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:
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Player Compilations:
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Compilation 2


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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

Argentina Vs USA: Line-Up

The Argentine coach, Sergio Batista, has chosen the 25 players he will bring to his two friendlies against the United States & Costa Rica. Again, no sign of Carlos Tevez

Argentina Vs U.S Results: Tie 1 (Cambiasso) - 1 (Agudelo)

See the Game Preview

USA vs Argentina: A Condensed History by Goal.com

Schedule:
Argentina Vs United States (March 26, 7:00pm ET in New Jersey, USA)
Argentina Vs Costa Rica (March 29 in Costa Rica)

Click here to see the U.S. Roster



Argentine Roster (Confirmed Starter team in Bold)

Goalie:
Mariano Andújar (Catania-Italy)
Adrián Gabbarini (Independiente-Argentina)
Agustín Marchesín (Lanús-Argentina)

Defender:
Javier Zanetti (Internazionale de Milán-Italy)
Gabriel Milito (Barcelona-Spain)
Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid-Spain)
Nicolás Otamendi (F.C. Porto-Portugal)
Nicolás Burdisso (Roma-Italy)
Marcos Rojo (Spartak de Moscú-Russia)
Marcos Angeleri (Sunderland-UK)

Midfielder:
Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City-UK)
Federico Fazio (Sevilla-Spain)
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona-Spain)
Mario Bolatti (Internacional-Brasil)
Ever Banega (Valencia-Spain)
Fernando Belluschi (F.C. Porto-Portugal)
Esteban Cambiasso (Inter-Italy)
Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht-Bélgium)
Javier Pastore (Palermo-Italy)
Ángel Di María (Real Madrid-Spain)
José Sosa (Nápoli-Italy)

Forward/Striker:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona-Spain)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Nápoli-Italy)
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica - Portugal)
Eduardo Salvio (Benfica-Portugal)

Argentina Vs Venezuela: Line-up

Here is the line-up for the Argentina Vs Venezuela (friendly) on Mar 16th in San Juan, Argentina. The coach, Sergio Batista, is going to experiment with an "all domestic" team from Argentina's 1st Division to see which standouts he can eventually include to the main all-star team which includes all the top international players (Messi, lavezzi, Mascherano ....)


Game Results: Arg 4 - Ven 1
Goals by: Mouche (2), Chávez, Aued

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The confirmed players for today's game are in Bold letters

Goalie:
Agustín Marchesín (Lanús)
Javier García (Boca Juniors)

Defenders:
Ismae Quilez (Colón de Santa Fe)
Julián Velázquez (Independiente)
Jonathan Maidana (River Plate)
Fernando Tobio (Vélez Sarsfield)
Luciano Monzón (Boca Juniors)
Lisando López (Arsenal F.C.)
Iván Pillud (Racing Club)
Gastón Díaz (Vélez Sarsfield)

Midfielders:
Diego Valeri (Lanús)
Cristian Chávez Boca Juniors)
Luciano Aued (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata)
Fabián Rinaudo (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata)
Claudio Jacob (Racing Club)
Ariel Rojas (Godoy Cruz)
Franco Razzotti (Vélez Sarsfield)
Mauricio Sperdutti (Newell's Old Boys)
Maximiliano Moralez (Vélez Sarsfield)

Forward/Strikers:
Pablo Mouche (Boca Juniors)
Juan Manuel Martínez (Vélez Sarsfield)
Matías De Federico (Independiente)