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)