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On 28 January 2008, Di María and some of his under-20s teammates were called up for the Argentina Olympic football team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He scored the extra-time game-winning goal on a pass from Lionel Messi in the 105th minute of his team's 2–1 quarter-final win over the Netherlands. [ 117 ]
It was the 22nd final of the men's football tournament at the Summer Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested for the men's under-23 national teams of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. In front of a crowd of 89,102, Argentina won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in football, beating Nigeria , 1–0.
The men's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's under-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament.
Argentina competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 19 sports. [1] Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Javier di Gregorio Cristian Álvarez Francisco Arrué Pablo Contreras Sebastián González David Henríquez Manuel Ibarra Claudio Maldonado Reinaldo Navia Rodrigo Núñez Rafael Olarra Patricio Ormazábal David Pizarro Rodrigo Tello Mauricio Rojas: 2004 Athens details Argentina (ARG) Germán Lux Willy Caballero Roberto Ayala Fabricio Coloccini ...
This article lists the team squads of Men's Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Each nation had to submit a squad of 18 players, 15 of which had to be born on or after 1 January 1985, and 3 of which could have been older dispensation players, by 23 July 2008. [ 1 ]
Ferenc Bene holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Olympics tournament, scoring 12 goals in the 1964 edition. Sophus Nielsen and Gottfried Fuchs share the record for most goals scored in a single Olympic match at 10.
Ángel Di María: 29 145 0.2 2008–2024 3 Diego Maradona: 26 91 0.29 1977–1994 4 Ariel Ortega: 21 88 0.24 1993–2010 5 Juan Román Riquelme: 17 51 0.33 1997–2008 6 Giovani Lo Celso: 16 61 0.26 2017–present 7 Sergio Agüero: 15 101 0.15 2006–2021 8 Claudio López: 12 55 0.22 1995–2003 Juan Sebastián Verón: 12 72 0.17 1996–2010 ...