Club Atlético Valladolid

Club Atlético Valladolid is a Mexican football club that plays in the Tercera División de México. The club is based in Morelia, Michoacán and was founded in 1979.[2]

Atlético Valladolid
Full nameClub Atlético Valladolid
Nickname(s)Panteras (Panthers)
Founded1959, 2016
Dissolved1983
GroundComplejo Deportivo Bicentenario,[1] Morelia, Michoacán
Capacity1,000
OwnerPromotora Deportiva Valladolid
ChairmanJosé Alfredo Pérez Ferrer
ManagerCarlos Piña
LeagueLiga TDP

History edit

The club was founded for the first time in 1959, to compete in the Second Division, taking advantage of the fact that Club Deportivo Morelia had been promoted to the First Division. In 1962 the team stopped competing professionally for the first time.

In 1979 the team returned to take part in the professional leagues by enrolling in the Third Division. In 1981 Atlético Valldolid bought the place of Club Atletas Industriales de Querétaro, and with that it returned to the Second Division, taking advantage of the fact that Atlético Morelia was promoted to the First Division. In 1983 the team suffered financial problems and sold its place to C.D. Irapuato, so it was dissolved.[3]

In 2016 the team was revived by an alliance between a local businessman and a group of former professional footballers, with the aim of turning it into a development team for youth players and seeking a promotion in the future.[4] During its first season the team officially played as Generales de Navojoa because the club got the loan from that franchise to be able to compete.[5]

In the 2017–2018 season, the team achieved its official registration as a club, so it was able to compete with that name, however, at the end of that period, the team was relocated to Pátzcuaro because it did not get the support of the government and sponsors to allow it to use a stadium in Morelia.[6]

In 2019 the club was moved to Chiapas due to financial problems, however, after was suspended from Liga TDP. In 2020 the club returned,[7] later, the club merged with the Panteras project, creating a new team called Ates Morelia RC, but using the Atlético Valladolid registry.[8] In 2021 the alliance with Ates Morelia ends and the team returns to compete as Atlético Valladolid, recovering its original owners and entering into an alliance with C.F. La Piedad, because both clubs share the same group of owners.[9]

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 25 September 2021[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   MEX Yahir Magallón
2 GK   MEX Rafael Silva
3 DF   MEX Lamberto Flores
4 DF   MEX Emmanuel Quiroz
5 MF   MEX Omar Pérez
6 MF   MEX José Díaz
7 FW   MEX Alan Borja
8 MF   MEX Lenin Ruiz
9 FW   MEX Rafael Ruiz
10 MF   MEX Gerson Huante
11 DF   MEX Erik Vargas
12 FW   MEX Ángel Lugo
13 MF   MEX Diego Martínez
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   MEX Freddy Ruiz
15 MF   MEX Luis Cardiel
16 MF   MEX Samuel Castillo
17 MF   MEX Gerardo Rodríguez
18 MF   MEX Luis García
19 DF   MEX Jorge Ybañez
20 MF   MEX Gustavo Olvera
21 MF   MEX Jorge Lara
22 MF   MEX José Espinosa
23 DF   MEX Gabriel Huante
24 DF   MEX Alfonso Tenorio
25 DF   MEX Diego Bocanegra

See also edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "Atlético Valladolid jugará en la Unidad Deportiva Bicentenario". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Clubs Plays first tournament" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Alt URL Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Atlético Valladolid renace en Morelia". La Voz de Michoacán (in Spanish). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Morelia tendrá futbol de tercera división con las Panteras Atlético Valladolid". Cambio de Michoacán (in Spanish). 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ Espino Velázquez, Sebastián (6 October 2016). "Atlético Valladolid debutará en la tercera división". VAVEL (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ Herrera, Rubén (18 July 2018). "Oficial: Atlético Valladolid deja Morelia; su nueva sede, Pátzcuaro". Contramuro (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. ^ Ruiz, Víctor (21 July 2020). "Atlético Valladolid está de regreso y va en busca de talento michoacano". El Sol de Zamora (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ Sierra, Axel (8 October 2020). "Presentan proyecto deportivo del Ates Morelia RC". Quadratín Michoacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Vuelve el Atlético Valladolid y el Grupo 10 de la Liga TDP arderá con 8 equipos michoacanos". Ecos del Quinceo (in Spanish). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Atlético Valladolid". Liga MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.