 27 May 1998. The club quickly surpassed its older counterpart's achievements and, following its success in

2001 Copa Perú The 2001 Copa Perú season (), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football. The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout ...

, the president's club Elena Martorell (Fernando Martorell's sister, then president of CD Coronel Bolognesi), decided to change the club's name to Coronel Bolognesi Fútbol Club, in order to further identify both clubs's identities and share their successes. The identity confusion escalated since Coronel Bolognesi FC's international performances in the 2000s and 2010s, and hence generated much controversy about whether they're the same club or not.

Rivalries

Coronel Bolognesi has had a long-standing rivalry with Alfonso Ugarte (Tacna) and Mariscal Miller.

Stadium

Coronel Bolognesi play their home games at the

Estadio Jorge Basadre The Estadio Jorge Basadre, previously known as the Estadio Modelo, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tacna, Peru named after historian Jorge Basadre. It is currently used as a football stadium in the Copa Perú by Coronel Bolognesi and Bentín Tacna ...

, located in the city of

Historic Badges

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Notable players

Peruvian players * Gerardo Baigorria *

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* Juan Cominges * Paul Cominges *

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* Miguel Mostto * Diego Penny * Luis Ramírez * Junior Ross * Johan Vásquez * David Soria Yoshinari Foreign players * Federico Martorell * José Andrés Bilibio * Masakatsu Sawa * Miguel Ostersen

Honours

Senior titles

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 1 appearance ::2008: First Round *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

: 3 appearances ::2004: Preliminary Round ::2006: First Round ::2007: First Round

References

External links

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