Argentina 2008 Olympic Football Squad
2004 Olympic football champions Argentina will defend their gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics with the following squad:
Coach
Sergio Batista, 45, Under-23 Coach
Goalkeepers:
Oscar Ustari (22) (Getafe, Spain)
Sergio Romero (21) (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands)
Defenders:
Pablo Zabaleta (23) (Espanyol, Spain)
Ezequiel Garay (21) (Real Madrid, Spain)
Federico Fazio (21) (Sevilla, Spain)
Nicolás Burdisso (24) (Internazionale, Italy)
Luciano Monzón (21) (Boca Juniors)
Midfielders:
Fernando Gago (22) (Real Madrid)
Ever Banega (20) (Valencia, Spain)
Javier Mascherano (24) (Liverpool, England)
Juan Román Riquelme (30) (Boca Juniors)
Angel Di MarÃa (20) (Benfica, Portugal)
José Sosa (23) (Bayern Munich, Germany)
Diego Buonanotte (20) (River Plate)
Forwards:
Lionel Messi (21) (Barcelona, Spain)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (23) (Napoli, Italy)
Lautaro Acosta (20) (Sevilla, Spain)
Sergio Agüero (20) (Atlético de Madrid, Spain)
Reserves:
Nicolás Navarro (Napoli, goalkeeper)
Nicolás Pareja (Anderlecht, Belgium, defender)
Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht, midfielder)
Emiliano Insúa (Liverpool, midfielder)
The reserves won’t travel but can be called up prior to the start of the tournament in case a squad member is injured. Argentina will play against Japan in a friendly on 29th July in Tokyo before traveling to Beijing.
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Topics: Argentina, Olympic Football
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Shame they didn’t select Mauro Zárate, he’s a great striker (not as good as Messi, but still good).
July 11th, 2008 @ 13:24will this team be able to defend their gold.
August 1st, 2008 @ 08:32will this team be able to defend their gold ??????????
August 1st, 2008 @ 08:36i reckon it’s awesome team. will easily defend gold
August 6th, 2008 @ 10:16surely this team has the potential to defend the title
August 8th, 2008 @ 05:56all the best
INCREDIBLE SQUAD!!! WHO CAN STAND THE HEAT OF MESSI [ A K A MERCILESS], ANGEL DI MARIA [A K A DARK ANGEL], RIQUELME, AGUERO, MASCHERANO [ A K A THE ROCK] AND HOST OF THE SQUAD?
October 1st, 2008 @ 22:41