Argentina national under-17 football team

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Argentina Under-17
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Nickname(s) Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)
Association Argentine Football Association
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Diego Placente
Captain Ezequiel Báez
Most caps Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, Oscar Ustari
Top scorerFernando Gatti, Hernán Peirone
FIFA code ARG
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Biggest defeat
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 4–0 Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg
(Nagoya, Japan; 24 August 1993)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4–0 Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg
(Chillan, Chile; 21 October 2015)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1985 )
Best resultThird place (1991, 1995, 2003)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances19 (first in 1985 )
Best resultChampions (1985, 2003, 2013, 2019)

The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

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Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which they finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth Place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship 4 times.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Emiliano Martínez, Fernando Redondo, Nestor Fabbri, Roberto Bonano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Franco Constanzo, Leonardo Biagini, Luciano Galletti, Marcelo Gallardo, Esteban Cambiasso, Gabriel Milito, Ezequiel González, Aldo Duscher, Lucas Biglia, Eduardo Salvio, Maxi López, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez among others.

Competitive record

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Competitive

Current squad

The following 21 players are called up to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [1]

Caps and goals as of 12 September 2023, after the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Froilán Díaz (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 17)90 Flag of Argentina.svg Unión de Santa Fe
121 GK Jeremías Florentín (2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 (age 17)00 Flag of Argentina.svg Talleres
211 GK Franco Villalba (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)00 Flag of Argentina.svg Vélez Sarsfield

22 DF Ulises Giménez (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)70 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
32 DF Octavio Ontivero (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18)00 Flag of Argentina.svg Lanús
42 DF Dylan Gorosito (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)00 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
62 DF Juan Manuel Villalba (2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18)70 Flag of Argentina.svg Vélez Sarsfield
132 DF Valente Pierani (2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)10 Flag of Argentina.svg Estudiantes de La Plata
142 DF Tobías Palacio (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 17)100 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentinos Juniors
152 DF Juan Giménez (2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 (age 17)81 Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central
162 DF Thiago Laplace (2006-04-03) 3 April 2006 (age 17)00 Flag of Argentina.svg Lanús

53 MF Mariano Gerez (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)80 Flag of Argentina.svg Lanús
83 MF Gustavo Albarracín (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 17)80 Flag of Argentina.svg Talleres
173 MF Valentino Acuña (2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18)80 Flag of Argentina.svg Newell's Old Boys
183 MF Kevin Gutiérrez (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18)111 Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central
203 MF Franco Mastantuono (2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 (age 16)00 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate

74 FW Ian Subiabre (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)80 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
94 FW Agustín Ruberto (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 18)103 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
104 FW Claudio Echeverri (2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)105 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
114 FW Santiago López (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)114 Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente
194 FW Maher Carrizo (2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 18)00 Flag of Argentina.svg Vélez Sarsfield

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References

  1. "Sub 17: convocados para el Mundial de Indonesia" [U17: squad for the World Cup in Indonesia] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.