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Most Copa América tournaments played: 7 – Lionel Messi in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024 Most Copa América appearances made: 39 – Lionel Messi Youngest player: Diego Maradona , 16 years, 120 days old against Hungary on 27 February 1977
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.
Seven Argentinian players have won the South American Championship three times each. Manuel Seoane (1925, 1927 and 1929) also won the title as coach in 1937. The others are Vicente de la Mata (1937, 1945, 1946), José Salomón (1941, 1945, 1946), Mario Boyé , Félix Loustau , Norberto Méndez and René Pontoni (all 1945, 1946, 1947).
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé.
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.
Pages in category "Copa América–winning players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 484 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In advance of the 2021 Copa América, Messi donated three signed shirts to the Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech—whose directors spoke of their admiration for Messi—in order to secure 50,000 doses of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, in the hope of vaccinating all of South America's football players. [375]
Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. [3] It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,377 clubs and 37,161 officials, all according to FIFA) [1] and is the most popular recreational sport, played from childhood into old age. [4]