Cafeteros Pro

Ahead of the 2021 season, Cafeteros Pro appointed Argentine Rodolfo Ambrosio as head coach.{{cite news|url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2020/12/28/rodolfo-ambosio-to-coach-los-cafeteros-pro-in-slar/|title=Rodolfo Ambrosio to coach Los Cafeteros Pro in SLAR|work=Americas Rugby News|date=28 December 2020|accessdate=12 January 2021}} The team is set to have a budget of US$330,000 for their first season and their side will be a mixture of Colombian professional players and Argentine professional players. The team along with the Paraguayan SLAR side Olímpia Lions will have priority of drafting Argentine players, with there being an excess of Argentine players due to the Argentine Jaguares side departing Super Rugby.{{cite news|url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2020/12/20/colombia-and-paraguay-teams-to-have-slar-draft-priority/|title=Colombia and Paraguay teams to have SLAR draft priority|work=Americas Rugby News|date=20 December 2020|accessdate=12 January 2021}}{{cite news|url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2020/12/19/jaguares-to-be-drafted-into-slar-teams/|title=Jaguares to be drafted into SLAR teams|work=Americas Rugby News|date=19 December 2020|accessdate=12 January 2021}} On 4 January 2021, it was announced that 10 Argentine players had been drafted to the side.{{cite news|url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/01/04/los-cafeteros-pro-draft-10-argentine-players-for-slar/|title=Los Cafeteros Pro draft 10 Argentine players for SLAR|work=Americas Rugby News|date=4 January 2021|accessdate=12 January 2021}} In the longer term the team is hoping to become a Colombian-centric team, with 90% of the players to be Colombians.{{cite news|url=http://colombia.rugby/2020/11/03/el-vuelo-de-los-tucanes-colombianos-articulo-especial-para-midi-olympique/|title=El vuelo de los "Tucanes" colombianos…: artículo especial para Midi Olympique|work=Fecorugby|date=3 November 2020|accessdate=12 January 2021}} Ahead of the 2021 season, there were seven Colombian players playing professional rugby in foreign leagues: Brayan Campiño and Andrés Zafra (both playing in France), Julio Cesar Giraldo (who played for American side Rugby United New York in the 2020 Major League Rugby season), Giovanni Carvajal, Diver Ceballos and Danny Giraldo (who all played for the Uruguayan side Peñarol in the 2020 SLAR) and Johan Larrota.

The Cafeteros Pro have yet to announce their stadium or stadia in Medellín ahead of the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season.

==Current squad==

The Cafeteros Pro squad for the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season is:{{cite news | url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2022/02/23/cafeteros-pro-roster-for-slar-2022/ | title=Cafeteros Pro Roster for SLAR | work=Americas Rugby News | date=23 February 2022 | access-date=27 February 2022}}

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{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=HK | name=Álvaro Llaver}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=HK | name=Diego Posada}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=HK | name=Boris Wegner}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=PR | name=Carlos Angulo}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=PR | name=Tomás Bertot}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=PR | name=Javier Corvalán}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=PR | name=Brian González}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=PR | name=Daniel Gutiérrez}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=LK | name=Eliseo Fourcade}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=LK | name=Gregório Hernández}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=LK | name=Federico Lavanini}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=BR | name=Diver Ceballos}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=BR | name=José Galvez}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=BR | name=Juan Bautista Mernes}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=BR | name=Felipe Puertas}}

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{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=SH | name=Marcos Amorisa}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=SH | name=Eliseo Morales}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=SH | name=Julián Navarro}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=SH | name=Joaquín Sánchez}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=FH | name=Andrés Álvarez}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=FH | name=Julián Hernández}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=CE | name=Juan David Agudelo}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=CE | name=Manuel Alfaro}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=CE | name=Valentín Fernández}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=CE | name=Jhojan Ortiz}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=CE | name=Leonardo Gea Salim}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=WG | name=Alain Altahona}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=WG | name=Manuel de Marco}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=COL | pos=WG | name=Brayan Guzmán}}

{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=FB | name=Franco Giudice (c)}}

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• Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
• * denotes players qualified to play for {{nrut|Colombia}} on dual nationality or residency grounds.

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