Paraguay men's national under-17 football team
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Association |
Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol | ||
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Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Estadio Defensores del Chaco | ||
FIFA code | PAR | ||
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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 |
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
FIFA U-17 World Cup
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South American Under-17 Football Championship
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*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 | ||
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1 | GK | Diego Huesca | 8 August 2000 | |||
12 | GK | Angel Roa | 8 February 2000 | |||
19 | GK | Jonathan Martínez | 12 March 2000 | |||
2 | DF | Jesus Rolon | 4 July 2000 | |||
3 | DF | Roberto Fernández Urbieta | 7 June 2000 | |||
4 | DF | Pedro Alvarez Benitez | 10 February 2001 | |||
5 | DF | Alexis Duarte | 12 March 2000 | |||
13 | DF | Marcelo Rolón Bell | 19 February 2000 | |||
15 | DF | Luis Zárate | 25 February 2000 | |||
6 | MF | Braian Ojeda | 27 June 2000 | |||
8 | MF | Stevens Gómez | 8 January 2000 | |||
10 | MF | Julio Baez | 13 January 2000 | |||
14 | MF | Víctor Villasanti | 29 March 2000 | |||
20 | MF | Giovanni Bogado | 16 September 2001 | |||
21 | MF | Alan Francisco Rodríguez | 15 August 2000 | |||
7 | FW | Antonio Galeano | 22 March 2000 | |||
9 | FW | Fernando Romero | 24 April 2000 | |||
11 | FW | Leonardo Sanchez Cohener | 27 January 2000 | |||
16 | FW | Aníbal Vega | 18 March 2000 | |||
17 | FW | Fernando David Cardozo | 8 February 2001 | |||
18 | FW | Blas Armoa | 3 February 2000 |