Obras Sanitarias
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| Obras Sanitarias logo | |||
| Nickname | Tachero | ||
| Leagues | Liga Nacional de Básquetbol | ||
| Founded | March 27, 1917 | ||
| History | 1926 – present | ||
| Arena | Estadio Obras Sanitarias | ||
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Team colors | Black and Gold | ||
| President | Fabián Borro | ||
| Head coach | Julio Lamas | ||
| Championships | 3 Campeonato Argentino de Clubes 1 Intercontinental Cup | ||
| Website | www.clubosn.com.ar | ||
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Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is a sports club located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the first division of the Argentine basketball league system.
Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, due to taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow (the same colors that Obras' jersey uniform).
History
Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917 by employees of the state enterprise Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (translatable in English to "Sanitation Works of the Nation"). In 1978, Obras inaugurated the indoor arena Estadio Obras Sanitarias and, two years later, the first synthetic field hockey pitch in South America.
Obras Sanitarias, along Brazilian Esporte Clube Sírio, were the only two South American team that won the Intercontinental Cup. Obras did so in 1983, defeating Italian Jollycolombani Cantù.
Other sports
Apart from basketball, other disciplines practised at the club are rugby union, field hockey, swimming, tennis, volleyball and chess.
Current roster
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- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
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Iván Najnudel
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
Injured
Updated: 2010-12-02
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Notable former players
- Alejandro Alloatti
- Sergio Aispurua
- Horacio Beigier
- Luis Cequeira
- Luciano González
- Carlos Schattmann
Uka Agbai
William McFarlan
External links
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