- Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former football superstar. He played in four World Cups and received a FIFA award: "FIFA Internet Player of the Century", after being voted in an international fan poll organized by FIFA in 2000 to choose the best football player of all time. Maradona won various trophies with Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and SSC Napoli over the course of his career.
- Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine international football player currently playing in the Italian Serie A for Internazionale, having signed from English Premier League champions Chelsea on a 2 year loan deal on 7 August 2006. He is famed for his powerful aerial ability, which allows him to score goals from considerable distances. He is also renowned for being one of the most effective goal poachers in the game, due to his anticipatory off-the-ball movement.
- Alfio Basile
Alfio Rubén Basile, known as Coco, is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and former player. In September 2006, he became coach of the Argentina national football team, replacing José Pekerman.
- Diego Milito
Diego Alberto Milito is an Argentine professional football forward, currently playing at Real Zaragoza of the Spanish first division. Diego started playing at Argentine first division Racing Club in 1999, where he would win the 2001 Apertura tournament. At the beginning of 2005 he moved to Italian second division Genoa. After two very successful season, where he scored 33 goals in 59 matches in Italy, Diego Milito transferred to his current club Real Zaragoza.
- Jorge Valdano
Jorge Alberto Valdano (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine former football player. He is sometimes nicknamed "The Philosopher of Football". He was part of the Argentine team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (he scored Argentina's second goal in their 3-2 victory over Germany), a starter in Spanish giant Real Madrid, and later became sporting director of the Spanish club.
- Juan Román Riquelme
Juan Román Riquelme (born June 24, 1978 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine professional football attacking midfielder. Riquelme was part of the Argentina national football team that participated in the 2007 Copa América.
- Carlos Tévez
Carlos Alberto Tévez is an Argentine footballer who made his name with Argentine giants Boca Juniors and later in Brazil with Corinthians. He now plays for West Ham United. He is regarded as one of the most promising prospects to come out of Argentina. Like Argentine teammate Lionel Messi, he has been labelled as the "New Maradona". Diego Maradona once described him as the "Argentine prophet for the 21st century".
- Gabriel Batistuta
Gabriel Omar Batistuta (born 1 February, 1969), nicknamed "Batigol", is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at ACF Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the eighth top scorer of all time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches between 1991 and 2003. On the international level, he is the all-time highest scorer for Argentina's national team, with 56 goals in 78 national team matches, …
- Santiago Solari
Santiago Hernán Solari is an Argentine football player, who currently plays left midfielder for Inter Milan, and Argentina's national team. "El Indiecito" Solari played for Newell's Old Boys and local amateur "Renato Cesarini" before moving to Buenos Aires' CA River Plate in 1996. After 3 seasons with River Plate he transferred to Spanish Atlético Madrid and, upon the club's relegation in 2000, Solari moved across the city to Real Madrid.
- Roberto Ayala
Roberto Fabián "El Ratón" Ayala is an Argentinian football player, who currently plays for the Spanish team Real Zaragoza. Regarded as one of the best central defenders in the world, he has been captain of the Argentine national team for more matches than anyone else and has played in three World Cups. Ayala is the most capped player ever for Argentina with 115 international appearances.
- Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Matías Cambiasso is a professional Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Inter Milan and the Argentina national team.
- Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Boca Juniors. He plays as a striker.
- Oscar Ruggeri
Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri is a former football player. Nicknamed "El Cabezón" ("The Big-Headed One"), Ruggeri is one of the most successful defenders ever to come out of Argentina. Ruggeri started his career at Boca Juniors, playing with Diego Maradona, with whom he won a league title in 1981. In 1985 he moved to rivals River Plate, where he won the Libertadores Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and another league title in 1986.
- Javier Mascherano
Javier Alejandro Mascherano (pronounced as) (born June 8, 1984 in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe) is an Argentine football player. He plays as a defensive central midfielder and is currently with English club Liverpool. He is well known for his passing and hard tackling defence. Mascherano also holds an Italian passport due to his ancestry. Mascherano's two most used nicknames (in Argentina) are "Masche" and "Jefecito" (Little chief).
- Gabriel Milito
Gabriel Alejandro Milito is an Argentine professional football defender, currently playing for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona. Previously, Milito played for Argentine first division Independiente from 1997 to 2003. During that time, he had to face his older brother Diego Milito, who played for Independiente's arch-rivals Racing Club, and who as of the end of the 2006-07 season is his teammate at Zaragoza. In 2003, he was to be transferred to Real Madrid, …
- Ariel Ortega
Ariel Arnaldo Ortega is an Argentinian footballer, who currently plays for Club Atlético River Plate as a midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" ("The Little Donkey"), thus called "Burrito Ortega". Ortega's previous clubs have included Fenerbahçe, Parma A.C., U.C. Sampdoria, Valencia C.F., and River Plate. He has been capped 89 times for the Argentinian national team, scoring 17 goals (as of the end of 2004).
- Martín Palermo
Martín "El Loco" Palermo is a professional footballer currently playing for Boca Juniors of Argentina. He has also played in Argentina for Estudiantes de La Plata as well as in La Liga for Villarreal CF, Real Betis, and Deportivo Alavés. His career started slowly at Estudiantes de La Plata and it was not until he transferred to Boca Juniors that he won international recognition due to his impressive goal average, and his excellent performances in international matches.
- Sergio Agüero
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo is an Argentine football forward, who plays for Atlético Madrid. Agüero started playing for Argentine First Division club Independiente becoming the youngest player to debut in the Argentine First Division at only 15 years and 35 days (On July 7, 2003, against Club Atlético San Lorenzo), breaking the record previously established by Argentine legend Diego Maradona.
- Jorge Burruchaga
Jorge Luis Burruchaga is a former Argentine professional football player, and currently a football coach. He played both as an attacking midfielder and striker. "Burru" was part of the team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, scoring the goal that gave Argentina the 3:2 victory against Germany in the final match.
- Lucho González
Luis Oscar 'Lucho' González is an Argentine football (soccer) player. Called "Lucho" by fans, González played from the age of 14 for Huracán until his transfer to River Plate in 2002. At River Plate, he was part of the 2004 "Clausura" championship winning team. He played with the Argentina team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His performances at River Plate earned him a deal with FC Porto in 2005, …
- Javier Zanetti
Javier Adelmar Zanetti (born August 10, 1973) is an Argentine football player. He has been a member of Serie A club Internazionale since 1995 being the team captain since 1999. He has also played in two World Cups for Argentina. Zanetti is the second most capped player ever for Argentina behind Roberto Ayala on 115 caps. Known as "Pupi" in Argentina, he was nicknamed "Il Trattore" (The Tractor) after moving to Italy because of his strength, resilience, …
- Alberto Acosta
Alberto Federico Acosta , known popularly as "Beto" Acosta, is an Argentine former football striker. He was born on August 23 1966, in the city of Arocena in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. Acosta is currently working as the joint manager of Club Atlético Fénix of the regionalised 4th division of Argentine football. Acosta is probably most famous for becoming the top scorer in South American football in 1994.
- Mauro Rosales
Mauro Damián Rosales is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Argentine power-house River Plate. Rosales was part of the gold medal winning Argentine national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rosales was transferred from Ajax for 1.8 Million Euros making it River's 6th incorporation (after Ojeda, Ruben, Villagra, Ponzio and Rivas) with an overall value of 13 Million dollars in transfers.
- Walter Samuel
Walter Adrián Samuel (born March 22, 1978 in Laborde, Córdoba Province) is an Argentine football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Internazionale of the Italian league. Samuel started playing professionally in 1996 in Argentina for Newell's Old Boys, and a year later moved to Boca Juniors where he stayed until 2000. In that year AS Roma bought his contract for €19.8m. He gained notoriety as one of the best defense players of the Italian league, …
- Daniel Killer
Daniel Killer is a retired Argentine football defender. He was born on December 21 1949, in the city of Rosario in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. He was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Daniel and his brother Mario were part of the Rosario Central team that won the Primera Division Argentina Nacional championship of 1973.
- Leandro Cufré
Leandro Damián Cufré is an Argentine football (soccer) player who currently plays for French AS Monaco. Cufré is a defender and was capped by Argentina for the first time in 2000. He won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship with the Argentina U-20 team and was a member of the Argentina squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. On June 30, 2006, Cufré was red carded for violent conduct in an altercation following the World Cup quarter-final match against Germany, …
- Claudio Caniggia
Claudio Paul Caniggia is a legendary Argentine football forward, who played for the Argentine national team in two World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors.
- Abel Balbo
Abel Eduardo Balbo is a former Argentine football striker. At club level, Balbo played for Newell's Old Boys (1987-88), River Plate (1988-89), before moving to Italy and Udinese (1989-93), Roma (1993-98 and 2000-02), Parma (1998-99), and Fiorentina. He played four games for Boca Juniors before finally retiring. He scored a total of 138 goals in Serie A; his best seasons came in 1992-93 for Udinese and 1994-95 for Roma, with 22 goals in each of them.
- Javier Saviola
Javier Pedro Saviola (born 11 December 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinian professional football player, who plays for Real Madrid. His usual position is as striker. He is known for his speed and ability to score from almost any position. He has scored 10 goals in 34 games for the Argentina national team, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2005, he was the youngest named on the FIFA 100 list of the 125 greatest living footballers.
- Lionel Scaloni
Lionel Sebastián Scaloni is an Argentine football player. He is currently playing for S.S. Lazio in Italy. Due to his Italian descent, he also holds an Italian passport. He also holds a Spanish passport due to the length of time he spent playing in Spain. A right sided defender who can also operate in a more attacking role on the right side of midfield, he has also played in the centre of midfield on various occasions.
- Aldo Pedro Duscher
Aldo Pedro Duscher is an Argentine football (soccer) player with an Austrian passport, who currently plays for the Spanish team Deportivo de La Coruña. He is renowned for his physical presence on the pitch, famously breaking David Beckham's metatarsal and is constantly touted as a possible replacement for Roy Keane, former 'Hard Man' of Old Trafford. Aldo Duscher debuted professionally in 1996 with Newell's Old Boys.
- Leo Franco
Leonardo Noeren Franco, commonly known as Leo Franco is a professional Argentine football goalkeeper who currently plays in Spain for Atlético Madrid. Franco started his career at Independiente before moving to Spanish Mérida UD. In 1998 he transferred to Real Mallorca, where he would later become a regular starter for the club, and win the 2003 Copa del Rey. He was signed by Atlético Madrid in 2004.
- Alfredo di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano is an Argentine-born former footballer and coach. He is most associated with Real Madrid, and with Ferenc Puskás was instrumental in their domination of the European Cup of Champions during the 1950s, a period in which the club won the trophy in five consecutive seasons from 1956. Di Stéfano also played international football for Argentina, Colombia, and Spain.
- Gabriel Heinze
Gabriel Iván Heinze is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for the English Premier League team Manchester United as a left-back, having transferred from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2004. Heinze is a descendant of Volga German immigrants that settled in Argentina. His ever solid displays for Manchester United in his first season saw him win fans' Player of the Year award.
- Guillermo Stábile
Guillermo Stábile born in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires was a Argentine footballer and coach. Stábile is remembered as a prominent figure in football history and one of the first goalscoring heroes. Stábile played for several club during his career; one in South America, three in Europe. He was, however most notable for being the top scorer in the Football World Cup. His coaching career was also a success, leading Argentina to six Copa América titles.
- José Rafael Albrecht
José Rafael Albrecht is a retired Argentine football defender. He was born August 28 1941 in Tucumán province. He represented Argentina at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. Albrecht started his career with Estudiantes de La Plata in 1960, and made his breakthrough into the Argentina national team in 1961. In 1962 he was signed by San Lorenzo where he was part of the 'Matadores' team that won the 1968 Metropolitano Championship without losing a single game.
- Héctor Cúper
Héctor Raúl Cúper is a former football defender and current coach of Real Betis. Cúper started playing professionally in 1976 for Ferro Carril Oeste, club for which he would play most of his career. In 1977 he played for "Independiente Rivadavia", but returned to Ferro the next season. With Ferro he obtained the first division Nacional 1982 and Nacional 1984. He also played for the Argentina national football team, but didn't participate in the World Cup.
- Diego Latorre
Diego Fernando Latorre is a former Argentine football (soccer) striker. Latorre was one of the first Argentine players to be labelled as the "New Maradona". He made his professional debut for Boca Juniors on October 18, 1987 against Platense scoring his first goal at the same match. He won the 1991 Argentine league with Boca Juniors. His good performance took him to play with the Argentina national football team scoring his first goal in a Friendly match against Brazil.
- Roberto Cherro
Roberto Cherro was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played the majority of his career with Boca Juniors, he scored 221 goals in 305 games for the club (in all competitions), making him the highest scoring player in the entire history of the club. Cherro won five league titles with Boca, he was the clubs top scorer on five occasions, …
- Marcelo Delgado
Marcelo Alejandro Delgado is an Argentine football player, currently playing for Barcelona Sporting Club. Nicknamed "El Chelo", he played for several clubs including Rosario Central, Racing Club, Boca Juniors, Barcelona SC and Mexican Cruz Azul.