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Nickname(s) | Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue) Los Cebollitas (Little Onions) Los Pibes (The Kids) | ||
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Association | Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association) | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) | ||
Head coach | Diego Placente | ||
Captain | Ezequiel Báez | ||
Most caps | Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, Oscar Ustari | ||
Top scorer | Fernando Gatti, Hernán Peirone | ||
FIFA code | ARG | ||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 15 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result | Third place (1991, 1995, 2003) | ||
South American U-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 19 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result | Champions (1985, 2003, 2013, 2019) | ||
Medal record |
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 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups, finishing in third place three times and fourth place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.
Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Emiliano Martínez, 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.
Competitive record
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FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]
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South American U-17 Championship[edit]
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1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours
[edit]Competitive
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The following 21 players are called up to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1]
Caps and goals as of 12 September 2023, after the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.
See also
[edit]- Argentina national football team
- Argentina national futsal team
- Argentina Olympic football team
- Argentina national under-20 football team
- Argentina national under-15 football team
References
[edit]- ^ "Sub 17: convocados para el Mundial de Indonesia" [U17: squad for the World Cup in Indonesia] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.