
He has chosen Nehuen Perez, a 21-year-old centre-back who recently returned to Atletico Madrid from a loan spell at Granada, as his captain.īatista has selected just one overage player in his squad – goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma.Īrgentina have been drawn in Group C alongside Spain, Egypt and Australia, with the top two going through to the quarter-finals. They are managed by Fernando Batista, who has worked in the national team’s youth set-up since 2018. 1.50pm and 7.50pm Weightlifting it is the final day of weightlifting at the Tokyo International Forum. Just over half of the squad still play their club football in Argentina, with three representatives from Lanus and Velez Sarsfield. Spain and Argentina face in the third and final day of Group C of the Tokyo Olympics. Argentina face India in the evening game. 24 of these medals have come in boxing, Argentina has won more medals in this. Argentine athletes have won a total of 77 medals at the Summer Olympic Games.
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There is also one from England – Brighton and Hove Albion’s promising young attacker, Alexis Mac Allister – who is expected to feature prominently. The Olympics hosted by Brazil in 2016 had the biggest Argentinian delegation, 213 athletes, and the country won 3 gold medals for the first time since 1948, including the first by a woman.



The current Argentina squad contains players based in nine different countries, including Portugal, Russia, France, Mexico and the United States.
