Argentina Football Team Squad Rio Olympics 2016: The Summer Rio Olympics will begin from the date of 5th August to 21st August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. So, all the teams officials releasing their team squad for this Olympic. Here, the Argentia Football team squad for you… Football Fans. In this Rio Olympics 2016 Argentina team squad have not any big names of the 18-member team which they announced recently. In the 16 teams of Rio Football, the FIFA World Cup defending champions Germany, Brazil and then on the Asia’s South Korea and Japan will participate in this Rio 2016. The team, Argentina was the Olympic champions in the years of 2004 and 2008. Now, in this 2016, this team will compete with the Group D teams such as Portugal, Algeria, and Honduras. Scroll down and check the Rio Olympics 2016 Argentina Football Team Squad.
Argentina Football Team Squad Rio Olympics 2016
Most of the Big names like Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano, Angel di Maria and Sergio Aguero announced their international retirement. Also, Lionel Messi handed jail term in Spain for tax fraud on last week.
So, there is no more for the Big names in the 18-member squad of Argentina that is announced by the official AFA for this Rio Olympics 2016. Even though, some of the most recent and most wanted young players are here for this Rio 2016 such as Atletico Madrid duo, Angel Correa, Luciano Vietto, Giovanni Simeone and West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini.
Goalkeepers:
- Geronimo Rulli (Real Sociedad)
- Axel Werner (Atletico Rafaela)
Defenders:
- Jose Luis Gomez (Lanus)
- Lisandro Magallan (Boca Juniors)
- Lautaro Gianetti (Velez Sarsfield)
- Victor Cuesta (Independiente)
- Leandro Vega (River Plate)
- Alexis Soto (Banfield)
Midfielders:
- Santiago Ascacibar (Estudiantes)
- Mauricio Martínez (Union)
- Lucas Romero (Cruzeiro)
- Giovani Lo Celso (Rosario Central)
Forwards:
- Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid),
- Joaquin Correa (Sampdoria)
- Critian Espinoza (Huracan)
- Manuel Lanzini (West Ham)
- Luciano Vietto (Atletico Madrid)
- Giovanni Simeone (River Plate)
In the 16 teams of Rio Football, the FIFA World Cup defending champions Germany, Brazil and then on the Asia’s South Korea and Japan will participate in this Rio 2016. In this Rio Olympics, this team will compete with the Group D teams such as Portugal, Algeria, and Honduras.
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