All-Time Argentina Squad

[Glavisted]

Well, I finished my second all-time squad. After making my All-Time Peru Squad I decided to try to do the same work with Argentina. I posted the full article on my blog: Selección Histórica de Argentina

This is the summary of the 25-men squad:

01 GK CARRIZO, Amadeo
14 CB PERFUMO, Roberto
19 SW PASSARELLA, Daniel
04 RB ZANETTI, Javier
03 LB MARZOLINI, Silvio
05 DM MONTI, Luis
08 AM MORENO, José Manuel
11 AM DI STÉFANO, Alfredo
10 AM MARADONA, Diego
18 FW MESSI, Lionel
09 CF BATISTUTA, Gabriel

12 GK FILLOL, Ubaldo
25 CB RUGGERI, Óscar
02 CB AYALA, Roberto
23 RB SOSA, Carlos
15 DM ROSSI, Néstor
06 DM REDONDO, Fernando
16 AM RIQUELME, Juan Román
17 AM BOCHINI, Ricardo
22 AM SASTRE, Antonio
13 AM PEDERNERA, Adolfo
20 AM SÍVORI, Omar
21 LW ORSI, Raimundo
24 FW LABRUNA, Ángel
07 CF KEMPES, Mario

And these are my positional rankings:

Goalkeepers

01. CARRIZO, Amadeo
02. FILLOL, Ubaldo
03. DOMÍNGUEZ, Rogelio
04. TESORIERE, Américo
05. ROMA, Antonio
06. GATTI, Hugo
07. COZZI, Julio
08. PUMPIDO, Nery
09. SANTORO, Miguel Ángel
10. GUALCO, Sebastián
11. CEJAS, Agustín
12. MARÍN, Miguel
13. GOYCOCHEA, Sergio
14. ANDRADA, Edgardo
15. MUSIMESSI, Julio

Central Defenders

01. PASSARELLA, Daniel
02. PERFUMO, Roberto
03. RUGGERI, Óscar
04. AYALA, Roberto
05. RAMOS DELGADO, José
06. SALOMÓN, José
07. BIDOGLIO, Ludovico
08. SAMUEL, Walter
09. SACCHI, Federico
10. DELLACHA, Pedro
11. SÁ, Francisco
12. ALBRECHT, Rafael
13. GRIFFA, Jorge
14. PIAZZA, Osvaldo
15. SENSINI, Roberto

Right-backs

01. ZANETTI, Javier
02. SOSA, Carlos
03. OLGUÍN, Jorge
04. WOLFF, Enrique
05. YÁCONO, Norberto
06. OLARTICOECHEA, Julio
07. LOMBARDO, Juan Francisco

Left-backs

01. MARZOLINI, Silvio
02. SORÍN, Juan Pablo
03. TARANTINI, Alberto
04. CARRASCOSA, Jorge
05. PESCIA, Natalio
06. VAIRO, Federico
07. SUÁREZ, Pedro

Defensive Midfielders

01. MONTI, Luis
02. REDONDO, Fernando
03. ROSSI, Néstor
04. RATTÍN, Antonio
05. LAZZATTI, Ernesto
06. PERUCCA, Ángel
07. CAMBIASSO, Esteban
08. MASCHERANO, Javier
09. MARANGONI, Claudio
10. GALLEGO, Américo
11. BATISTA, Sergio
12. ALMEYDA, Matías
13. MOURIÑO, Eliseo
14. ASTRADA, Leonardo
15. RAIMONDO, Miguel Ángel

Central Midfielders

01. ARDILES, Osvaldo
02. VERÓN, Juan Sebastián
03. SIMEONE, Diego
04. GIUSTI, Ricardo
05. BARBAS, Juan
06. MARTINO, Gerardo
07. ZUMELZÚ, Adolfo
08. MINELLA, José María
09. TROBBIANI, Marcelo
10. BASUALDO, José

Attacking-midfielders

01. BOCHINI, Ricardo
02. RIQUELME, Juan Román
03. BRINDISI, Miguel Ángel
04. ALONSO, Norberto
05. BURRUCHAGA, Jorge Luis
06. PASTORIZA, José Omar
07. BABINGTON, Carlos
08. AIMAR, Pablo
09. ROSSI, Óscar
10. GOROSITO, Néstor
11. LÓPEZ, Juan José
12. SABELLA, Alejandro
13. ZANABRIA, Mario
14. GALLARDO, Marcelo
15. D'ALESSANDRO, Andrés

Deep-lying forwards

01. MARADONA, Diego
02. DI STÉFANO, Alfredo
03. MORENO, José Manuel
04. PEDERNERA, Adolfo
05. SÍVORI, Omar
06. SASTRE, Antonio
07. MARTINO, Rinaldo
08. ONEGA, Ermindo
09. GRILLO, Ernesto
10. MASCHIO, Humberto
11. CESARINI, Renato
12. ORTEGA, Ariel
13. MÁRCICO, Alberto
14. BORGHI, Claudio
15. SCOPELLI, Alejandro

Right-wingers

01. CORBATTA, Omar
02. PEUCELLE, Carlos
03. HOUSEMAN, René
04. BERTONI, Daniel
05. BOYÉ, Mario
06. BERNAO, Raúl
07. MUÑOZ, Juan Carlos
08. SCOTTA, Héctor
09. MASTRÁNGELO, Ernesto
10. VERNAZZA, Santiago

Left-wingers

01. ORSI, Raimundo
02. LOUSTAU, Félix
03. GARCÍA, Enrique
04. MÁS, Óscar
05. PELEGRINA, Manuel
06. VERÓN, Juan Ramón
07. CUCCHIARONI, Ernesto
08. GUAITA, Enrique
09. BELÉN, Raúl
10. SUED, Ezra

Forwards

01. MESSI, Lionel
02. LABRUNA, Ángel
03. SEOANE, Manuel
04. OHACO, Alberto
05. FERREIRA, Manuel
06. MÉNDEZ, Norberto
07. VARALLO, Francisco
08. DE LA MATA, Vicente
09. ANGELILLO, Antonio
10. CHERRO, Roberto
11. CANIGGIA, Claudio
12. ROJAS, Ángel Clemente
13. TÉVEZ, Carlos
14. LÓPEZ, Claudio
15. AYALA, Rubén

Centre-forwards

01. BATISTUTA, Gabriel
02. KEMPES, Mario
03. PONTONI, René
04. FERREYRA, Bernabé
05. ARTIME, Luis
06. CRESPO, Hernán
07. SANFILIPPO, José
08. MASANTONIO, Herminio
09. BIANCHI, Carlos
10. TARASCONI, Domingo
11. SARLANGA, Jaime
12. STÁBILE, Guillermo
13. VALDANO, Jorge
14. YAZALDE, Héctor
15. ONNIS, Delio

 

[balikelectro]

wow.. that was great if they are life, tin same time ...
and i think. the coach is VICENTE DEL bosque...

 

[PLF]

Del Bosque is Spanish not Argentinian.

Nice list as always Glavisted.

 

[ALBICELESTE2010]

Thanks Glavisted. Not much to pick a hole in your selection.

The XI you have picked have some much class on and style on the ball it would be an absolute pleasure to watch the technique and artistry of that side.

Zanetti would look like someone who has stepped out of the pages of El Grafico in the thirties as if carved out of granite with his slicked back hair and impeccable turnout much like Marzolin on the other flank.

I personally would prefer Redondo to start as DM ahead of Monti.

It's shame that the players of the maquina era and the fifties are barely known in Europe. Had there not been a Second World War I am sure Argentina would have won a couple of titles in 1942 and 1946 and players like Pedernera for instance would be revered.

And a shame that the AFA (shambolic as always) did not send their Copa side of 1957 to Sweden. This side beat Brazil 3-0 in that tournament and much of the same Brazilian side triumphed the following year.

Due to the bizarre rule of not allowing players who had decided to move to Europe play for the seleccion (given it was harder to travel back and forth) several world class players were removed who then opted to play for Italy or Spain.

These included Sivori and Angellilo. di Stefano would have been at the peak of his powers as well.

Again Argentina would have been strong favourites in '58 had the buffoons who are still in power at the AFA not been in charge.

Who would coach this lot ? So many great coaches to choose from. I'd say Cesar Menotti's philosophy or indeed Renato Cesarini.

 

[Glavisted]

Who would coach this lot ? So many great coaches to choose from. I'd say Cesar Menotti's philosophy or indeed Renato Cesarini.

César Menotti would be my first option but I haven't found the way to qualify coaches.

 

[ALBICELESTE2010]

César Menotti would be my first option but I haven't found the way to qualify coaches.

No need too amigo. It is a pleasure to read your well researched articles. Many thanks and have a great New Year.

 

[Glavisted]

Full article: http://glavisted.blogspot.com/2012/10/seleccion-historica-de-argentina.html

 

[Glavisted]

I've added to the positional rankings to Pedro Ochoa, Ramón Díaz, Javier Saviola and Sergio Agüero into the forwards and Martín Palermo and Diego Milito into the centreforwards.

 

[Glavisted]

I've added to the positional rankings to Julio Libonatti into the forwards.