Best full-backs in the history of the Argentine National Team – ranked

In 90min we continue thinking about the Copa América 2024, counting down it and getting into the mood. For that, we find it interesting to talk about the best full-backs who have passed through the Argentine National Team, being a difficult position but some footballers have been able to leave a huge mark thanks to their style of play.

The players mentioned in the following list have contributed very significantly to the Albiceleste shirt, helping the growth of South American soccer and the team itself to win world titles or Copa América.

He is on the podium of the footballers with the most games played in the Argentine National Team, currently Lionel Messi was the one who dethroned him from the position. He was part of the Albiceleste squad in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

He has been able to wear the captain's ribbon with great heights both in the youth teams and in the senior team. He participated in two Copa América (1999 and 2004 and two World Cups (2002 and 2006).

He participated twice in the World Cup, the first in 1962 and the second in 1966, where he was chosen as the figure of the competition, although in both, he was very decisive and a protagonist, remaining in the history of the Argentine national team.

One of the protagonists of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, at that time he was called up by Carlos Salvador Bilardo where he made his debut in the second match of the tournament and was not a substitute again from that moment. He unfortunately passed away tragically and accidentally at a very young age.

He had his time in the two biggest clubs in Argentina, he was part of the team that won the first Copa Libertadores for Boca Juniors, world champion with the Argentine National Team in 1978 and is considered one of the best left backs to wear the Albiceleste shirt. .