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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Defensores Unidos
| image = CADU zarate.png
| image_size = 110px
| fullname = Club Atlético Defensores Unidos
| nickname = ''Cadu''<br> ''Defensores''<br> ''Celestes''
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1914|7|14}}
| ground = Estadio Gigante de Villa Fox, [[Zárate, Buenos Aires]]
| capacity = 6,000
| chairman = Alberto Ojeda
| manager = [[Reinaldo Merlo]]
| league = [[Primera Nacional]]
| season = [[2023 Primera Nacional|2023]]
| position = 12th on Zone A
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'''Club Atlético Defensores Unidos''' (simply known as '''Defensores Unidos''') is an Argentine [[association football|football]] club from the Villa Fox district of [[Zárate, Buenos Aires]]. The team currently plays in [[Primera B Nacional|Primera B]], the second division of [[Argentine football league system]].

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{Updated|19 May 2019}}.<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite news|title=Defensores Unidos squad|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/argentina/atletico-defensores-unidos/7576/squad/|access-date=14 May 2019|work=Soccerway}}</ref>
{{Expand section|date=May 2019}}
{{Fs start}}<!--start of 1st column for table-->
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=[[Fabricio Henricot]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=[[Mauricio Aquino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=Jaime Barceló}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Ariel Morales}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Matías Mariatti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Damián Zadel}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Matías Contreras]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Luis Olivera]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=PER|pos=DF|name=Luis Martínez}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Matías Rapetti}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Juan Cruz Ponce}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Nicolás Alarcón}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Lautaro Arregui}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Jonathan Suárez (soccer)|Jonathan Suárez]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Franco Sivetti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Matías Nizzo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Nicolás Cavagnero}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Brian Guerra]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Maximiliano Ortigoza}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Kevin Fernández}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Felipe Palazuelo}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Guido Lopez}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Rodrigo Hernández}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=[[Nicolás González (footballer, born 1999)|Nicolás González]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Franco Lonardi}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=[[Martín Peralta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=[[Javier Velázquez]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Franco Caballero}}
{{Fs end}}

==Honours==
[[File:Defensoresunidos 1969.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The team that achieved the Primera D championship in 1969.]]
===National===
* '''[[Primera B Metropolitana]] '''
** '''Winners (1):''' 2022
* '''[[Primera C]]'''
** '''Winners (2):''' 1993-94, 2017-18
* '''[[Primera D|Primera de Aficionados]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1969
* '''[[Primera D]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 2007-08

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat}}
*[http://www.defensoresunidos.com/ Defensores] (fan site). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127104237/http://www.defensoresunidos.com/ |date=27 November 2019 }}.
*[http://www.cadu.com.ar/ CADU]
*[http://cadu1914.blogspot.com.ar/ CADU Blog] (fan site)

{{Primera B Nacional}}

[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1914]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Buenos Aires Province]]
[[Category:1914 establishments in Argentina]]