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The World Cup Golden Ball has been given by FIFA to the best player at the World Cup since 1982; Argentina players have won it thrice; Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. [17] World Cup top goalscorer. Guillermo Stábile in 1930 and Mario Kempes in 1978 were both the top-scoring players at their respective World Cups. [18] World Cup ...
The Footballer of the Year of Argentina (in Spanish: Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista, that literally translates to "Silver Olimpia to the Best Footballer) is a yearly award given by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle (Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos de la República Argentina) as one of the Olimpia Awards, the most important sports award in Argentina.
His 20 goals in the 1998 Apertura also made him the first player to average more than 1 goal per match since Juan Gómez Voglino (who is also the all-time Atlanta top scorer) [36] in 1973. Paraguayan Arsenio Erico and Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli are the two foreigners to have been top scorer of Argentina on the most occasions. Erico was the top ...
South American Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 23: 2006 [13] Golden Foot: 2007, as football legend [14] Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes: 2010, The stadium in Córdoba, Argentina was named after him. AFA Team of All Time (published 2015) [15] IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team B): 2021 [16]
This is a list of players that have played for the Argentina national football team. The players are listed in chronological order according to the date of their debut. Additionally, their dates of birth, number of caps and goals are stated.
Since the Golden Ball for the tournament's best player was officially awarded by FIFA in 1982, Argentina players have won it three times: Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. Individually for Argentina, Lionel Messi is the all-time most-capped player with 191 matches and the highest goalscorer with 112 goals.
Messi is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, [261] and one of the greatest footballers of all time. [262] A prodigious talent as a teenager, Messi established himself among the world's best players before age 20. [263]
The list of Argentine men's footballers in La Liga records the association football players from Argentina who have appeared at least once for a team in the Spanish league. Entries in bold denote players still active in actual season.