Argentina Vs Chile - World Cup Qualifier - Oct 16, 2012

The Argentine coach, Sabella has selected his 25 players for the World Cup qualifier against Chile on October 16, 2012 in Santiago, Chile.



Team Roster - Argentina:

Messi, Lionel – Barcelona – Spain

Mascherano, Javier – Barcelona – Spain

Di María, Ángel – Real Madrid – Spain

Higuaín, Gonzalo – Real Madrid - Spain

Gago, Fernando – Valencia – Spain

Campagnaro, Hugo – Nápoli – Italy

Fernández, Federico – Nápoli – Italy

Romero, Sergio – Sampdoria – Italy

Andújar, Mariano – Catania – Italy

Zabaleta, Pablo – Manchester City – UK

Agüero, Sergio – Manchester City – UK

Garay, Ezequiel – Benfica – Portugal

Pérez, Enzo – Benfica – Portugal

Rojo, Marcos – Sporting – Portugal

Sosa, José – Mentalist – Ukraine

Giñazú, Pablo – Internacional – Brazil

Barcos, Hernán – Palmeiras – Brazil

Martínez, Juan Manuel - Corinthians - Brazil

Desábato, Leandro - Estudiantes de La Plata - Arg

Braña, Rodrigo - Estudiantes de La Plata - Arg

Rodríguez, Clemente - Boca Juniors - Arg

Ustari, Oscar - Boca Juniors - Arg

Domínguez, Sebastián - Vélez Sarsfield -Arg

Peruzzi, Gino - Vélez Sarsfield - Arg

Rodríguez, Maximiliano - Newell´s Old Boys - Arg

Argentina Vs Uruguay - World Cup Qualifier - Oct 12, 2012

The Argentine coach, Sabella has selected his 25 players for the World Cup qualifier against Uruguay on October 12, 2012 in Mendoza, Argentina.


Team Roster - Argentina:


Messi, Lionel – Barcelona – Spain

Mascherano, Javier – Barcelona – Spain

Di María, Ángel – Real Madrid – Spain

Higuaín, Gonzalo – Real Madrid - Spain

Gago, Fernando – Valencia – Spain

Campagnaro, Hugo – Nápoli – Italy

Fernández, Federico – Nápoli – Italy

Romero, Sergio – Sampdoria – Italy

Andújar, Mariano – Catania – Italy

Zabaleta, Pablo – Manchester City – UK

Agüero, Sergio – Manchester City – UK

Garay, Ezequiel – Benfica – Portugal

Pérez, Enzo – Benfica – Portugal

Rojo, Marcos – Sporting – Portugal

Sosa, José – Mentalist – Ukraine

Guiñazú, Pablo – Internacional – Brazil

Barcos, Hernán – Palmeiras – Brazil

Martínez, Juan Manuel - Corinthians - Brazil

Desábato, Leandro - Estudiantes de La Plata - Arg

Braña, Rodrigo - Estudiantes de La Plata - Arg

Rodríguez, Clemente - Boca Juniors - Arg

Ustari, Oscar - Boca Juniors - Arg

Domínguez, Sebastián - Vélez Sarsfield -Arg

Peruzzi, Gino - Vélez Sarsfield - Arg

Rodríguez, Maximiliano - Newell´s Old Boys - Arg

Argentina Vs Germany Line-up (August 15 - Friendly)

The Argentine coach, Sabella has selected his 21 players for the friendly against Germany on Aug. 15, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany.


Messi, Lionel (Barcelona – Spain)

Mascherano, Javier (Barcelona – Spain)

Higuaín, Gonzalo (Real Madrid – Spain)

Di María, Ángel (Real Madrid – Spain)

Gago, Fernando (Valencia – Spain)

Fernández, Federico (Nápoli – Italy)

Campagnaro, Hugo (Nápoli - Italy)

Romero, Sergio (Sampdoria – Italy)

Andújar, Mariano (Catania – Italy)

Lavezzi, Ezequiel (París S-G – France)

Zabaleta, Pablo (Manchester City – UK)

Agüero, Sergio (Manchester City – UK)

Coloccini, Fabricio (Newcastle United – UK)

Garay, Ezequiel (Benfica – Portugal)

Salvio, Eduardo (Benfica – Portugal)

Rojo, Marcos (Sporting Lisboa – Portugal)

Sosa, José (Metalist – Ukraine)

Guiñazú, Pablo (Internacional – Brasil)

Pérez, Enzo (Benfica - Portugal)

Braña, Rodrigo (Estudiantes de La Plata - Argentina)

Rodríguez, Clemente (Boca Juniors - Argentina)

Sergio Aguero: Bio

Sergio Aguero Profile & Bio:

Name: Sergio Aguero
Nick Name: El Kun / El Kun Aguero
Birthday: Jun 2, 1988
Birth Place: Quilmes, Argentina
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Primary Position: Striker/Forward
Current Team: Manchester City, Argentine National
Youth Team: Independiente
Previous Teams: Atletico Madrid

Bio & Stats Sources:
Manchester City's Bio
Soccernet's Bio
Wikipedia Bio
Goal.com's Bio

Social Media:
Official Website
Official Facebook Page - Twitter

Player Compilations:
Sergio Aguero Goal Compilation at Manchester City
Sergio Aguero Goal Compilation at Atletico Madrid
Sergio Aguero Goal Compilation at Indepediente

Latest News on Sergio Aguero (EL Kun):

FIFA Ranking: Argentina (March 2012)

National Team Ranking: Argentina (Mar. 2012)

It seems that Argentina's win against Switzerland on Feb. 29 2012 has pushed them back into the top ten group and is now in 8th place.

FIFA Ranking: Argentina 8th place (Mar. 2012)

Ezequiel Lavezzi: Bio

Ezequiel Lavezzi: Bio & Profile:

Name: Ezequiel Lavezzi
Birthday: May 3 1985
Birth Place: Villa Gobernador Gálvez, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Primary Position: Striker/Forward
Current Team: Napoli, Argentine National
Youth Team: Boca Juniors
Previous Teams: San Lorenzo de Almagro , Genoa,


Ezequiel Lavezzi: Bio & Stats Sources:
Napoli's Bio Page
Soccernet's Bio & Stats Page
Wikipedia Bio Page
Goal.com's Bio Page


Social Media:
Facebook Page - Twitter - Personal Website



Latest News on Ezequiel Lavezzi:

Lionel Messi: Bio

Lionel Messi Profile & Bio:

Name: Lionel Messi
Birthday: Jun 24, 1987
Birth Place: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.69 m)
Primary Position: Forward
Current Team: Barcelona, Spain, Argentine National
Youth Team: Barcelona, Spain


Bio & Stats Sources:
FC Barcelona's Bio
Soccernet's Bio
Wikipedia Bio
Goal.com's Bio

Personal Website:
LionelMessi's Official Website

Social Media:
Lionel Messi: Facebook

Player Compilations:
Watch all of Messi's 234 goals in Barcelona (as of Mar 21, 2012)
Messi Compilation 1
Messi Compilation 2


Latest News on Lionel Messi:

FIFA Ranking - Argentina

FIFA Ranking - February 2012

For the first time in eight years, Argentina has dropped below the top ten in FIFA rankings. The worst ranking Argentina has ever had was back in 1996 when it ranked in 24th place.




FIFA Ranking - Argentina 11th place (February 2012)
National team ranking - Argentina (February 2012)

Argentina Vs Switzerland (Friendly - February 29 2012)

The Argentine coach, Sabella has selected 18 players for the friendly against Switzerland on Feb. 29th 2012 in Berne, Switzerland. The fresh & exciting name on this latest call-up list is that of Erik Lamela, the young up-start who proved himself in the national youth teams.


Di María, Ángel (Real Madrid-Spain)
Higuaín, Gonzalo (Real Madrid - Spain)
Messi, Lionel (Barcelona - Spain)
Agüero, Sergio (Manchester City - UK)
Mascherano, Javier (Barcelona - Spain)
Palacio, Rodrigo (Genoa - Italy)
Diaz, Daniel (Getafe - Spain)
Romero, Sergio (Sampdoria - Italy)
Campagnaro, Hugo (Nápoli - Italy)
Fernández, Federico (Nápoli - Italy)
Gago, Fernando (Rome - Italy)
Lamela, Erik (Rome - Italy)
Zabaleta, Pablo (Manchester City - UK)
Rodríguez, Maximiliano (Liverpool - UK)
Monzón, Luciano (Nice- France)
Garay, Ezequiel (Benfica - Portugal)
Rojo, Marcos (Spartak Moscow - Russia)
Sosa, José (Metalist - Ukraine)

Argentina Vs Colombia Line-up: World Cup Qualifier (Nov. 15, 2011)

Here is the possible Line-up for the Game against Colombia:

4-4-2 Formation

----------Messi -- Higuain--------

José Sosa -- Mascherano -- Gago Or Brana ? -- Pablo Guiñazú

Pablo Zabaleta -- Fede Fernández -- Nico Burdisso -- Clemente Rodríguez

----------Sergio Romero---------

Argentina Vs Bolivia Line-up: World Cup Qualifier (Nov. 11, 2011)

Argentina Vs Bolivia: Nov. 11 2011 (Friday - 3:00 pm / Eastern)





The Line-up for the Game against Bolivia is:

Pastore -- Higuain -- Messi

Alvarez -- Mascherano -- Gago

Rodriguez -- Burdisso -- Demichelis -- Zabaleta








Sabella, the coach of Argentina's National team has selected his 21+ players for the second round of games against Bolivia & Colombia this November 2011 for the 2014 World Cup qualifications.



Players left out from the previous games are: Ricky Alvarez, Rodrigo Palacio, Nicolás Otamendi, Eduardo Salvio, Jonás Gutiérrez, Nico Pareja, Emiliano Insúa y Fabián Rinaudo.

Players added for the upcoming games against Bolivia & Colombia are: Fernando Gago, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Pablo Guiñazú and Luciano Monzón

On Nov 7th 2011, the coach added 4 more players from the domestic league to the national team: Clemente Rodriguez (Boca Juniors) - Agustin Orion (Boca Juniors) - Rodrigo Brana (Estudiantes) - Leandro Desabato (Estudiantes)


Argentina Vs Bolivia: Nov. 11 2011 (Friday)
Argentina Vs Colombia: Nov. 15 2011 (Tuesday)



Strikers/Forwards:
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Nápoli)
Germán Denis (Atalanta)
Angel Di María (Real Madrid)


Midfielders:
Ever Banega (Valencia)
Fernando Gago (Rome)
Pablo Guiñazú (Inter Porto Alegre)
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
José Sosa (Metallist)
Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain)
Rodrigo Brana (Estudiantes)
Ricardo "Ricky" Álvarez (Inter)


Defenders:
Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
Federico Fernández (Napoli)
Martín Demichelis (Málaga)
Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú)
Luciano Monzon (Nice)
Clemente Rodriguez (Boca Juniors)
Leandro Desabato (Estudiantes de La Plata),


Goalies:
Sergio Romero (Sampdoria)
Mariano Andújar (Catania)
Agustin Orion (Boca Juniors)

Argentine National Team: World Cup Qualifiers (Nov. 11 & 15 - 2011)

Sabella, the coach of Argentina's National team has selected his 21+ players for the second round of games against Bolivia & Colombia this November 2011 for the 2014 World Cup qualifications.



Players left out from the previous games are: Ricky Alvarez, Rodrigo Palacio, Nicolás Otamendi, Eduardo Salvio, Jonás Gutiérrez, Nico Pareja, Emiliano Insúa y Fabián Rinaudo.

Players added for the upcoming games against Bolivia & Colombia are: Fernando Gago, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Pablo Guiñazú and Luciano Monzón

On Nov 7th 2011, the coach added 4 more players from the domestic league to the national team: Clemente Rodriguez (Boca Juniors) - Agustin Orion (Boca Juniors) - Rodrigo Brana (Estudiantes) - Leandro Desabato (Estudiantes)


Argentina Vs Bolivia: Nov. 11 2011 (Friday)
Argentina Vs Colombia: Nov. 15 2011 (Tuesday)



Strikers/Forwards:
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Nápoli)
Germán Denis (Atalanta)
Angel Di María (Real Madrid)


Midfielders:
Ever Banega (Valencia)
Fernando Gago (Rome)
Pablo Guiñazú (Inter Porto Alegre)
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
José Sosa (Metallist)
Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain)
Rodrigo Brana (Estudiantes)


Defenders:
Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
Federico Fernández (Napoli)
Martín Demichelis (Málaga)
Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú)
Luciano Monzon (Nice)
Clemente Rodriguez (Boca Juniors)
Leandro Desabato (Estudiantes de La Plata),


Goalies:
Sergio Romero (Sampdoria)
Mariano Andújar (Catania)
Agustin Orion (Boca Juniors)

Ever Banega: Bio

Ever Banega Profile & Bio:

Name: Ever Banega
Birthday: Jun 29, 1988
Birth Place: Rosario, Santa Fe
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
Primary Position: Midfielder
Current Team: Valencia, Argentine National
Youth Team: Boca Juniors


Bio & Stats Sources:
CF Valencia's Bio
Soccernet's Bio
Wikipedia Bio
Goal.com's Bio


Social Media:
Facebook - Twitter


Player Compilations:
Compilation 1
Compilation 2


Latest News on Ever Banega:

Argentina Vs Chile: Oct 07, 2011 (World Cup Qualifier)

Sabella confirmed the team playing against Chile - It will be a 4-4-2 formation lead by Messi and Higuain.

---------Messi (Barcelona) -- Higuaín (Real Madrid)--------------

Sosa (Metallist) - Braña (Estudiantes) - Banega (Valencia) - Di María (Real Madrid)

Zabaleta (Man. City) - Burdisso (Roma) - Otamendi (Porto) - Rojo (Spartak Moscú)

------------------------- Andújar (Catania)-----------------------

Argentine National Team: World Cup Qualifiers

Sabella, the new coach of Argentina's National team has selected his 27 players for the start of the 2014 World Cup qualification. The first two games will be against Chile & Venezuela

Argentina Vs Chile: October 7th 2011 (Friday)
Argentina Vs Venezuela: Oct 11th 2011 (Tuesday)


Strikers/Forwards:

Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)

Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)

Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa)

Eduardo Salvio (Atlético de Madrid)

Germán Denis (Atalanta)



Midfielders:

Ever Banega (Valencia)

Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)

Fabián Rinaudo (Sporting)

Rodrigo Braña (Estudiantes)

Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle)

Ricardo Alvarez (Inter)

José Sosa (Metallist)

Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain)

Angel Di María (Real Madrid)



Defenders:

Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)

Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)

Federico Fernández (Napoli)

Martín Demichelis (Málaga)

Nicolás Otamendi (Porto)

Nicolas Pareja (Spartak Moscú)

Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú)

Emiliano Insúa (Sporting)


Goalies:

Sergio Romero (Sampdoria)

Mariano Andújar (Catania)

Agustín Orion (Boca Juniors)

Ever Banega: Bio

Ever Banega Profile

Name: Ever Banega
Birthday: Jun 29, 1988
Birth Place: Rosario, Santa Fe
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
Primary Position: Midfielder
Current Team: Valencia, Argentine National
Youth Team: Boca Juniors


Bio & Stats Sources:
CF Valencia's Bio - Soccernet's Bio - Wikipedia Bio - Goal.com's Bio


Social Media:
Facebook - Twitter


Player Compilations:
Compilation 1
Compilation 2


Latest News on Ever Banega:

Copa America 2011: Match Schedule

--See official Player roster for Argentina--

Group A (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica)
Group B (Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Ecuador)
Group C (Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay)


---1st Round---

July 1 2011
Argentina Vs Bolivia - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group A

July 2 2011
Colombia Vs Costa Rica - 15:30 (18:30 GMT) - Group A

July 3 2011
Brazil Vs Venezuela - 16:00 (19:00 GMT) - Group B
Paraguay Vs Ecuador - 18:30 (21:30 GMT) - Group B

July 4 2011
Uruguay Vs Peru - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group C
Chile vs Mexico - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group C

July 6 2011
Argentina Vs Colombia - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group A

July 7 2011
Bolivia Vs Costa Rica - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group A

July 8 2011
Peru Vs Mexico - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group C
Uruguay Vs Chile - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group C

July 9 2011
Brazil Vs Paraguay - 16:00 (19:00 GMT) - Group B
Venezuela Vs Ecuador - 18:30 (21:30 GMT) - Group B

July 10 2011
Colombia Vs Bolivia - 16:00 (19:00 GMT) - Group A

July 11 2011
Argentina Vs Costa Rica - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group A

July 12 2011
Chile Vs Peru - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group C
Uruguay Vs Mexico - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group C

July 13 2011
Paraguay Vs Venezuela - 19:15 (22:15 GMT) - Group B
Brazil Vs Ecuador - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT) - Group B


---Quarter Finals---

July 16 2011
1st Group A Vs Best 3rd (S1) - 16:00 (19:00 GMT)
2nd Group A Vs 2nd Group C (S2) - 19:15 (22:15 GMT)


July 17 2011
1st Group B Vs 2nd Best 3rd (S3) - 16:00 (19:00 GMT)
1st Group C Vs 2nd Group B (S4) - 19:15 (22:15 GMT)


---Semi-Finals---

July 19 2011
Winner S1 Vs Winner S2 (G1) - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT)

July 20 2011
Winner S3 Vs Winner S4 (G2) - 21:45 (00:45+ GMT)



---3rd & 4th Place---

July 23 2011
Loser G1 Vs Loser G2


---Final---

July 24 2011
Winner G1 Vs Winner G2 - 16:00 (19:00 GMT)

Copa America 2011: Argentine Player Roster

Here is Argentina's official roster for the Copa America games starting in July 2011.


Goalies:
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Juan Pablo Carrizo (River), Mariano Andujar (Catania).

Defenders:
Javier Zanetti (Inter), Nicolás Burdisso (Roma), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú), Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) y Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)

Midfielders:
Esteban Cambiasso (Inter), Ever Banega (Valencia), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht)

Forwards/Strikers:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Angel Di María (Real Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid), Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter) y Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)


See the complete game schedule

Argentina Vs Nigeria

Argentina Vs Nigeria on June 1st, 2011 in Nigeria.


Here is the complete roster:

Belluschi, Fernando (Porto – Portugal)
Bertolo, Fernando (Zaragoza – Spain)
Bolatti, Mario (Internacional – Brasil)
Boselli, Mauro (Genoa – Italy)
Cabral, Alejandro (Legia Varsovia – Poland)
Costa, Alberto (Valencia – Spain)
Cristaldo, Jonathan (Metalit – Ukraine)
Fazio, Federico (Sevilla – Spain)
Formica, Mauro (Blackburn Robert – England)
Gabbarini, Adrián (Independiente – Argentina)
Gaitán, Nicolás (Benfica – Portugal)
Garay, Ezequiel (Benfica – Portugal)
Insúa, Emiliano (Galasataray – Turkey)
Jara, Franco (Benfica, Portugal)
Musacchio, Mateo (Villarreal – Spain)
Perotti, Diego (Sevilla – Spain)
Piatti, Pablo (Almería – Spain)
Ruben, Marco (Villarreal – Spain)
Ustari, Oscar (Getafe – Spain)
Zabaleta, Pablo (Manchester City – England)

Argentina Soccer Player Rankings via Castrol

In Castrol's latest update there were 3 Argentine soccer/football players in the top ten spot and a total of 95 Argentine players that have a ranking.

1 - Messi - Barcelona
9 - Higuaín - Real Madrid
10- Agüero - Atletico de Madrid


See All Castrol Ranked Argentine Players