Argentina Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Albicelestes (White and Sky Blue)
AssociationArgentine Football Association
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachDiego Placente
CaptainEzequiel Báez
Most capsRodolfo 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 in which they finished in Third Place 3 times and Fourth Place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship 4 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 among others.

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 1GK Froilán Díaz (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 9 0 Argentina Unión de Santa Fe
12 1GK Jeremías Florentín (2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 0 0 Argentina Talleres
21 1GK Franco Villalba (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 0 0 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield

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

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

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