Argentina national under-17 football team
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Nickname(s) | Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue) | ||
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Association | Argentine Football Association | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Diego Placente | ||
Captain | Ezequiel Báez | ||
Most caps | Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, Oscar Ustari | ||
Top scorer | Fernando Gatti, Hernán Peirone | ||
FIFA code | ARG | ||
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Biggest defeat | |||
2019 ) | |||
Medal record |
The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.
Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups, finishing in third place three times and fourth place twice. Argentina has also won the
South American Under-17 Football Championship
four times.
Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including
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
.
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup
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South American U-17 Championship
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1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours
Competitive
- South American Championship U-17
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.
References
- ^ "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.