Argentines who play for other national teams: would they make Argentina's squad?

According to the Mexican press, it looks like they'll be taking him to Gold Cup this summer

 

5 Argentines in Paraguay's final Copa America roster:

Andrés Cubas, Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Gastón Giménez, Héctor David Martínez, Santiago Arzamendia

 

Yeah, I don't think there was room for any of them even in the peripheral of the squad... maaaybe Martinez in the future, although for now he has like 10 solid defenders ahead of him and wouldn't have room in the foreseeable future.

I just find the amount of nationalized Argentines in one team to be interesting. It's practically half a starting team, and with an Argentine coach managing them they might as well switch their red stripes to light blue at this point.

 

Rogelio Funes Mori formally included in Mexico's Gold Cup preliminary roster:

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— Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (@FMF) June 18, 2021

Santiago Gimenez, an Argentine-born 20-year-old forward, was also included in the list. The difference with Funes Mori is he moved to Mexico at a young age, making him "more" Mexican, if you will..

 

Apparently he has represented their NT at youth level and was even called-up to the senior side in October of last year. He is pretty Mexican though, since he had barely turned 3 when he moved there with his dad.

I don't know if he'll be present at Gold Cup though, since nearly 2/3 of those on the list will be cut. Funes Mori has a much better chance, but I don't think he's a lock either.

 

I hadn't realized Rogelio Funes Mori was selected ahead of Chicharito for the Mexican NT

Hugo Sanchez is pissed:

"Resulta que Javier Hernández no es mejor que Rogelio Funes Mori. ... Si realmente es mejor que los que están en México muy bien. Pero quién es el que decide que es mejor o no: otro argentino. El Tata Martino ¿de dónde es?

Defenderé a los futbolistas mexicanos. Estoy hablando de Carlos Vela, Macías, Hirving Lozano, Henry Martin, Alexis Vega, Alan Pulido. De muchos delanteros mexicanos que no tienen ese respaldo y apoyo porque el entrenador de la selección nacional no es mexicano y es argentino. No lo voy a permitir. No me gusta.”​

 

It only took Funes Mori 4 minutes to find his first international goal with Mexico



lol at that accidental assist

 

Now this is a peculiar case:

Spanish-born, 16-year-old La Masia left-back of Argentine and Japanese descent Niko Takahashi expresses his openness to play for all three nations...

Firmemente ubicado en el lateral izquierdo tras comenzar su carrera como delantero, Niko hizo carrera en las juveniles del culé, donde acaba de consagrarse campeón de la categoría Cadetes A. Esto llamó la atención de la selección española, que lo convocó para la sub 16. Pero también lo pretenden Japón y la Argentina, por supuesto.

“Me gustaría jugar con las tres selecciones. Ya probé la española. Me gustaría hacerlo con las otras para elegir dónde me siento más cómodo. Tampoco quiero estar cambiando siempre, pero sí me gustaría probar y, donde crea que estoy mejor, pues quedarme. Ya que tengo la suerte de tener la triple nacionalidad, la quiero aprovechar", afirma Niko.​

https://tntsports.com.ar/internacio...-nueva-promesa-de-La-Masia-20210714-0011.html

 

Paraguay confirm their interest in calling up rising 20-year-old Boca Juniors leftback Agustin Sandez

“Son futbolistas seguidos por nosotros y forman parte de nuestra elección", reconoció Eduardo Berizzo, el entrenador argentino del seleccionado paraguayo.

"A nuestro entender son paraguayos, que lo único que ha imposibilitado que lo sean es un trámite burocrático", agregó el DT que está en la cuerda floja y se juega mucho este jueves como local ante Venezuela.

"Yo encontré y propuse la nacionalización de Andrés Cubas, Gastón Giménez y David Martínez, pero a todo jugador paraguayo que quiera ser parte, no le voy a cerrar las puertas. Tengo la obligación de seguir, la obligación de prestarle atención y de convocarlos si me gustan", contó Berizzo tiempo atrás.​

https://www.ole.com.ar/boca-juniors/boca-sandez-seleccion-paraguay_0_b5zQxT3Gu.html

Racing rightback Juan Caceres was also confirmed to be followed. Looks like Berizzo really is going for a full Argentine starting eleven

I honestly wonder how the Paraguayans feel about this. All these players have Paraguayan descent, but lets be honest, none of them had ever been to the country or probably even felt a connection to it prior to their call-ups. There currently are 5 Argentine-born players featured in their roster, another 2 or 3 that were recently called-up, and these 2 being watched. It’s kind of crazy.

I know we discussed with Mario in the past that most of these guys wouldn’t cut it for Argentina (although Sandez has been impressing for Boca and is young, so he could be of use depending on how he develops), but I just wonder how their fans feel about it. I mean other than Arzamendia, who made a name for himself in the Paraguayan league, their NT is being invaded by foreigners while the “real” Paraguyans are being robbed of chances. It doesn’t help that they’re doing quite poorly in WCQs (1 win in 8 games)

 

This kind of caught me by surprise....

Lucas Zelarayan to play for the Armenian NT

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"Barev, Hayastan🇦🇲
You'll see me playing for Armenian National team soon.
I hope we will achieve great success together🥰.
See ya👋🏻#Zelarayan #Armenia #ArmenianNT pic.twitter.com/G9dUO3zeYi

— Football Federation of Armenia (@OfficialArmFF) September 28, 2021

Talented player, great addition for Armenia. He's 29 so he was pretty much out of the picture for us (much more being that he's playing in MLS), but the guy has skills...

He'll be the second Argentine player in the current Armenia squad, joining Boca's Norberto Briasco.

Armenia currently placed 2nd in Group J in the UEFA WCQs (which grants a playoff spot), so who knows, maybe we'll even see both of them at the WC.

 

I wonder if this is it for many of the Argentine players on the Paraguayan NT now that Berizzo got sacked... I'm sure David Martinez and Arzamendia will continue to receive call-ups regularly, but others like Gaston Gimenez, Romero Gamarra, and Andres Cubas I'm not so sure...