Argentina national under-17 football team
Nickname(s) | Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue) | ||
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Association |
Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association) | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Pablo Aimar | ||
Captain | Ezequiel Báez | ||
Most caps | Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, and Oscar Ustari | ||
Top scorer | Fernando Gatti and Hernán Peirone | ||
FIFA code | ARG | ||
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FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 13 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result |
Third Place ![]() | ||
South American U-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 16 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result |
Winners ![]() |
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 13 of the 17 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 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 Tevez among others.
Honours
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup
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South American Under-17 Football Championship
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1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Current squad
The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Franco Petroli | 11 June 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
2 | DF | Julián Ferreyra | 22 April 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
3 | DF | Luis Olivera | 24 October 1998 (aged 16) | ![]() | ||
4 | DF | Matías Escudero | 27 December 1998 (aged 16) | ![]() | ||
5 | MF | Julián Chicco | 13 January 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
6 | DF | Facundo Pardo | 12 August 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
7 | MF | Gianluca Mancuso | 3 February 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
8 | MF | Pablo Enrique Ruíz | 20 December 1998 (aged 16) | ![]() | ||
9 | FW | Federico Vietto | 30 March 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
10 | MF | Exequiel Palacios | 5 October 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
11 | FW | Salvatore Torini | 19 February 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
12 | GK | Federico Bonansea | 13 March 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
13 | DF | Héctor David Martínez | 21 January 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
14 | DF | Tiago Ruíz Díaz | 24 July 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
15 | DF | Juan Antonio Di Lorenzo | 6 July 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
16 | MF | Lucas Pizzatti | 13 September 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
17 | FW | Germán Berterame | 13 November 1998 (aged 16) | ![]() | ||
18 | FW | Tomás Conechny | 30 March 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
19 | FW | Matias Roskopf | 14 January 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
20 | FW | Ricardo Rodríguez | May 10, 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
21 | GK | Marcos Peano | 15 October 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() | ||
22 | FW | Lucas Ferraz Vila | 18 February 1998 (aged 17) | ![]() |