Cafeteros Pro

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Cafeteros Pro
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Full nameLos Cafeteros Pro
Founded2019;4 years ago (2019)
Location Medellín, Colombia
Ground(s)TBA
Coach(es) Nicolás Galatro
Captain(s)Franco Giudice
League(s) SLAR
2021 6th
Playoffs
DNQ
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Cafeteros Pro is a professional rugby union team based in Medellín, Colombia. The team was founded in 2020 to compete in Súper Liga Americana de Rugby finals series of the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, however the season was cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] The team however did join the competition full-time ahead of the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season. [3] Cafeteros Pro became the first professional rugby union team from Colombia. [4] [5]

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Beginnings

Ahead of the 2021 season, Cafeteros Pro appointed Argentine Rodolfo Ambrosio as head coach. [6] The team is set to have a budget of US$330,000 for their first season and their side will be a mixture of Colombian professional players and Argentine professional players. [4] The team along with the Paraguayan SLAR side Olímpia Lions will have priority of drafting Argentine players, with there being an excess of Argentine players due to the Argentine Jaguares side departing Super Rugby. [7] [8] On 4 January 2021, it was announced that 10 Argentine players had been drafted to the side. [9] In the longer term the team is hoping to become a Colombian-centric team, with 90% of the players to be Colombians. [10] Ahead of the 2021 season, there were seven Colombian players playing professional rugby in foreign leagues: Brayan Campiño and Andrés Zafra (both playing in France), Julio Cesar Giraldo (who played for American side Rugby United New York in the 2020 Major League Rugby season), Giovanni Carvajal, Diver Ceballos and Danny Giraldo (who all played for the Uruguayan side Peñarol in the 2020 SLAR) and Johan Larrota. [5]

Stadium

The Cafeteros Pro have yet to announce their stadium or stadia in Medellín ahead of the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season.

Current squad

The Cafeteros Pro squad for the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season is: [11]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

PlayerPositionUnion
Álvaro Llaver Hooker Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Diego Posada Hooker Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Boris Wegner Hooker Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Carlos Angulo Prop Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Tomás Bertot Prop Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Javier Corvalán Prop Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Brian González Prop Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Daniel Gutiérrez Prop Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Eliseo Fourcade Lock Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Gregório Hernández Lock Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Federico Lavanini Lock Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Diver Ceballos Back row Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
José Galvez Back row Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Juan Bautista Mernes Back row Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Felipe Puertas Back row Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
PlayerPositionUnion
Marcos Amorisa Scrum-half Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Eliseo Morales Scrum-half Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Julián Navarro Scrum-half Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Joaquín Sánchez Scrum-half Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Andrés Álvarez Fly-half Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Julián Hernández Fly-half Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Juan David Agudelo Centre Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Manuel Alfaro Centre Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Valentín Fernández Centre Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Jhojan Ortiz Centre Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Leonardo Gea Salim Centre Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Alain Altahona Wing Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Manuel de Marco Wing Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Brayan Guzmán Wing Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Franco Giudice (c) Fullback Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

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References

  1. ↑ "Sudamérica tendrá competencia, se viene la Liga, primer torneo profesional". Diario El Ciudadano y la Región (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. ↑ "SLAR Suspended Until 2021". Americas Rugby News. March 17, 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Six team Súper Liga (SLAR) competition set for 2021". Americas Rugby News. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Cafeteros Pro Budget". Americas Rugby News. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Colombia has formalized professional rugby". Americas Rugby News. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rodolfo Ambrosio to coach Los Cafeteros Pro in SLAR". Americas Rugby News. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Colombia and Paraguay teams to have SLAR draft priority". Americas Rugby News. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jaguares to be drafted into SLAR teams". Americas Rugby News. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Los Cafeteros Pro draft 10 Argentine players for SLAR". Americas Rugby News. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "El vuelo de los "Tucanes" colombianos…: artículo especial para Midi Olympique". Fecorugby. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Cafeteros Pro Roster for SLAR". Americas Rugby News. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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