2010 FIFA World Cup squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club
1 1 GK Diego Pozo ( 1978-02-16 ) 16 February 1978 ( aged 32 ) 3 Colón
2 2 DF Martín Demichelis ( 1980-12-20 ) 20 December 1980 ( aged 29 ) 25 Bayern Munich
3 2 DF Clemente Rodríguez ( 1981-07-31 ) 31 July 1981 ( aged 28 ) 12 Estudiantes La Plata
4 2 DF Nicolás Burdisso ( 1981-04-12 ) 12 April 1981 ( aged 29 ) 29 Roma
5 3 MF Mario Bolatti ( 1985-02-17 ) 17 February 1985 ( aged 25 ) 5 Fiorentina
6 2 DF Gabriel Heinze ( 1978-04-19 ) 19 April 1978 ( aged 32 ) 64 Marseille
7 3 MF Ángel Di María ( 1988-02-14 ) 14 February 1988 ( aged 22 ) 8 Benfica
8 3 MF Juan Sebastián Verón ( 1975-03-09 ) 9 March 1975 ( aged 35 ) 70 Estudiantes La Plata
9 4 FW Gonzalo Higuaín ( 1987-12-10 ) 10 December 1987 ( aged 22 ) 5 Real Madrid
10 4 FW Lionel Messi ( 1987-06-24 ) 24 June 1987 ( aged 22 ) 45 Barcelona
11 4 FW Carlos Tevez ( 1984-02-05 ) 5 February 1984 ( aged 26 ) 54 Manchester City
12 2 DF Ariel Garcé ( 1979-07-14 ) 14 July 1979 ( aged 30 ) 4 Colón
13 2 DF Walter Samuel ( 1978-03-23 ) 23 March 1978 ( aged 32 ) 54 Internazionale
14 3 MF Javier Mascherano ( c ) ( 1984-06-08 ) 8 June 1984 ( aged 26 ) 57 Liverpool
15 2 DF Nicolás Otamendi ( 1988-02-12 ) 12 February 1988 ( aged 22 ) 7 Vélez Sársfield
16 4 FW Sergio Agüero ( 1988-06-02 ) 2 June 1988 ( aged 22 ) 22 Atlético Madrid
17 3 MF Jonás Gutiérrez ( 1983-07-05 ) 5 July 1983 ( aged 26 ) 16 Newcastle United
18 4 FW Martín Palermo ( 1973-11-07 ) 7 November 1973 ( aged 36 ) 14 Boca Juniors
19 4 FW Diego Milito ( 1979-06-12 ) 12 June 1979 ( aged 30 ) 21 Internazionale
20 3 MF Maxi Rodríguez ( 1981-01-02 ) 2 January 1981 ( aged 29 ) 36 Liverpool
Group B -- Argentina
Coach : Diego Maradona
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010, the tournament's opening day. For the first time in World Cup history, all teams had at least one player from a European club (North Korea being the only team with just one, Hong Yong-jo). Three national squads were made up entirely of players from domestic clubs: England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria was the only team with no players from domestic clubs.