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Argentina U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)
Los Cebollitas (Little Onions)
Los Pibes (The Kids)
Association Asociación del Fútbol Argentino
(Argentine Football Association)
Confederation CONMEBOL ( South America)
Head coach Diego Placente
CaptainEzequiel Báez
Most caps Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, Oscar Ustari
Top scorerFernando Gatti, Hernán Peirone
FIFA codeARG
First colours
Second colours
Biggest defeat
  Nigeria 4–0 Argentina 
( Nagoya, Japan; 24 August 1993)
  Germany 4–0 Argentina 
( Chillan, Chile; 21 October 2015)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1985)
Best resultThird place ( 1991, 1995, 2003)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances19 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions ( 1985, 2003, 2013, 2019)

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

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Competitive

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Froilán Díaz (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 17) 9 0 Argentina Unión de Santa Fe
12 1 GK Jeremías Florentín (2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 (age 17) 0 0 Argentina Talleres
21 1 GK Franco Villalba (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield

2 2 DF Ulises Giménez (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18) 7 0 Argentina River Plate
3 2 DF Octavio Ontivero (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Argentina Lanús
4 2 DF Dylan Gorosito (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Argentina Boca Juniors
6 2 DF Juan Manuel Villalba (2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18) 7 0 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield
13 2 DF Valente Pierani (2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18) 1 0 Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata
14 2 DF Tobías Palacio (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 17) 10 0 Argentina Argentinos Juniors
15 2 DF Juan Giménez (2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 (age 18) 8 1 Argentina Rosario Central
16 2 DF Thiago Laplace (2006-04-03) 3 April 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Argentina Lanús

5 3 MF Mariano Gerez (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18) 8 0 Argentina Lanús
8 3 MF Gustavo Albarracín (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18) 8 0 Argentina Talleres
17 3 MF Valentino Acuña (2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18) 8 0 Argentina Newell's Old Boys
18 3 MF Kevin Gutiérrez (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18) 11 1 Argentina Rosario Central
20 3 MF Franco Mastantuono (2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 (age 16) 0 0 Argentina River Plate

7 4 FW Ian Subiabre (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17) 8 0 Argentina River Plate
9 4 FW Agustín Ruberto (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 18) 10 3 Argentina River Plate
10 4 FW Claudio Echeverri (2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18) 10 5 Argentina River Plate
11 4 FW Santiago López (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18) 11 4 Argentina Independiente
19 4 FW Maher Carrizo (2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield

References

  1. ^ "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.