Maradona's "Local" National Team

Maradona's new "local" national team, composed entirely of domestic players from Argentinas's tops clubs is ready to take on Panama (friendly) on May 20th and soon after the two important qualifiers against Ecuador & Colombia. The only major club not being represented in this "local team" is River Plate. It seems Maradona is really focusing on players who have been on recent hot streaks.

Below are the latest stats on the 28 players that have been called up by Maradona to play the 3 upcoming games:



Avg Height
Entire Team - 178cm - 5ft 8in
Midfielders - 174.6cm - 5ft 7in
Forwards - 180cm - 5ft 9in
Defenders - 177cm - 5ft 8in
Goalies - 188cm - 6ft 1in



Average Age:
Entire Team 24 yrs

Youngest Players:
Eduardo Salvio - 18 yrs
Franco Zuculini - 18 yrs
Ezequiel Muñoz - 18 yrs


Oldest Players
Juan Sebastian Veron - 34 yrs
Martín Palermo - 35 yrs
Esteban Fuertes - 36 yrs

Birth Place (by Province)
Buenos Aires: 46%
Santa Fe: 37%
Other (Corrientes, Cordoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Entre Rios): 17%



Current Clubs (by country)
Argentina: 100%


Current Clubs Represented (# of players)
Boca Juniors 4
Colon 4
Velez Sarsfield 3
Estudiantes 3
Lanus 3
Argentinos Juniors 2
Newell's Old Boys 2
Arsenal de Sarandi 1
Gimnasia y Esgrima 1
Huracan 1
Independiente 1
Racing 1
Rosario Central 1
San Lorenzo 1

Most Common Zodiac Signs
Aries, Pisces & Leo 45%

Players (by position)
Eduardo Salvio - Forward
Martín Palermo - Forward
Milton Caraglio - Forward
Matías De Federico - Forward
Esteban Fuertes - Forward
Jose Sand - Forward
Gonzalo Bergessio - Forward
Mauro Formica - Forward
Franco Zuculini - Midfielder
Sebastian Prediger - Midfielder
Fabián Rinaudo - Midfielder
Sebastián Battaglia - Midfielder
Ignacio Canuto - Midfielder
Maximiliano Moralez - Midfielder
Juan Sebastian Veron - Midfielder
Sebastián Blanco - Midfielder
Hernán Bernardello - Midfielder
Daniel Montenegro - Midfielder
Juan Forlín - Defender
Ezequiel Muñoz - Defender
Matías Caruzzo - Defender
Alexis Ferrero - Defender
Emiliano Papa - Defender
Marcos Angeleri - Defender
Nicolás Otamendi - Defender
Mariano Andújar - Goalie
Cristian Campestrini - Goalie
Diego Pozo - Goalie


Click link to see them during today's training session in Buenos Aires