Asociación Coronel Brandsen
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| Full name | Asociación Cultural y Biblioteca Coronel Brandsen de La Plata |
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| Nickname(s) | Tricolor, El Coronel. |
| Founded | 2 March 1942 |
| Ground | 'Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo' Stadium |
| Chairman | Norberto Sánchez |
| Manager | Sergio Miceli |
| League | Liga Amateur Platense |
The Asociación Coronel Brandsen (ACB) is an Argentinian club that participate in the first division of the Liga Amateur Platense de fútbol. The institution have its sport center near La Plata and its headquarters it's located sede social se encuentra situada within the urban area of the city, 100 metres from the Square called Plaza Brandsen, at which the club lives up wirh its name. The steering committee is chaired by Norberto Sanchez, while the vice-chairman of the institution is Luis Perez.
The 60th Street club had been champion of the Liga Amateur Platense on two occasions. The first was in the year 2007 when it had beaten Curuzú Cuatiá on the last match after passionate definition. The following championship had been achieved in the year 2008 in the town of Guernica where it had won 2–1 the last game. In addition to obtain the championship, that achievement concluded in qualifying for the third time in its history to the Torneo Argentino C playing as a local in the stadium of Defensores de Cambaceres. The team to play the tournament in 2008 was captained by Pedro Verde (cousin of who was captain of the Argentina national football team, Juan Sebastian Veron).
On June 29, 2012, Juan Sebastian Veron was presented as a new player of the institution: this created uproar in La Plata. It had been since 1999 when "La Brujita" started to train with the Brandsen team in the neighborhood of El Retiro. There were several reasons that led him to accept the offer to play in the institution that militates in the Liga Amateur Platense. His cousin, Pedro Andrés Verde, was playing at the club. Another who also helped was Hernán Bonvicini, a coach with experience as interim coach in Cambaceres and as assistant of Vasco Azconzábal in Estudiantes de La Plata.
After a fantastic campaign, the group led by Hernan Bonvicini, Juan Sebastian Veron and Pedro Verde, wo the tournament organized by the Amateur League Platense.
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