- Lionel Andres Messi
Lionel Messi (full name Lionel Andres Messi ) was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. He is an Argentine international footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Primera Division, and for the Argentine national team. Biography and Career : He started playing football when he was just five years old at a club which was coached by his father. After three years he moved to...
- 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.
- 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, …
- 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.
- 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.
- Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Boca Juniors. He plays as a striker.
- Daniel Passarella
Daniel Alberto Passarella (born May 25, 1953 in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires province) is a former Argentine football centre back and former manager of the Argentine and Uruguayan national football teams.
- 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, …
- Diego Simeone
Diego Pablo Simeone (born April 28, 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer. A midfielder, he is the third most capped player ever for Argentina. When Simeone was 14, his youth coach Victorio Spinetto nicknamed him "Cholo" as his energetic play reminded him of after former Boca Juniors player and Argentine international Carmelo Simeone (no relation). In his club career that started in 1987, Simeone played for Vélez Sarsfield, …
- Roberto Abbondanzieri
Roberto Carlos "El Pato" Abbondanzieri (born Abbondancieri on August 19 1972 in Bouquet, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine football goalkeeper currently playing for Getafe CF and the Argentina national football team.
- Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Matías Cambiasso is a professional Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Inter Milan and the Argentina national team.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Bielsa (born July 21, 1955) is a football coach and former defender, born in Rosario,. He played as a defender in Newell's Old Boys First Division Team, but soon retired, and developed his career as coach in that team. He led Newell's to several wins in the early 1990s. In 1992 he moved to Mexico where he had spells in charge of CF Atlas and Club América. In 1997 he returned to Argentina to manage Vélez Sársfield.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Oscar Ustari
Oscar Alfredo Ustari is an Argentine professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Getafe CF of Spain. Ustari played in children's league with "Club Atlético Rivadavia" before moving to Independiente at age 14. He made his professional debut in the Argentine first division in 2005, later going on to be the goalkeeper for the Argentine team that won the 2005 Football World Youth Championship, which took place in the Netherlands.
- 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 Bilardo
Carlos Salvador Bilardo (born March 16, 1939 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football (soccer) player and coach (and a physician by training) who achieved worldwide renown as a player with Estudiantes de La Plata and as coach of the 1986 World Cup champion team. Born to Sicilian immigrants and raised in the Buenos Aires La Paternal neighborhood, Bilardo mixed football, study and hard work from his childhood.
- Fernando Redondo
Fernando Carlos Redondo Neri is a former Argentine professional football player. He was a defensive midfielder of outstanding skill and culture. He was a member of the Argentina national football team and played for the clubs Argentinos Juniors (1985-90), CD Tenerife (1990-94), Real Madrid (1994-2000), and AC Milan (2000-2003).
- Hugo Ibarra
Hugo Benjamín Ibarra is an Argentine professional football player currently playing with Boca Juniors in Argentine first division. Born in the northern province of Formosa, Ibarra went to Santa Fe Province to start playing with Colón de Santa Fe. The team was in second division when Ibarra started playing professionally in 1993, but 2 years later the team was promoted to first division.
- 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.
- Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi born on May 3 1985, in Villa Gobernador Gálvez, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli. Lavezzi shot to fame at the age of 19 in the Apertura 2004 tournament, he scored six goals in total, the most notable was a spectacular effort against River Plate at the El Monumental.
- José Pekerman
José Néstor Pekerman is an ex-Argentine football coach and current coach of Club Toluca of Mexico. He is arguably the all-time most successful football coach of young teams, having won the FIFA World Youth Championship three times (1995, 1997 and 2001), and the South American Youth Championship (U20) twice (1997 and 1999). He coached the Argentina national football team in the 2006 World Cup.
- Sergio Batista
Sergio Daniel Batista (born 1962-11-09 in Buenos Aires) is a former football (soccer) midfielder from Argentina.
- Amadeo Carrizo
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo is a former football goalkeeper, born on June 12 1926 in Rufino in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. His nickname was 'Tarzán'. Carrizo was a pioneer, helping to innovate techniques and strategies for goalkeepers. He was the first goalkeeper to wear gloves, the first one to leave the penalty box to defend his goal and the first one to use goal kicks as a strategy to start counter attack plays.
- Ubaldo Fillol
Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (born July 21, 1950 in San Miguel del Monte, Buenos Aires), nicknamed "El Pato" ("The Duck"), is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper. He took part of 1974, 1978 (where he won the championship with his team and was voted Best Goalkeeper) and 1982 World Cups representing his country. He played in the South American qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup, but he was finally not chosen for the final team that played (and won) in Mexico.
- Alberto Tarantini
Alberto Tarantini is an Argentine former football player. He played as a defensive left back early in his career, and later as a full back. He rose through the Boca Juniors youth divisions in the early 1970s, and was noted for his afro hairdo and his large front teeth, which earned him the nickname "conejo" ("rabbit"). Tarantini was part of the under-23 team that won the 1975 Toulon tournament, together with Jorge Valdano, Américo Gallego, and others, …
- 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.
- Fernando Cavenaghi
Fernando Ezequiel Cavenaghi (born September 21 1983 in O'Brien, Buenos Aires Province is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Girondins de Bordeaux. He started playing for Club Atlético River Plate (the team that produced Pablo Aimar and Hernán Crespo among others). He is rated by Gianfranco Zola as the only Argentine he would pay to see play. Cavenaghi made his debut in the 2000/2001 season for in which he scored 1 goal in 5 appearances.
- Rodolfo Arruabarrena
Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena is an Argentine football defence player, recently signed by Greek team AEK Athens. He has dual citizenship: Argentine and Spanish. "El Vasco" Arruabarrena (The Basque) debuted professionally in 1993 with Boca Juniors, where he played until 2000, except for the Apertura 1996, when he was loaned to Rosario Central for 6 months. After returning to Boca, he gained a place in the regular squad.
- Osvaldo Ardiles
Osvaldo ("Ossie") César Ardiles (born August 3, 1952 in Córdoba Province) is a football coach and former midfielder who won the 1978 World Cup as part of the Argentinian national team. His latest coaching job was as the coach of Beitar Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League, from which he was fired October 18 2006. A competitive and skilled midfielder, he became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, …
- Pablo Ledesma
Pablo Martín Ledesma (born on April 2. 1984 in La Falda, Córdoba)is a professional football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Club Atletico Boca Juniors of Argentine first division. Before moving to Boca's youth divisions he played for "Fútbol Juvenil FC". His debut for Boca was on July 12, 2003 when Boca lost to Colón de Santa Fe 2-1. He made his debut with the Argentina national football team against Chile, 18 April, 2007.
- Juan Pablo Carrizo
Juan Pablo Carrizo is an Argentine footballer (goalkeeper), who plays for Club Atlético River Plate. He is currently the first-choice goalkeeper for the Buenos Aries club. He has been with River Plate since he began his professional career, making his debut on the 29th of January 2006 against Tiro Federal. He kept a clean sheet in River's 5-0 win. He made his International debut for Argentina against Chile, 18 April, 2007.
- Silvio Marzolini
Silvio Marzolini is an Argentine football player who played club football for Boca Juniors 1960-72. He is widely regarded as being one of the best left backs of all time, playing this position for the Argentine national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He played a total of 28 games for Argentina. He started in the young divisions of Ferro Carril Oeste, and debuted in first division in 1959. Only a year later he moved to Boca Juniors, …
- Marcelo Trobbiani
Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani (b. February 17, 1955 in Casilda, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine football (soccer) coach and a former player. He is the current assistant coach of Boca Juniors. An attacking midfielder, Trobbiani was one of the promising young stars to rise in Boca Juniors during the early 1970s.
- Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Guillermo Barros Schelotto is a football player, who currently plays for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Guillermo played for Boca Juniors of the Primera División Argentina from 1996 to 2007. He is the most decorated football player in Argentine football history, having played on teams that won 18 international and domestic titles recognized by FIFA. Barros Schelotto is one of Boca's top scorers in international matches with 25 goals, …
- Leonardo Ponzio
Leonardo Daniel Ponzio is an Argentine football Midfielder currently playing for CA River Plate in Argentina. He started his career playing in the youth system at Newell's Old Boys in Rosario, Argentina. He was signed by Spanish side Real Zaragoza in 2003. He was transferred to River Plate the 16, February of 2007. Ponzio has played for Argentina at under-17, under-20 and at full international level.