Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima (usually known as Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy) is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 sports club based in San Salvador

San Salvador de Jujuy

San Salvador de Jujuy , commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands....

, Jujuy Province

Jujuy Province

Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.-History:...

. The club was founded in 1931 and is best known for its professional football (soccer)

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...

 team, currently playing in the Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional Argentina

Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...

, the second major league in Argentine Football.

The team is one of the most important football clubs in the North-West region of Argentina. It played most of the time in the Argentine second division, although has also played at the highest level of Argentine football in some occasions.

El Lobo Jujeño obtained the 1993–94 Nacional B (second division) championship, and played in first division until their relegation in 2000. After a good 2004–2005 season, in which the club won the Primera B Nacional Clausura 2005 tournament, the team returned to the Argentine Primera, but was relegated after the 2008–09 season.

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the Estadio 23 de Agosto

Estadio 23 de Agosto

Estadio 23 de Agosto, also known as the Estadio La Tacita de Plata, is a multi-use stadium in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home stadium of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy. It is named after the day of the 1812 Jujuy Exodus. The...

, which has a capacity of 23,000 spectators.

Current squad

As of September 21, 2011.

Notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club

Leopoldo Luque

Leopoldo Luque

Leopoldo Jacinto Luque is a former Argentine football striker.In a career spanning he played for Unión de Santa Fe, Rosario Central, River Plate, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Chacarita Juniors...

 (1967-69) Mario Humberto Lobo (1986-87), (1992-03) Chato Rosas (1986-87), (1992-01) Carlos Morales Santos

Carlos Morales Santos

Carlos Leonardo Morales Santos is a former Paraguayan footballer, who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.-Football career:...

 (1995-99) Hernán Castellano (1996-00) Daniel Juárez

Daniel Juárez

Daniel Alejandro Juárez is an footballer. He currently plays for LD Alajuelense in the Costa Rican Primera División.-Club career:...

 (1996-00), (2001-03), (2004-06) Óscar Carmelo Sánchez

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez was a Bolivian sweeper who played for the Bolivia national football team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States. Born in Cochabamba, he was capped 78 times by Bolivia and scored 6 goals, between 1994 and 2007. He was the captain of the national team several times...

 (1997-00) Martín Astudillo

Martín Astudillo

Martín Mauricio Astudillo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Rosario Central as a defensive midfielder....

 (1997-99) Fernando Casartelli

Fernando Casartelli

Fernando Casartelli is an Argentine footballer. he plays for Brest.His brother Carlos is a footballer.-External links:...

 (1997-03) Marco Sandy (1998-00) Gustavo Balvorín

Gustavo Balvorín

Gustavo Balvorín is an Argentine football striker. He currently plays forSan Martín Tucumán.- Career :...

 (1998-02), (2003-06) Claudio Rivadero

Claudio Rivadero

Claudio Rivadero is a former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela....

 (2000)
Franco Sosa

Franco Sosa

Franco Sebastián Sosa is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Boca Juniors.- Career :...

 (2001-06) Aquilino Villalba

Aquilino Villalba

Aquilino Villalba Sanabria is a Paraguayan football striker currently playing for Aurora in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano....

 (2003-06) Marcelo Berza

Marcelo Berza

Marcelo Fabian Berza is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Belgrano.Berza was born in San Juan. He started his career in 1993 with Almirante Brown before moving to Banfield of the Argentine Primera in 1996...

 (2003-07) Marcelo Quinteros

Marcelo Quinteros

Marcelo Nildo Quinteros is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Banfield.Quinteros started his professional playing career in 2000 with Rosario Central...

 (2004-08) Héctor Silva

Héctor Silva

Héctor Ariel Silva is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.Silva started his playing career with Unión de Santa Fe in 1994, the club were promoted to the Argentine Primera in 1996 and Silva enjoyed two seasons at the top level of Argentine football...

 (2005-06), (2007-) Fabio Pieters

Fabio Pieters

Fabio Pieters is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy....

 (2005-09) José Valdiviezo

José Valdiviezo

José Antonio Valdiviezo is an Argentine football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta in Argentina.- Career :...

 (2006-08) César Carranza

César Carranza

César Alberto Carranza is an Argentine football striker who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División.-Career:...

 (2007-08) Héctor Desvaux

Héctor Desvaux

Héctor Martín Desvaux is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Huracán.- Career :Desvaux started his career with Unión de Santa Fe in 2001 while the team played in the Primera División Argentina...

 (2007-09) Gabriel Loeschbor

Gabriel Loeschbor

Gabriel Alejandro Loeschbor is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Belgrano.- Career :Loeschbor started his career in 1997 with Rosario Central where he played until 2001 reaching the semi-finals of that year's Copa Libertadores...

 (2007-09) Diego Mateo

Diego Mateo

Diego Mateo Alustiza is an Argentine footballer who plays for Newell's Old Boys as a defensive midfielder.-Football career:...

(2007-09)

External links

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