Argentina national under-17 football team

Argentina Under 17
Nickname(s) Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)
Association Asociación del Fútbol Argentino
(Argentine Football Association)
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Humberto Grondona (h)
Captain Ezequiel Báez
Most caps Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, and Oscar Ustari
Top scorer Fernando Gatti and Hernán Peirone
FIFA code ARG
First colours
Second colours

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 12 of the 15 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth once.Argentina also has won the South American Under-17 Football Championship 3 times.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including 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 Tévez among others.

Honours

Competitive FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record
Hosts/Year Round GP W D L GS GA
China 1985First round311154
Canada 1987Did Not Qualify
Scotland 1989Quarterfinals412153
Italy 1991Third place622255
Japan 1993First round311176
Ecuador 1995Third place6501124
Egypt 1997Quarterfinals421132
New Zealand 1999Did Not Qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 2001Fourth place6312129
Finland 2003Third place6411104
Peru 2005Did Not Qualify
South Korea 2007Quarterfinals522174
Nigeria 2009Round of 16420266
Mexico 2011Round of 16411248
United Arab Emirates 2013Fourth place74121312
Chile 2015Qualified------
Total12/15582813178969

Current Squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship.

Manager: Argentina Miguel Ángel Lemme

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Franco Petroli June 11, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina River Plate
2 DF Julián Ferreyra April 22, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Argentinos Juniors
3 DF Luis Olivera October 24, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina River Plate
4 DF Matías Escudero December 27, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Racing
5 MF Julián Chicco January 13, 1998 (aged 17) Argentina Boca Juniors
6 DF Facundo Pardo August 12, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Newell's Old Boys
7 MF Gianluca Mancuso February 3, 1998 (aged 17) Argentina Vélez Sarsfield
8 MF Exequiel Palacios October 5, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina River Plate
9 FW Matias Roskopf January 14, 1998 (aged 17) Argentina Boca Juniors
10 MF Juan Bautista Cejas March 6, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Estudiantes
11 FW Lucas Ferraz Vila February 18, 1998 (aged 17) Argentina River Plate
12 GK Federico Bonansea March 13, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Belgrano
13 DF Héctor David Martínez January 21, 1998 (aged 17) Argentina River Plate
14 DF Tiago Ruíz Díaz July 24, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Newell's Old Boys
15 DF Juan Antonio Di Lorenzo July 6, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Independiente
16 MF Lucas Coyette March 28, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Arsenal
17 FW Germán Berterame November 13, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina San Lorenzo
18 FW Tomás Conechny March 30, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina San Lorenzo
19 MF Pablo Enrique Ruiz December 20, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina San Lorenzo
20 FW Pablo Argañaraz July 21, 1998 (aged 16) Argentina Lanús
25 MF Erick Rangel December 2, 1997 (aged 17) Argentina Instituto
22 MF Erick Rangel December 2, 1997 (aged 17) Argentina Tigre

See also