Club Atlético Atenas is a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from San Carlos

San Carlos, Uruguay

San Carlos is a city in the Maldonado Department of southern Uruguay. It is located on Route 39, south of its intersection with Route 9 and about north of the center of the department capital city of Maldonado. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 18 December 1929 by decree Ley No. 8.559...

, Maldonado

Maldonado Department

The Maldonado Department , with an area of and 140,192 inhabitants, is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado.-Geography and climate:...

 in Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1era Division

Segunda División Uruguay

Segunda División Profesional is the second tier of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol league system. The league is sometimes referred to as Primera B.The Uruguayan 2nd division was established in 1942.-Season 2011–2012 Teams:* Atenas* Boston River...

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History

Atenas played only one season in Primera División Uruguaya

Primera División Uruguaya

The Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...

, 2009/2010. In fact, their debut at the second level was on May 5, 2002. That day, they played against Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division.Racing Club is known as "La Escuelita" due to the excellent players that resulted from the team, it was like a player machine...

 facing a one to one (1-1) tie.

They are the most successful team from outside Montevideo, having won a lot of tournaments in their regional league, and are one of the top-winners of the Campeonato de Clubes Campeones del Interior (national tournament for Uruguay amateur clubs).

They are supported by many people who live around the region.

Local

• Liga Carolina de Fútbol (San Carlos): 23

1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Departmental

• Campeonato Departamental de Maldonado: 12

1957, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993

• Liga Mayor de Maldonado: 3

1995, 1996, 2000

National

• Campeonato de Clubes Campeones del Interior: 4

1965, 1975, 1976, 2001

• Supercopa de Clubes Campeones del Interior: 3

1971, 1972, 1974

Famous players

Santiago "Ortega" Bello Gastón Cellerino

Gastón Cellerino

Gastón Andrés Javier Cellerino is an Argentine footballer who plays for Racing Club, on loan from Livorno.-Career:Cellerino was born in Viedma, Río Negro Province. He started playing youth football in the infant divisions of Boca Juniors...

 Derlis Florentin

Derlis Florentín

Derlis Javier Florentín Noguera was a Paraguayan football striker.-International career:He was part of the U17 and U20 Paraguay national football teams that won the Milk Cup competition in 2001 and 2003....

   Fernando Clavijo

Fernando Clavijo

Fernando Clavijo is a retired American soccer football defender and former head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and ten in the Major Indoor Soccer League...

 Edison Amoroso Luis Alberto Celabe Álvaro Fernández

Álvaro Fernández

Álvaro Fernández is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer and the Uruguay national football team.-Club:...

 Mateo Figoli

Mateo Figoli

Mateo Figoli Martínez is an Italian-Uruguayan footballer playing for the Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa on loan from Club Leon since June 2011.In June 2008 he was signed by Triestina.-External links:*...

 Pablo Muniz Larrosa

Pablo Muniz Larrosa

Pablo Muniz Larrosa is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Atenas de San Carlos....

 Richard Pérez

Richard Pérez

Richard Pérez is a Uruguayan football midfielder He currently plays for Victoria in Liga Nacional de Honduras.-Club career:...

 Miguel Ximénez

Miguel Ximénez

Miguel Ximénez or also known as "El Chino" is a Uruguayan football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal of Peru.-Sporting Cristal:...

 Fabián Yantorno

Fabián Yantorno

Fabián Rodrigo Yantorno Blengio is a Uruguayan footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Sud América.-Career:Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Yantorno first moved to Scotland when he joined Scottish Premier League newcomers Gretna in June 2007 from Uruguayan First Division club Miramar Misiones...

External links

• C.A. Atenas' Official Website