Footballers, fake romances, and actual murders—Argentina's juiciest soap went full crime thriller.
Season 1 • Episode 142
LatestBotineras is an Argentine telenovela produced by Endemol and Underground. Airing on Telefe, it was premiered on November 24, 2009, and was broadcast until August 25, 2010. It works around football players, their mediatic romances and police investigations. In the beginning the telenovela had a comedy approach, but later shifted to give more prominence to the policial genre. The main actors at the beginning were Florencia Peña and Nicolás Cabré, Peña decided to resign some time after the genre shift as her character lost importance for the plot, whereas the ones played by Romina Gaetani and Isabel Macedo gained notability.
Acting
Isabel Macedo's villain era after the genre shift—chef's kiss.
Writing
The audacity to restructure your entire show mid-run.
Production
Argentina 2009 football culture captured in gloriously trashy detail.
Creators
Sebastián Ortega, David Bolzoni, Diego Sánchez
Florencia Peña
Giselle López
Tomás Fonzi
Adrián 'Anguila' Muñiz
Isabel Macedo
Margarita "Marga" Amoroso
Nicolás Cabré
Cristian "Chiqui" Flores
Damián de Santo
Eduardo 'Tato' Marín
Gonzalo Valenzuela
Nino Paredes
Pablo Rago
Javier Salgado
Lola Berthet
Catalina Bellagamba
Diego Reinhold
Paul
Rodrigo Guirao Díaz
Walter Vázquez
Maxi Ghione
Marcos Ibarra
Christian Sancho
Manuel "Flaco" Riveiro
Luciano Cáceres
Mono
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Florencia Peña's exit became notorious in Argentine TV history—she reportedly learned her diminished role from the press, not producers.
The show coined 'botinera' as mainstream slang for women pursuing footballers for fame, sparking heated debate about misogyny in sports culture.
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