Paraguay men's national under-17 football team

Paraguay
Association Asociación Paraguaya
de Fútbol
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Paraguay Gerardo Gonzalez Aquino
Home stadium Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code PAR
First colours
Second colours
First international
NA
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1999)
Best result Quarterfinals (1999)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances 16 (first in 1986)
Best result Runners-up (1999)

The Paraguay national under-17 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship.

Overview

The under-17 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents.

The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 1999 World Cup held in New Zealand, when Paraguay reached the quarterfinals and finished in 5th place. Their best performance at the South American level came in the 1999 tournament in Uruguay when they finished in second place, along with two third-place finishes in 2001 and 2017 as well as three fourth-place finishes in 1988, 1997 and 2015.

In 2001, el team were crowned champions of the Milk Cup after defeating Manchester United 6–0.[1]

Tournament records

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Head coach: Gustavo Morínigo[2]

Number Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Diego Huesca (2000-08-08) 8 August 2000 Spain Valencia
12 1GK Angel Roa (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 Paraguay Olimpia
19 1GK Jonathan Martínez (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 Paraguay Olimpia
2 2DF Jesus Rolon (2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 Paraguay Olimpia
3 2DF Roberto Fernández Urbieta (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 Paraguay Guaraní
4 2DF Pedro Alvarez Benitez (2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
5 2DF Alexis Duarte (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
13 2DF Marcelo Rolón Bell (2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 Paraguay Libertad
15 2DF Luis Zárate (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 Paraguay Libertad
6 3MF Braian Ojeda (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 Paraguay Olimpia
8 3MF Stevens Gómez (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
10 3MF Julio Baez (2000-01-13) 13 January 2000 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
14 3MF Víctor Villasanti (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 Paraguay Guaraní
20 3MF Giovanni Bogado (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 Paraguay Libertad
21 3MF Alan Francisco Rodríguez (2000-08-15) 15 August 2000 Paraguay Cerro Porteño
7 4FW Antonio Galeano (2000-03-22) 22 March 2000 Paraguay Rubio Ñu
9 4FW Fernando Romero (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 Paraguay Nacional
11 4FW Leonardo Sanchez Cohener (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 Paraguay Olimpia
16 4FW Aníbal Vega (2000-03-18) 18 March 2000 Brazil SE Palmeiras
17 4FW Fernando David Cardozo (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 Paraguay Olimpia
18 4FW Blas Armoa (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 Paraguay Sportivo Luqueño

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nilmilk-u20.html
  2. ↑ "La Albirroja Sub 17 con lista definitiva para el Sudamericano de Chile". APF.
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