Unión La Calera

Unión La Calera

Full name	Club Deportivo Unión La Calera
Nickname(s)	Cementeros (Cement Men) Rojos (Reds)
Founded	January 26, 1954
Ground	Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán, La Calera, Chile
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Christian Bragarnik
Manager	Humberto Grondona
League	Campeonato Nacional
2015–16	16th (Relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, that is a current member of the Primera B de Chile. Their main local rivals are San Luis de Quillota.

History

The club was founded on January 26, 1954 following the merger of five local clubs of La Calera: Tifón, Minas Navío, Cóndor, Cemento Melón and Calera Comercio.

Titles

• Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B: 2

1961, 1984

• Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Tercera División: 2

1990, 2000

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Unión La Calera as of January 2016 (edit)
Sources: ANFP Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1  ARG GK Agustín Cousillas 2  CHI MF Álvaro Torres 3  CHI DF Pablo Feres 4  CHI DF Nicolás Ortíz 5  CHI MF Cristian Collao 6  CHI MF Carlos Sepúlveda 7  ARG FW Lucas Bracco 8  CHI MF Andrés Vergara 10  CHI FW Jorge Gálvez 11  CHI FW Fabian Pizarro 14  CHI MF Mario Berríos 15  CHI DF Douglas Estay 16  CHI DF Nelson Vera 17  CHI MF Víctor Cisterna

No. Position Player 18  CHI MF Eduardo Leal 19  ARG FW Federico Laurito 20  ARG FW Tomás Bolzicco 21  CHI DF Samuel Mendoza 22  CHI MF Álvaro Madrid 23  ARG GK Ignacio Lovera 25  CHI GK Cristofer Fuentes 26  CHI MF Juan Silva 27  CHI DF Mauricio Toro 30  CHI MF Mirko Serrano 32  ARG MF Germán Ferreyra 35  CHI GK Rodrigo Paillaqueo --  ARG FW Franco Caraglio

Manager: Humberto Grondona

2015–16 Summer Transfers

In

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

No. Position Player -- GK Agustín Cousillas (from Villa Teresa) -- GK Ignacio Lovera (loan from Colón de Santa Fe) -- GK Rodrigo Paillaqueo (from San Antonio Unido) -- DF Samuel Mendoza (from Deportes Limache) -- DF Pablo Feres (from Everton) -- DF Douglas Estay (loan from Everton) -- DF Nelson Vera (from San Antonio Unido) -- MF Álvaro Torres (from Deportes Iberia) -- MF Víctor Cisterna (from Trasandino)

No. Position Player -- MF Eduardo Leal (from Deportes Valdivia) -- MF Álvaro Madrid (loan from Everton) -- MF Germán Ferreyra (loaned from Vélez Sarsfield) -- MF Juan Silva (from Curicó Unido) -- FW Tomás Bolzicco (loan from Unión de Santa Fe) -- FW Franco Caraglio (from Argentino de Rosario) -- FW Federico Laurito (from Arsenal de Sarandí) -- FW Jorge Gálvez (from Everton)

Out

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Lucas Giovini (loan to Quilmes) 2 DF Ezequiel Michelli (Released) 3 DF Roberto Cereceda (to Palestino) 6 MF Agustín González (Released) 8 MF Eduardo Farías (to Magallanes) 9 MF Michael Silva (to San Marcos de Arica) 10 MF Jason Silva (back to Palestino) 11 FW Matías Castro (to Villa Española) 12 GK José Aguilera (to Barnechea) 15 FW Ignacio Jeraldino (back to Unión San Felipe) 16 FW Patricio Vidal (to Sarmiento de Junín)

No. Position Player 17 DF Hugo Bascuñán (to San Marcos de Arica) 18 DF Jonathan Suazo (to Naval) 19 MF Matías Arrúa (to San Marcos de Arica) 20 DF Diego Oyarzún (loaned to Palestino) 21 DF Benjamín Ruiz (Released) 22 FW Allan Luttecke (to Barnechea) 23 MF Akermann Silva (Released) 24 FW Francisco Pizarro (to Oman Club) 26 DF Diego Bravo (loaned to San Luis de Quillota) 28 MF Maximiliano Bajter (to Deportivo Pereira) 29 MF Gonzalo Sepúlveda (to San Luis de Quillota)

Managers

Donato Hernández (1959) Óscar Andrade (1961) José María Lourido (1974) Alfonso Sepúlveda (1984–85) Manuel Gaete (1990) Rodolfo Dubó (2000) Horacio Rivas (2001) Manuel Gaete (2002) Hernán Ibarra (2002) Luis Marcoleta (2003) Jorge Luis Siviero (2004) Alfredo Núñez (2004–05) Nicola Hadwa (2005)

Alfredo Núñez (2006) Hernán Ibarra (2006–07) Claudio Nigretti (2007) Jorge Socías (2007–08) Jorge Contreras (2008–09) Miguel Alegre (2009) Víctor Milanese Comisso (2009) Emiliano Astorga (Nov 24, 2009 – June 8, 2012) Raúl Toro (June 15, 2012 – Dec 5, 2012) Néstor Craviotto (Dec 5, 2012 – May 8, 2014) Ariel Pereyra (2014–15) Miguel Riffo (2015–16) Leonardo Ramos (2016–)

See also

• La Calera
• Chilean football league system
• Sergio Jadue

External links

• Club Website (Spanish)
• AguanteCalera.cl Fans Site – Unofficial (Spanish)