Club Sportivo Italiano is a football club located in Ciudad Evita

Ciudad Evita

Ciudad Evita is a city in La Matanza Partido, within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. Ciudad Evita currently has about 70,000 inhabitants, and is situated about 20 kilometers from Downtown Buenos Aires and 6 kilometers from Ministro Pistarini International Airport...

, La Matanza Partido

La Matanza Partido

La Matanza is a partido located in the Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina....

, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana

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 third level of the Argentine Football Association

Argentine Football Association

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.

The club was founded on 7 May, 1955, by Italian

Italy

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 immigrants who lived in Florida neighbourhood (part of Vicente López Partido

Vicente López Partido

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, Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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). The club was originally named Associazione del Calcio Italiano in Argentina. In 1978 they merged with Sociedad Italiana and became known as Club Deportivo Italiano, but the clubs third and latest name change occurred in 2000, when it became known as Club Sportivo Italiano.

The team mainly appeared in the 2nd and third division of Argentine football, although in the 1986–87 played its only season in the Argentine top flight

Primera División Argentina

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. Despite finishing bottom of the league and being relegated, this was its highest league finish ever.

Current Squad 2011/12

Notable players

Agustín De La Canal

Agustín De La Canal

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 Ricardo Caruso Lombardi

Ricardo Caruso Lombardi

Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi is a football coach. He is currently manager for the Argentine side Quilmes Atlético Club.-Playing career:Lombardi started his playing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1981...

 Alejandro Lanari

Alejandro Lanari

Alejandro Fabio Lanari is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper. He was born on May 2, 1960, in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played for several clubs in Argentina and UANL Tigres in Mexico....

 Emerson Panigutti

Emerson Panigutti

Emerson Panigutti is an Argentine football striker who plays for Olimpo in the Argentine Primera División.Panigutti is a classic example of the international journeyman footballer.He has played for 14 different teams in 8 different countries.-Career:After 12 years playing abroad and in the lower...

 Jose Luis Pochettino

Jose Luis Pochettino

José Luis Pochettino is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a striker.-Football career:During his early career, Pochettino played for hometown's Talleres de Córdoba...

 Mario Saccone

Mario Saccone

Mario Saccone is a Argentine footballer currently playing for Sportivo Italiano of the Primera B Metropolitana in Argentina....

 Leonardo Bordad

Leonardo Bordad

Leonardo Bordad is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Sportivo Italiano of the Primera B Metropolitana in Argentina....

 Claudio Flores

Claudio Flores

Claudio Sebastián Flores is an Uruguayan football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Rentistas in Segunda División Uruguay.Flores started his professional career with Peñarol in 1995...

Titles

• Primera B
  Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
  
  : 3

1986, 1995-96, 2008–09

• Primera C
  Primera C Metropolitana
  The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
  
  : 2

1962, 1974

• Primera D
  Primera D Metropolitana
  The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....
  
  : 1

1960

External links

Official Website Mundo Azzurro