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International Football - Argentina
Youngest Players
This list features the youngest players to play for the Argentina national team.
RANK | PLAYERS | AGE | YEAR |
1 | Diego Maradona | 16 years, 120 days | 1977 |
2 | Jorge Carlos Cecchi | 17 years, 203 days | 1980 |
3 | Eliseo Brown | 17 years, 251 days | 1906 |
4 | Franco Mastantuono | 17 years, 295 days | 2025 |
5 | Manuel Ferreira | 18 years, 41 days | 1923 |
6 | Lionel Messi | 18 years, 54 days | 2005 |
7 | Diego Simeone | 18 years, 77 days | 1988 |
8 | Sergio Agüero | 18 years, 92 days | 2006 |
9 | Emanuel Mammana | 18 years, 117 days | 2014 |
10 | Alberto Tarantini | 18 years, 140 days | 1974 |
References
11v11. (2025). Argentina national football team – statistics and records: youngest players. Available at: https://www.11v11.com/teams/argentina/tab/stats/option/youngest/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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