Club Sport Boys Warnes was a Bolivian professional football team based in Warnes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, that competes in the Bolivian Primera División.
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| Full name | Sport Boys Warnes | |||
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| Nickname(s) | El Toro Warneño | |||
| Founded | 17 August 1954 | |||
| Dissolved | 2019 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Samuel Vaca Jiménez | |||
| Capacity | 9,000 | |||
| Chairman | Carlos Romero | |||
| Manager | Mauro Blanco | |||
| League | Bolivian Football Regional Leagues | |||
| 2019 Clausura | División Profesional, 14th (disaffiliated) | |||
History
editThe club was founded on 17 August 1954.[1] The club reached in 2013 the second place of the Liga Nacional B and was for the first time in its history promoted to the Bolivian Primera División.[2] Warnes signed to the beginning of 2014 the former Argentine footballer Néstor Clausen as new coach.[3] The club ranks 2014 three internationals for the Bolivia national football team with goalkeeper Sergio Galarza, defender Carlos Mendoza and Joaquín Botero.[4]
In 2014, sitting Bolivian president Evo Morales signed a contract for 200 dollars a month with Sports Boys Warnes, becoming the oldest active professional soccer player in the world.[5]
Current squad
editAs of 3 May 2018[6]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable managers
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Hilda Ordoñez (2013)[7]
Néstor Clausen (2014), (2014–15)
National honours
editExternal links
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Media related to Sport Boys Warnes at Wikimedia Commons- Club logo
References
edit- ^ Sport Boys Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Liga del Futbol Profesional Boliviano Wrap: Dream start for Sport Boys". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Sport Boys contrata al DT Clausen – La Razón". Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Sport Boys pretende alcanzar la punta ganando a Real Potosí". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Bolivian President Evo Morales signed by football club". BBC News. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano – SPORT BOYS WARNES". Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Hilda Ordoñez defiende su designación como DT de Sport Boys". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-16.