Lionel Messi's 2005 Youth World Cup winning Argentina Squad: Where are they now?

Champions of the World! Who said Messi doesn’t have an international trophy, eh!

THE FORWARDS

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - JULY 08:  (L-R) Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero stretch during a training session at Arena de Sao Paulo on July 8, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Messi and Aguero – what a story these two have shared

9. Pablo Vitti

The tricky wide forward, known for his dribbling ability, has played for a LOT of clubs

Current Club: Veria (Greece)

Past Club(s): Rosario Central, Banfield, Independiente, Chronomorets Odessa, Toronto FC, Universidad San Martin, Universitario de Deportes,Queretaro, LDU Quito, Tigre, San Martin de San Juan, All Boys

Biggest Club: Rosario Central


16. Neri Cardozo

Having started off life as a forward, he dropped a touch deeper and now plays as an attacking midfielder who has spent the majority of career playing in Mexico

Current Club: Querataro (Mexico)

Past Club(s): Boca Juniors, Chiapas, Monterrey

Biggest Club: Boca Juniors


18. Lionel Messi

You know who this is.

What you may not know though is that he won the Golden Boot (6 goals) and the Golden Ball at the Youth World Cup. He was also the ONLY non-Argentina based player at the time of the Cup

Current Club: Barcelona (Spain)

Past Club(s): Newell’s Old Boys (youth team), Barcelona C, Barcelona B, Barcelona

Biggest Club: Newell’s... sorry, Barcelona


19. Sergio Aguero

Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero is one of the world’s deadliest strikers and having married Diego Armando Maradona’s daughter, he lived an average Argentine’s definition of Utopia. His recent crisis – in both his personal and professional life – shows that there is no such thing as Utopia

Current Club: Manchester City(England)

Past Club(s): Independiente, Atletico Madrid

Biggest Club: Manchester City (where he will forever be immortalised for ‘AGUEROOOOOOO’)


20. Gustavo Oberman

From starting of life as Leo Messi’s strike partner to becoming an impact substitute at Pune City FC, it’s been a long career of ups and downs for old Gustavo

Current Club: FC Pune City (India)

Past Club(s): Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, CD Castelellon, CFR Cluj, Cordoba, Argentinos Juniors, Quilmes, Olimpo, San Marcos de Arica

Biggest Club: No, no, Hrithik, sorry... River Plate

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