Sport Boys Warnes

Club Sport Boys Warnes is a professional football team based in Warnes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia that competes in the Bolivian Primera División.

Not to be confused with Sport Boys.
Sport Boys
Full nameSport Boys Warnes
Nickname(s)El Toro Warneño
Founded17 August 1954
GroundEstadio Samuel Vaca Jiménez
Capacity9,000
ChairmanCarlos Romero
ManagerMauro Blanco
LeagueBolivian Football Regional Leagues
2019 ClausuraDivisión Profesional, 14th
(disaffiliated)

History

The club was founded on 17 August 1954.[1] The club reached in 2013 the second place of the Liga Nacional B and was for the first time in its history promoted to the Bolivian Primera División.[2] Warnes signed to the beginning of 2014 the former Argentine footballer Néstor Clausen as new coach.[3] The club ranks 2014 three internationals for the Bolivia national football team with goalkeeper Sergio Galarza, defender Carlos Mendoza and Joaquín Botero.[4]

In 2014, sitting Bolivian president Evo Morales signed a contract for 200 dollars a month with Sports Boys Warnes, becoming the oldest active professional soccer player in the world.[5]

Current squad

As of 3 May 2018[6] 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  BOL Saidt Mustafá
2 DF  BOL Jordy Candia
3 DF  PAR Óscar Velázquez
5 DF  BOL Jesús Flores
7 FW  ARG Imanol Iriberri
8 MF  ARG Luciano Ursino
10 MF  ESP José Luis Capdevila
11 MF  BOL Edivaldo Rojas
17 MF  BOL Jorge Rojas
18 MF  BOL Mauricio Saucedo
21 MF  BOL Guery García
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  BRA Ferreira
23 GK  BOL Miguel Mercado
25 MF  BOL Damir Miranda
27 FW  ESP Armiche
28 DF  BOL Óscar Ribera (on loan from Bolívar)
29 FW  COL Yoni Angulo
— FW  BOL Carmelo Algarañaz (on loan from Oriente Petrolero)
— DF  BOL Julio Pérez
— MF  BOL Olvis Justiniano
— DF  BOL Juan Rivero
— GK  BOL Fabián Rojas

Notable managers

National Honours
2015 Apertura

References
  1. Sport Boys Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Liga del Futbol Profesional Boliviano Wrap: Dream start for Sport Boys
  3. Sport Boys contrata al DT Clausen – La Razón
  4. Sport Boys pretende alcanzar la punta ganando a Real Potosí
  5. "Bolivian President Evo Morales signed by football club". BBC News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano – SPORT BOYS WARNES
  7. Hilda Ordoñez defiende su designación como DT de Sport Boys
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