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Argentina won the silver medal in football in the Olympic Games in 1928. The players Olympic were: Ludovico Bidoglio, Angel Bossio, Saul Calandra, Alfredo Carricaberry, Roberto Cherro, Octavio Diaz, Juan Evatristo, Manuel Ferreira, Enrique Gainzarain, Alfredo Herman, Segundo Luna, Angel Segundo Medici, Luis Monti, Pedro Ochoa, Rodolfo Orlandini, Raimundo Orsi, Fernando Patenoster, Adolfo Zumelzu, Luis Weihmuller, Domingo Tarasconi, Natalio Perinetti, Feliciano Preeduca.
Argentina- it is about 5 times the size of France- qualified for the quarter-finals of the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea.
This Latin American won the FIFA U-20 World Championship in Tokyo (Japan) in 1979. Under the leadership of Diego Armando Maradona, best known as “Pelusa”, Argentina defeated the USSR/Soviet Union (currently Russia) 3-1. Ramon Diaz (Argentine player) was a top scorer and won the “Golden Shoe”. His countrymen, Maradona, also was awarded the Golden Ball.
Argentina won the bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. Under the direction of Cesar Menotti, Argentina defeated Costa Rica 3-0. The players were: Ricardo Alonso, Pablo de las Mercedes, Jose Luis Ceballos, Aldo Espinoza, Pedro Evaristo Farias, Pedro Agustin Fernandez, Sergio Fortunato, Americo Gallego, Luis Galvan, Eduardo Marillack, Manuel Pereyra, Carlos Suarez, Carlos Salinas, Jorge Salas, Juan Cesar Silva, Daniel Valencia, Jose Santiago Tello, Alberto Vivalda.
This South American nation won the FIFA U-20 World Cup -for the third time- in 2001. The Latin American country downed Ghana 3-0 in the final.
This country has famous Olympic players: Luis Islas (Olympic player in 1988), Javier Saviola (Olympic gold medalist, 2004), Sergio Romero Olympic player in 2008), Carlos Tevez (Olympic gold medalist, 2004), Pablo Zabaleta (Olympic player in 2008), Hernan Crespo (Olympic silver medalist, 1996), Jose Sosa (Olympic player in 2008), Diego Simeone (Olympic silver medalist, 1996), Lionel Messi (Olympic player in 2008), Roberto Ayala (Olympic silver medalist, 1996/Olympic gold medalist, 2004), Sergio Aguero (Olympic player in 2008).
Argentina won the gold medal in soccer in the Pan American Games in Dallas (Texas,USA) in 1937.
In 1977, Diego Armando Maradona was one of the greatest youngest players in the world. However, he did not qualify for the 1978 World Cup in Buenos Aires (Argentina).Why? Cesar Luis Menotti (coach) said: “I told him that he would be great, very great. But he could not bear the blow. He cried like a child”. Under the direction of Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina won the FIFA World Cup in 1978. Diego was born on October 30, 1960 in Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires.
Like Brazil, Germany and Italy, Argentina is one of the best teams in the world.
Historical results:
1921: America Cup-1st place
1925:America Cup-1st place
1927: America Cup-1st place
1929: America Cup-1st place
1930:FIFA World Cup-2nd place
1934: FIFA World Cup-10th place
1937:America Cup-1st place
1941: America Cup-1st place
1945: America Cup-1st place
1946: America Cup-1st place
1947: America Cup-1st place
1951: Pan American Games-1st place (gold medal)
1955: Pan American Games-1st place (gold medal); America Cup-1st place
1957: America Cup-1st place
1958: FIFA World Cup-13rd place
1959: Pan American Games-1st place (gold medal); America Cup-1st place
1962: FIFA World Cup-10th place
1963: Pan American Games-2nd place (silver medal)
1966: FIFA World Cup-5th place
1971:Pan American Games-1st place (gold medal)
1974: FIFA World Cup-2nd place
1975: Pan American Games-3rd place (bronze medal)
1978: FIFA World Cup-1st place
1979: FIFA U-20 World Cup-1st place
1982: FIFA World Cup-11th place
1983: FIFA U-20 World Cup-1st place
1986: FIFA World Cup-1st place
1987: Pan American Games-3rd place (bronze medal)
1990: FIFA World Cup-2nd place
1991: FIFA U-17 World Championship-3rd place
1994: FIFA World Cup-10th place
1995:Pan American Games-1st place (gold medal); FIFA U-20 World Cup-1st place; FIFA U-17 World Championship-3rd place
1996: Olympic Games-2nd place (silver medal)
1998: FIFA World Cup-5th place
2001: FIFA U-20 World Cup-1st place; FIFA U-17 World Championship-4th place
2003: Pan American Games-1st place (gold medal); FIFA U-20 World Cup-4th place; FIFA U-17 World Championship-3rd place
2004: Olympic Games- 1st place (gold medal)
2005: FIFA U-20 World Cup-1st place
2007: FIFA U-20 World Cup-1st place