# Argentina national under-17 football team

The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.
Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups, finishing in third place three times and fourth place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.
Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Emiliano Martínez, Fernando Redondo, Nestor Fabbri, Roberto Bonano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Franco Constanzo, Leonardo Biagini, Luciano Galletti, Marcelo Gallardo, Esteban Cambiasso, Gabriel Milito, Ezequiel González, Aldo Duscher, Lucas Biglia, Eduardo Salvio, Maxi López, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez.

## Competitive record

$^1$Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

## Honours
### Competitive

* FIFA U-17 World Cup
** Third Place (3): 1991, 1995, 2003
* South American Championship U-17
** Champions (4): 1985, 2003, 2013, 2019
** Runners-up (6): 1988, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2015
** Third Place (5): 1991, 1993, 2007, 2011, 2023

## Current squad

The following 21 players are called up to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Caps and goals as of 12 September 2023, after the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Froilán Díaz | (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 18) | 9 | 0 | Unión de Santa Fe |
| 12 | 1GK | Jeremías Florentín | (2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Talleres |
| 21 | 1GK | Franco Villalba | (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Vélez Sarsfield |
| 2 | 2DF | Ulises Giménez | (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 19) | 7 | 0 | River Plate |
| 3 | 2DF | Octavio Ontivero | (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Lanús |
| 4 | 2DF | Dylan Gorosito | (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors |
| 6 | 2DF | Juan Manuel Villalba | (2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18) | 7 | 0 | Vélez Sarsfield |
| 13 | 2DF | Valente Pierani | (2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Estudiantes de La Plata |
| 14 | 2DF | Tobías Palacio | (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 18) | 10 | 0 | Argentinos Juniors |
| 15 | 2DF | Juan Giménez | (2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 (age 18) | 8 | 1 | Rosario Central |
| 16 | 2DF | Thiago Laplace | (2006-04-03) 3 April 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Lanús |
| 5 | 3MF | Mariano Gerez | (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 19) | 8 | 0 | Lanús |
| 8 | 3MF | Gustavo Albarracín | (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18) | 8 | 0 | Talleres |
| 17 | 3MF | Valentino Acuña | (2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 19) | 8 | 0 | Newell's Old Boys |
| 18 | 3MF | Kevin Gutiérrez | (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 19) | 11 | 1 | Rosario Central |
| 20 | 3MF | Franco Mastantuono | (2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 (age 17) | 0 | 0 | River Plate |
| 7 | 4FW | Ian Subiabre | (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 18) | 8 | 0 | River Plate |
| 9 | 4FW | Agustín Ruberto | (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 19) | 10 | 3 | River Plate |
| 10 | 4FW | Claudio Echeverri | (2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 19) | 10 | 5 | River Plate |
| 11 | 4FW | Santiago López | (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 19) | 11 | 4 | Independiente |
| 19 | 4FW | Maher Carrizo | (2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Vélez Sarsfield |