CA River Plate
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Signature Fun Facts
What makes CA River Plate what it is.
Mercedes Diz
CA River Plate
Mercedes even has a hamburger named after her in Navarro: the “Meme Diz” burger was originally created for International Women’s Day and proved popular enough to stay on the menu.
Agustina Maldonado
CA River Plate
All Boys was much more than a football club for Agustina — she joined at six, spent ten years there and came to see it as her second home and a second family.
Mercedes Diz
CA River Plate
As a little girl, Mercedes was sometimes stopped from playing football with the boys during kindergarten recess because teachers considered it a boys’ sport — so she complained to her mum, who went to the school to defend her right to play.
Mercedes Diz
CA River Plate
When River first wanted Mercedes at just ten years old, her parents said no because her father had left home for football at 14 and felt he had lost part of his own childhood — he wanted Mercedes to have more time simply to be a kid.
Mercedes Diz
CA River Plate
Mercedes’ first River trial was meant only for boys, but she and her sister were eventually allowed to join — and Mercedes promptly scored a free kick that caught the club’s attention.
Team Roster
The players who wear the CA River Plate shirt.
