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Atletico Junior
Corporacion Deportiva Popular Junior, also known as Atletico Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" (The Sharks), they have won the Colombian championship five times.
The pride of Colombia's Caribbean coast, it had a golden age in the mid-90's, when under the conduction of Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, it won two of its championships, in 1993 and 1995. Thereafter, the club owners focused on creating talent from within, and following years of up and downs, the club became once again national champions in December 2004, after scoring in the last minute and beating Nacional in penalty kicks. The star of that season was the Argentinian Omar Sebastian Perez, who earned the love and respect of the whole city not only for his great technique and high quality of play, but for the way he melted with the rest of the team.
They have participated several times in Conmebol's Copa Libertadores de America, where they ended up in 3rd place In 1994. One penalty kick away from reaching the final, they ended up losing against Velez Sarsfield, who would then become the tournament's ultimate champion.
Junior's home stadium is called the Estadio Metropolitano or Roberto Melendez Stadium, which is also home to the Colombian national football team
Current squad
As of 1 August 2007
2008 Transfers
In:
Giovanny Hernandez From Colo-Colo
Hayder Palacio From Deportivo Cali
Jorge Banguero From America de Cali
Alexander Del Castillo From Cucuta Deportivo
Dumar Rueda From Cucuta Deportivo
Out:
Team Honors
National
International
Atletico Junior also reached the semifinals stage in the 1994 Copa Libertadores de America, and was runner-up on 5 Mustang Cups .
External links
Official Web site of Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior
Fuerza Tiburona Supporter's Team Website
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