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Argentina national under 17 football team

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Captain
  
Ezequiel Báez

Head coach
  
Miguel Ángel Lemme

Confederation
  
CONMEBOL (South America)

FIFA code
  
ARG

Location
  
Argentina

Argentina national under-17 football team

Nickname(s)
  
Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)

Most caps
  
Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, and Oscar Ustari

Top scorer
  
Fernando Gatti and Hernán Peirone

Association
  
Argentine Football Association

Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

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Argentina has participated in 13 of the 16 FIFA U-17 World Cups in which finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth twice.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 Tevez among others.

Honours

  • South American Under-17 Football Championship
  • Winner (3): 1985, 2003, 2013
  • Runner-up (6): 1988, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2015
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Third Place (3):1991, 1995, 2003
  • Current Squad

    The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

    Manager: Miguel Ángel Lemme

    References

    Argentina national under-17 football team Wikipedia


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