2001 South American U-20 Championship squads

The team rosters for the 2001 South American U-20 Championship football tournament held in Uruguay. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Argentina

Coach: José Néstor Pekerman

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Wilfredo Daniel Caballero (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 19) Boca Juniors 2 2DF Nicolás Burdisso (1981-12-04)04 December 1981 (aged 19) Boca Juniors 3 3MF Julio Arca (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (aged 19) Sunderland 4 2DF Pablo de Muner (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 19) Argentinos Juniors 5 3MF Luis Zubeldía (1981-01-13)13 January 1981 (aged 19) Lanús 6 2DF Fabricio Coloccini (1982-01-22)22 January 1982 (aged 18) A.C. Milan 7 4FW Christian Giménez (1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 19) Boca Juniors 8 3MF Mariano González (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 19) Racing Club de Avellaneda 9 4FW Alejandro Domínguez (1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 19) Quilmes 10 4FW Mario Santana (1981-12-23)23 December 1981 (aged 19) San Lorenzo 11 3MF Leonardo Di Lorenzo (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 19) San Lorenzo 12 1GK Germán Lux (1982-07-06)6 July 1982 (aged 18) River Plate 13 2DF Emiliano Giannunzio (1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 18) Lanús 14 2DF José María Calvo (1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 19) Boca Juniors 15 3MF Diego Rivero (1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 19) Chacarita Juniors 16 3MF Matías Lequi (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 19) Rosario Central 17 3MF Mauro Rosales (1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 18) Newell's Old Boys 18 4FW Facundo Pérez Castro (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 19) Argentinos Juniors 19 3MF Mauro Obolo (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 19) Vélez Sársfield 20 3MF Mauro Cetto (1982-04-14)14 April 1982 (aged 18) Rosario Central

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Bolivia

Coach: Adolfo Flores

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hugo Suárez (1982-07-02)02 July 1982 (aged 18) Real Santa Cruz 2 2DF Limberg Méndez (1982-08-18)18 August 1982 (aged 18) Jorge Wilstermann 3 3MF José Luis Algarañaz (1982-11-03)03 November 1982 (aged 18) Bolivar 4 2DF Jorge Flavio Zapata (1981-06-01)01 June 1981 (aged 19) Real Santa Cruz 5 2DF Roland Raldes (1981-04-20)20 April 1981 (aged 19) Oriente Petrolero 6 3MF Rubén Melgar (1981-08-04)04 August 1981 (aged 19) Guabirá 7 4FW Joselito Vaca (1981-09-02)02 September 1981 (aged 19) Oriente Petrolero 8 3MF Rolando Torres (1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 19) Independiente Petrolero 9 4FW José Alfredo Castillo (1983-09-02)02 September 1983 (aged 17) Oriente Petrolero 10 3MF Hélder Chávez (1983-08-23)23 August 1983 (aged 17) The Strongest 11 3MF Sacha Lima (1981-08-23)23 August 1981 (aged 19) Jorge Wilstermann 12 1GK Ditter Alquiza (1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 18) Guabirá 13 3MF Armando Aguilar (1981-07-01)01 July 1981 (aged 19) Sport Boys 14 4FW Julio César Cortez (1981-10-02)02 October 1981 (aged 19) Blooming 15 2DF Herman Soliz (1982-07-14)14 July 1982 (aged 18) Mariscal Braun 16 2DF Roberto Menacho (1982-04-02)02 April 1982 (aged 18) Blooming 17 3MF Diego Cabrera (1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 19) Blooming 18 3MF Víctor Hugo Díaz (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 19) Independiente Petrolero 19 3MF Tony Rodríguez (1981-11-04)04 November 1981 (aged 19) Blooming 20 3MF Francisco Divico (1982-08-09)09 August 1982 (aged 18) Atlético González

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Brazil

Coach: Marcos Paqueta

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jefferson (1983-01-02)2 January 1983 (aged 20) Botafogo 2 2DF Dani Alves (1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 19) Sevilla 3 2DF Alcides (1985-03-13)13 March 1985 (aged 17) Vitória 4 2DF André Bahia (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 19) Flamengo 5 3MF Dudu Cearense (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 (aged 19) Vitória 5 3MF Carlos Alberto (1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 24) Figueirense 6 2DF Jean Carlos (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 19) Atlético-PR 7 4FW Daniel Carvalho (1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 19) Internacional 8 3MF Felipe Melo (1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 19) Flamengo 9 4FW Élton (1983-09-03)3 September 1983 (aged 19) Grêmio 10 3MF Carlos Alberto (1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (aged 18) Fluminense 11 4FW Dagoberto (1983-03-22)22 March 1983 (aged 19) Atlético-PR 12 1GK Fernando Henrique (1983-11-25)25 November 1983 (aged 19) Fluminense 13 2DF Jancarlos (1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 19) Fluminense 14 2DF Gláuber (1983-08-05)5 August 1983 (aged 19) Palmeiras 15 2DF Anderson (1983-03-05)5 March 1983 (aged 19) Flamengo 16 3MF Wendel (1984-05-25)25 May 1984 (aged 18) Corinthians 17 3MF Juninho (1983-01-11)11 January 1983 (aged 19) Atlético Mineiro 18 3MF Cleiton Xavier (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 19) Internacional 19 4FW Jussiê (1983-09-19)19 September 1983 (aged 19) Cruzeiro 20 4FW William (1983-05-14)14 May 1983 (aged 19) Santos

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Chile

Coach: Cesar Vaccia

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Miguel Pinto (1983-07-04)July 4, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad de Chile 2 2DF Enzo Vera (1983-04-07)April 7, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 3 2DF Juan Toro (1984-05-17)May 17, 1984 (aged 18) Magallanes 4 3MF Gonzalo Fierro (1983-03-21)March 21, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 5 2DF Miguel Aceval (1983-01-08)January 8, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 6 2DF Fernando Fica (1983-04-21)April 21, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 7 3MF Christian Martínez (1983-06-18)June 18, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad de Chile 8 3MF Marco Estrada (1983-05-28)May 28, 1983 (aged 19) Everton 9 4FW Marcos Ávila (1983-02-06)February 6, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 10 3MF Cristián Muñoz (1983-05-23)May 23, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad de Chile 11 4FW Eduardo Rubio (1983-11-07)November 7, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad Católica 12 1GK Claudio Bravo (1983-04-13)April 13, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 13 2DF José Manuel Rojas (1983-06-23)June 23, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad de Chile 14 3MF Luis Figueroa (1983-05-14)May 14, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad de Concepción 15 3MF Albert Acevedo (1983-05-06)May 6, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad Católica 16 4FW Luis Jiménez (1984-06-17)June 17, 1984 (aged 18) Ternana 17 3MF Luis Jara (1983-01-12)January 12, 1983 (aged 19) Universidad Católica 18 3MF Jorge Valdivia (1983-10-19)October 19, 1983 (aged 19) Colo-Colo 19 4FW Mauricio Pinilla (1984-02-04)February 4, 1984 (aged 18) Universidad de Chile 20 3MF Mark González (1984-07-10)July 10, 1984 (aged 18) Universidad Católica

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Colombia

Coach: Alfredo Araujo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Edgar Uribe (1981-12-17)17 December 1981 (aged 19) Atlético Nacional 2 2DF Wilman Conde (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 18) Deportivo Quindío 3 3MF Jorge Amará (1982-07-07)07 July 1982 (aged 18) Atlético Junior 4 2DF Diego Valdez (1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 19) Deportivo Cali 5 3MF Diego Toro (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 18) Atlético Nacional 6 3MF John Culma (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 19) Independiente 7 4FW Oscar Villarreal (1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 19) Real Cartagena 8 3MF Aldo Ramírez (1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 19) Independiente Santa Fe 9 4FW Fulano (1983-09-02)02 September 1983 (aged 17) Oriente Petrolero 10 3MF Jhonnier Montaño (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 17) AC Parma 11 3MF Carlos Álvarez (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 19) Palestino 12 1GK Álvaro Solís (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 19) Deportivo Cali 13 4FW Leonardo Rojano (1981-02-01)01 February 1981 (aged 19) Atlético Junior 14 4FW Jimmy Castillo (1981-09-25)25 September 1981 (aged 19) Independiente 15 2DF Juan David Bautista (1983-11-08)08 November 1983 (aged 17) Independiente Medellín 16 2DF Rubén Darío Bustos (1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 19) América de Cali 17 3MF Javier Florez (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 18) Atlético Junior 18 3MF Alvaro Domínguez (1981-10-06)06 October 1981 (aged 19) Deportivo Cali 19 2DF Jamell Ramos (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 19) Envigado 20 3MF Luis Chara (1981-06-01)01 June 1981 (aged 19) Atlético Nacional

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Ecuador

Coach: Fabián Burbano

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Julio Eche (1983-08-12)August 12, 1983 (aged 19) Delfín 2 2DF Pedro Esterilla (1984-10-28)October 28, 1984 (aged 18) ESPOLI 3 2DF Luis Checa (1983-12-21)December 21, 1983 (aged 19) El Nacional 4 2DF Jayro Campos (1984-07-18)July 18, 1984 (aged 18) Gent 5 3MF Leonardo Soledispa (1983-01-15)January 15, 1983 (aged 19) Barcelona 6 2DF Juan Guerrón (1983-10-21)October 21, 1983 (aged 19) ESPOLI 7 4FW Roberto Miña (1984-11-07)November 7, 1984 (aged 18) Huracán 8 3MF Oswaldo Minda (1983-07-26)July 26, 1983 (aged 19) Aucas 9 4FW Félix Borja (1983-04-02)April 2, 1983 (aged 19) El Nacional 10 3MF Luis Saritama (1983-10-20)October 20, 1983 (aged 19) Deportivo Quito 11 4FW Joffre Guerrón (1985-04-28)April 28, 1985 (aged 17) Aucas 12 1GK Carlos Camacho (1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 19) Deportivo Quevedo 13 2DF Luis Velasco (1983-01-06)January 6, 1983 (aged 19) LDU Quito 14 3MF Luis Bolaños (1985-03-27)March 27, 1985 (aged 17) LDU Quito 15 3MF Tyron Macías (1984-07-09)July 9, 1984 (aged 18) LDU Quito 16 2DF Ángel Anaguano (1983-02-14)February 14, 1983 (aged 19) Deportivo Quito 17 3MF Javier Caicedo (1984-08-29)August 29, 1984 (aged 18) El Nacional 18 3MF José Aguirre (1983-01-05)January 5, 1983 (aged 19) Emelec 19 4FW César Barre (1983-03-13)March 13, 1983 (aged 19) Delfín 20 2DF Iván Suárez (1983-05-15)May 15, 1983 (aged 19) Panamá

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Paraguay

Coach: Aníbal Ruiz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Anthony Silva (1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 18) Club Libertad 2 2DF Óscar Díaz (1984-01-29)29 January 1984 (aged 18) 12 de Octubre 2 2DF Gilberto Velázquez (1983-03-11)11 March 1983 (aged 19) Club Guaraní 3 2DF Victor Mareco (1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 18) Brescia 4 2DF Enrique Meza (1985-11-28)28 November 1985 (aged 17) Sol de América 5 2DF Ángel Martínez (1983-10-09)9 October 1983 (aged 19) Olimpia Asunción 6 2DF Juan Miguel Díaz (1983-08-14)14 August 1983 (aged 19) Cerro Porteño 7 4FW Erwin Avalos (1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 19) Cerro Porteño 8 3MF Édgar Barreto (1984-07-15)15 July 1984 (aged 18) Cerro Porteño 9 3MF Blas López (1984-03-14)14 March 1984 (aged 18) Club Libertad 10 3MF Julio dos Santos (1983-05-07)7 May 1983 (aged 19) Cerro Porteño 11 2DF Ernesto Cristaldo (1984-03-16)16 March 1984 (aged 18) Cerro Porteño 12 1GK Marco Almeda (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 18) Cerro Porteño 13 3MF Jorge Cáceres (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 19) Colombia 14 3MF Cristian Andersen (1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 18) Sportivo Luqueño 15 4FW Dante López (1983-08-16)16 August 1983 (aged 19) Sol de América 16 3MF Andrés Pérez Matto (1984-02-07)7 February 1984 (aged 18) Olimpia Asunción 17 4FW Pedro Velázquez (1983-05-13)13 May 1983 (aged 19) Club Libertad 18 4FW Nelson Romero (1984-11-18)18 November 1984 (aged 18) San Lorenzo 19 4FW Jesús Martínez (1983-09-27)27 September 1983 (aged 19) Sportivo Trinidense 20 2DF Angel Ramos (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 19) Club Guaraní

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Peru

Coach: Julio César Uribe

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK George Forsyth (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 20) Alianza Lima 2 2DF Raúl Vera (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 21) Cochahuayco 3 2DF Pedro Plaza (1981-03-21)21 March 1981 (aged 21) Cochahuayco 4 4FW Pedro Aparicio (1982-11-06)06 November 1982 (aged 20) Alianza Lima 5 2DF Luis Hernández (1982-02-15)15 February 1982 (aged 20) Alianza Lima 6 2DF Diego Martínez (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 21) Sporting Cristal 7 4FW César Balbín (1983-05-18)18 May 1983 (aged 19) Sporting Cristal 8 3MF Ryan Salazar (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 21) Alianza Lima 9 3MF Jorge Leyva (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 21) Cochahuayco 10 3MF Édson Uribe (1982-09-25)25 September 1982 (aged 20) Jaguares 11 2DF Miguel Torres (1982-01-17)17 January 1982 (aged 20) Universitario 12 1GK Erick Delgado (1982-06-30)30 June 1982 (aged 20) Sporting Cristal 13 3MF Walter Vílchez (1982-02-20)20 February 1982 (aged 20) Alianza Lima 14 3MF Jorge Chávez (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 20) Sporting Cristal 15 2DF Alan Rodríguez (1981-03-30)30 March 1981 (aged 21) Cochahuayco 16 2DF Cristián García (1982-02-03)03 February 1982 (aged 20) Cienciano 17 4FW Manuel Barreto (1982-09-18)18 September 1982 (aged 20) Cochahuayco 18 4FW Renzo Benavides (1981-12-07)07 December 1981 (aged 21) Alianza Lima 19 4FW Jesús Reyes (1982-03-21)21 March 1982 (aged 20) Juan Aurich 20 2DF Johan Sotil (1982-09-29)29 September 1982 (aged 20) Universitario

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Uruguay

Coach: Jorge Orosmán da Silva

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Martín Silva (1983-03-25)March 25, 1983 (aged 19) Defensor Sporting 2 2DF Nelson Semperena (1984-02-19)February 19, 1984 (aged 18) Defensor Sporting 3 2DF Guillermo Rodríguez (1984-03-21)March 21, 1984 (aged 18) Danubio 4 2DF Marcelo López (1983-01-05)January 5, 1983 (aged 19) River Plate 5 3MF Agustín Viana (1983-08-23)August 23, 1983 (aged 19) Nacional 6 2DF Carlos Valdez (1983-05-02)May 2, 1983 (aged 19) Nacional 7 3MF Jorge Martínez (1983-04-05)April 5, 1983 (aged 19) Montevideo Wanderers 8 3MF Carlos Diogo (1983-07-18)July 18, 1983 (aged 19) River Plate 9 4FW William Ferreira (1983-02-25)February 25, 1983 (aged 19) Nacional 10 3MF Rubén Olivera (1983-05-04)May 4, 1983 (aged 19) Juventus 11 3MF Cristian Rodríguez (1985-09-30)September 30, 1985 (aged 17) Peñarol 12 1GK Sebastián Viera (1983-03-07)March 7, 1983 (aged 19) Nacional 13 3MF Diego Montenegro (1983-06-30)June 30, 1983 (aged 19) Racing Club 14 2DF Álvaro Alonso (1984-03-25)March 25, 1984 (aged 18) Defensor Sporting 15 2DF Ignacio Ithurralde (1983-05-30)May 30, 1983 (aged 19) Defensor Sporting 16 4FW Marcelo Guerrero (1983-01-20)January 20, 1983 (aged 19) Villa Española 17 3MF Carlos Grossmüller (1983-05-04)May 4, 1983 (aged 19) Danubio 18 4FW Richard Porta (1983-08-01)August 1, 1983 (aged 19) River Plate 19 4FW Andrés Rodríguez (1983-01-21)January 21, 1983 (aged 19) Defensor Sporting 20 3MF Eduardo Fernández (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983 (aged 19) Bella Vista

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Venezuela

Coach: Richard Páez

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Luiggi A. Palomino (1981-04-06)April 06, 1981 (aged 21) UCV Aragua 2 2DF Johan Yacua (1982-06-22)June 22, 1982 (aged 20) Deportivo Táchira 3 3MF Giácomo Di Giorgi (1981-02-24)February 24, 1981 (aged 21) Lara FC 4 2DF Arnaldo Croquer (1982-02-25)February 25, 1982 (aged 20) Zulianos FC 5 3MF Miguel Mea Vitali (1981-02-19)February 19, 1981 (aged 21) Lleida 6 2DF Enrique Andrés Rouga (1982-02-03)February 03, 1982 (aged 20) Caracas FC 7 3MF Giancarlo Maldonado (1982-06-29)June 29, 1982 (aged 20) River Plate 8 3MF Anyelo Rodríguez (1982-01-22)January 22, 1982 (aged 20) El Vigía FC 9 4FW José Morr (1981-12-11)December 11, 1981 (aged 21) Portuguesa 10 3MF Wiswell Isea (1982-09-13)September 13, 1982 (aged 20) Caracas FC 11 3MF Leonel Martínez (1982-05-29)May 29, 1982 (aged 20) Mineros 12 1GK Gustavo Cortina (1983-07-22)July 22, 1983 (aged 19) 13 3MF Arnaldo Aranda (1982-02-27)February 27, 1982 (aged 20) Mineros 14 2DF Frank Presilla (1982-07-28)July 28, 1982 (aged 20) Táchira 15 2DF Yerci Murillo (1982-07-04)July 04, 1982 (aged 20) Zulianos FC 16 4FW Wladimir Romero (1981-12-02)December 02, 1981 (aged 21) UCV Aragua 17 3MF César González (1982-01-10)January 10, 1982 (aged 20) Monagas FC 18 4FW Edwin Quintero (1982-07-27)July 27, 1982 (aged 20) Italchacao 19 4FW Edward Leonett (1983-01-02)January 02, 1983 (aged 20) Monagas FC 20 3MF Daniel Arismendi (1982-07-04)July 04, 1982 (aged 20) Mineros

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