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Obras Sanitarias
Nickname	Tachero, Aurinegro
Leagues	LNB
Founded	27 March 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-27)
History	1926 – Present (basketball section)
Arena	Estadio Obras Sanitarias
Capacity	3,100
Location	Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team colors
President	Fabián Borro
Head coach	Diego Vadell
Championships	1 Intercontinental Cup 1 South American League 1' InterLeagues Tournament 3 Argentine Club Championships 1 National Ascention Tournament
Website	obrasbasket.com
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Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. 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, which is the first division of the Argentine basketball league system. Apart from basketball and rugby union, other disciplines practiced at the club are chess, judo, swimming, table tennis, and tennis.

Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, because taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow, which are the same colors of Obras' jersey uniforms.

History

Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917, by employees of the state-owned water supply company, "Obras Sanitarias de la Nación". On March 22, 1925, the club opened its sports facilities, allowing members to practice athletics, basque pelota, bowls, football, rugby union, swimming and tennis there. In 1941, Obras inaugurated its headquarters in the city of Buenos Aires, for the practice of indoor sports.

In 1978, Obras inaugurated its indoor arena, named Estadio Obras Sanitarias, and two years later, the first synthetic field hockey pitch in South America.

Basketball

Obras Sanitarias, along with the Brazilian clubs Sírio and Flamengo, and the Venezuelan club Guaros de Lara is one of only four South American basketball clubs that have won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. Obras did so in the 1983 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, by defeating the Italian League club Jollycolombani Cantù. In February 2012, Obras won the South American League championship for the first time, after winning the 2011 edition of the tournament, after beating the Brazilian club Pinheiros, by a score of 88–73 in the final.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Obras Sanitarias roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 3 Rodriguez, Joaquin 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-06-14)14 June 1999 F 6 Serres, Emiliano 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-06-07)7 June 1997 SF 9 Valussi, Luca 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-01-21)21 January 1998 C 11 Copeland, Isaac 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 PG 12 Venegas, Juan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (2000-02-06)6 February 2000 PG 13 Barral, Pedro 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1994-10-20)20 October 1994 C 15 Berra, Lautaro 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-01-09)9 January 1998 SG 17 Digon, Alejo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-10-26)26 October 1998 F/C 21 Calfani, Mathias 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 F 32 Solarin, Jeffrey 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-11-16)16 November 1992 G 33 Opong, Robinson 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-05-10)10 May 1989	Head coach Gregorio Martinez Assistant coach(es) Iván Najnudel Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2020-01-01

Notable players

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• / Pablo Prigioni
• Lazaro Borrell
• Samuel Haanpää
• Rolando Frazer
• Mario Butler
• Norton Barnhill
• Maurice Kemp
• Charles Smith

Rugby union

The club's rugby installations are located in La Matanza Partido, of Greater Buenos Aires. The club was affiliated to the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires in 1917, soon after its establishment.

In 1953, Obras won the RPRU championship, which is its only title to date. For that tournament, Obras formed a squad that was a mixture of experienced players, along with young talents that had won the reserves championship two years before, with 8 players being promoted to the senior team. During the tournament, Obras Sanitarias only lost one match (versus Hindú by a score of 11–3). In the penultimate round of the tournament, when Obras beat Pucará, by a score of 5–0, with a try conversion by Alberto Dramis.

With Olivos keeping the club's chances to get the title alive, Obras achieved another win versus Deportiva Francesa, in the last fixture, winning the championship with no sharing of the title. The top scorer was Alberto Bublath, with 27 points.

Obras Sanitarias currently plays in the Torneo de Tercera, which is the 6th division of the URBA league system. The club also has a women's rugby team, which competes in the "Torneo Femenino", which is organized by the same governing body.

Titles

Basketball

• Campeonato Argentino de Clubes (3): 1975, 1976, 1982
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup (1): 1983
• Liga Sudamericana (1): 2011
• Torneo InterLigas (1): 2011
• Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (1): 1996

Rugby union

• Torneo de la URBA (1): 1953

References

1. "Obras se dio el gran gusto", Clarín, 2011-02-06
2. El día en que Obras fue campeón mundial on La Nueva, 24 Sep 2013
3. Norton, pintame un cuadro by Gustavo Farías, La Voz, 14 Mar 2008
4. Hazañas inolvidables: Obras campeón de la UAR on club website, 24 Mar 2017

External links

• Official website

• Basketball teams in Argentina
• Basketball teams established in 1917
• Rugby union clubs in Buenos Aires
• Rugby clubs established in 1917
• Women's rugby union teams in Argentina
• 1917 establishments in Argentina