Paraguay men's national under-17 football team

Paraguay

Association	Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gerardo Gonzalez Aquino
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
First international
NA
Best result	FIFA U-17 World Cup Quarterfinals (5th) 1 time (1999) South American Under-17 Football Championship Runner-up 1 time (1999) Third Place 1 time (2001) Fourth Place 3 times (1988, 1997, 2015)

Paraguay national under-17 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship.

Overview

The under-17 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents.

The team has participated in 3 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the best performance came in the 1999 World Cup held in New Zealand, when Paraguay reached the quarterfinals and finished in the 5th place. The best performance at the South American level came in 1999 when they finished second the South American Under-17 Football Championship, along with one third place in 2001 and three fourth places in 1988,1997 and 2015.

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	10	6
2001	Group stage	3	2	0	1	5	6
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	8	7
Total	3/16	10	5	1	4	23	19

Current Squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Gabriel Perrota (1998-12-26)26 December 1998 (aged 16) Nacional 2 2DF Rodi Ferreira (1998-05-29)29 May 1998 (aged 17) Olimpia 3 2DF Luis Giménez (1998-08-01)1 August 1998 (aged 17) Olimpia 4 2DF Blás Riveros (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 17) Olimpia 5 2DF Marcelo Arce (1998-03-24)24 March 1998 (aged 17) Olimpia 6 3MF Arturo Aranda (1998-04-20)20 April 1998 (aged 17) Olimpia 7 3MF Jorge Morel (1998-08-07)7 August 1998 (aged 17) Libertad 8 3MF Cristian Paredes (1998-05-18)18 May 1998 (aged 17) Guarani 9 4FW Sebastián Ferreira (1998-02-13)13 February 1998 (aged 17) Sol de América 10 4FW Sergio Díaz (1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 17) Cerro Porteño 11 3MF David Colmán (1998-07-25)25 July 1998 (aged 17) Cerro Porteño 12 1GK Miguel Ángel Martínez (1998-09-29)29 September 1998 (aged 17) General Díaz 13 2DF Fernando Lomaquis (1998-09-05)5 September 1998 (aged 17) Rubio Ñu 14 2DF Óscar Rodas (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 17) Olimpia 15 2DF Juan Miguel Ojeda (1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 17) Sportivo Luqueño 16 3MF Nery Balbuena (1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 17) Nacional 17 3MF Marcelino Ñamandú (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 16) Rubio Ñu 18 3MF Ricardo Gabazza (1999-01-21)21 January 1999 (aged 16) Libertad 19 4FW René Cabrera (1998-04-16)16 April 1998 (aged 17) Nacional 20 4FW Julio Villalba (1998-09-17)17 September 1998 (aged 17) Cerro Porteño 21 1GK Óscar Benítez (1998-07-10)10 July 1998 (aged 17) Rubio Ñu

See also

• Paraguay national football team
• Paraguay national under-23 football team
• Paraguay national under-20 football team
• Paraguay women's national under-17 football team

External links

• APF Website