Deportivo Maldonado

Deportivo Maldonado
Full nameClub Deportivo Maldonado
NicknamesEl Depor
Verdirrojo
Rojiverde
Batacazo
FoundedAugust 25, 1928 (1928-08-25)
GroundEstadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado, Uruguay
Capacity22,000
ChairmanMalcolm Caine
ManagerGabriel Di Noia
LeagueLiga AUF Uruguaya
2025Segunda División, 5th of 14 (promoted via play-offs)
Websitedeportivomaldonadosad.com

Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División following their relegation from the Uruguayan Primera División at the end of the 2024 season.

History

logo of the parent sports club

Club Deportivo Maldonado, SAD have a history of being a Middle Men club used by third-party owners, where top flight South American clubs will sell players to the team before they are immediately sold or loaned to another club, with the player never appearing for Deportivo Maldonado. Notable players who've made this type of transfer include Allan, Jonathan Calleri, Gerónimo Rulli, Hernán Toledo, Alex Sandro, Marcelo Estigarribia,[1] Willian José[2] and Iván Piris.[3]

Current squad

As of 22 March, 2026[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  URU Adriano Freitas
3 DF  URU Hernán Menosse
4 DF  ARG Juan Martín Ginzo
5 MF  URU Lucas Núñez
7 MF  URU Gonzalo Larrazábal
8 MF  ARG Maximiliano González (on loan from Lanús)
9 FW  URU Elías de León
10 FW  URU Maximiliano Noble
11 FW  URU Guillermo López
14 FW  URU Christian Tabó
15 MF  URU Sebastián González
16 FW  URU Renato César
17 MF  URU Bruno Centeno
19 DF  URU Facundo Tealde
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  URU Sebastián Tormo
21 MF  ARG Matías Espíndola
22 DF  URU Juan Ramos
23 MF  URU Adrian Vila
25 GK  URU Diego Segovia
26 MF  URU Thiago Correa
28 MF  URU Santiago Cartagena
29 FW  URU Emiliano Mozzone
31 DF  ARG Franco Marino
32 DF  URU Hernán Petryk
33 DF  URU Nicolás Fuica
42 DF  URU Joaquín Fernández
99 FW  BRA Bruno Mendes

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  URU Diego Romero (at Liverpool (Montevideo) until 31 December 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player

References

  1. ^ Aarons, Ed (10 October 2016). "Welcome to Deportivo Maldonado, where the big names never actually play". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ Scott, Nate (19 March 2014). "Tiny Uruguayan soccer club makes millions as undercover transfer market middle-man". USA Today. Bloomberg and transfermarkt contributed the content. Gannett Satellite Information Network. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ "IVAN RODRIGO PIRIS Operazioni di mercato" (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Listado 1ra División" (in Spanish). Club Deportivo Maldonado, SAD. Retrieved 27 October 2017.