Atlético Chalaco
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| Full name | Club Atlético Chalaco |
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| Nickname(s) | El Leon Porteño (The Port Lion), La Furia Chalaca, El Ballet Porteño |
| Founded | 9 June 1902 |
| Ground | Estadio Telmo Carbajo, Callao |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Chairman | Pablo Camacho Rodríguez |
| Manager | Cristobal Suárez |
| League | Copa Perú |
| 2008 | Eliminated in Regional Stage |
Atlético Chalaco is a Peruvian football club.
The club was founded on 9 June 1902 by young students of the Instituto Chalaco in the Marco Polo Nº 19 street, house of the captain Mr. Federico Rincón, father of one of the student founders. His first President was Cesar Rivera, who at the same time was the captain of the team and he was appointed like Honorary President to August Cazorla, director of the Institute. Very fast the club conquer the affection of the Callao leaving indelible testimonies through many generations who won the triumphs that helped the contact and development of the town. He is known popularly as the León Porteño and the "Decano del Futbol Porteño".
Its debut was a 24 September of the year 1902, facing to the Sport Victoria, winning Chalaco for 1–0. Little by little went emphasizing among the clubs of the Callao of that epoch beginning to compete against the Lima clubs in some encounters that even they finished in pitched battle. The first National Olympic was carried out by the year 1917, and in the Championship of soccer was imposed as unbeaten, obtaining as prize a great shield that was exhibited in its old localities of the (Today Av. Sáenz Peña) counting in its rows with some of the most representative players of the epoch as Telmo Carbajo and Claudio Martínez.
On 7 September 1924, forming a combined with the club Unión Buenos Aires, rout to the Uruguayan selection for 1 to 0, in a historic match set against the Uruguayans. They emphasized in said match the players: Enrique Álvarez, Alfonso "El sereno" Saldarriaga, Antonio Maquilón, Faustino Mustafich, José "Patuto" Arana, Enrique Salas, Félix Muñoz, Esteban Dagnino, Manolo Puente and Juan Sudman.
In 1928 it becomes the first Peruvian team that travel to Quillota – Chile to play a home run of soccer, before the teams of San Luis, Santiago Wanderers, Colo-Colo and others, in order to curing injuries on the War of the Pacific between both countries and of 8 matches that maintains with the main teams, alone loses one in his début front upon Colo-Colo.
In 1930, the club is consecrated like Champion of the Peruvian Soccer upon conquering to the Alianza Lima for 2–1 in the last date, they played for the team: Enrique Álvarez; P.Ureta, Martínez, Enrique Salas, Juan Rivero, Faustino Mustafich, José Arana, Miñán, Miguel Rostaing, Manolo Puente and Miguel Arana.
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