Argentina 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Argentina in the 1980s — 101 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Diego Simeone racked up the most caps of anyone here — 106 in all. Diego Maradona leads the scoring with 34. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Leopoldo Luque: 22 goals in 45 caps. The squad breaks down as 8 goalkeepers, 32 defenders, 35 midfielders and 26 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Ruggeri | DF | 97 | 7 | 92 |
| Diego Simeone | MF | 106 | 11 | 91 |
| Diego Maradona | MF/FW | 91 | 34 | 91 |
| Claudio Caniggia | MF | 50 | 16 | 90 |
| Daniel Passarella | DF | 70 | 22 | 89 |
| Leopoldo Luque | FW | 45 | 22 | 88 |
| Américo Gallego | MF | 73 | 3 | 88 |
| Osvaldo Ardiles | MF | 52 | 8 | 88 |
| Mario Kempes | FW | 43 | 20 | 87 |
| Alberto Tarantini | DF | 61 | 1 | 87 |
| Roberto Sensini | DF | 60 | 0 | 87 |
| Jorge Olguín | DF | 60 | 0 | 87 |
| Ubaldo Fillol | GK | 58 | — | 87 |
| Jorge Burruchaga | MF/FW | 57 | 13 | 85 |
| Sergio Goycochea | GK | 44 | — | 84 |
| Ricardo Giusti | MF | 53 | 0 | 84 |
| Daniel Bertoni | MF | 31 | 12 | 83 |
| Abel Balbo | FW | 37 | 11 | 83 |
| Oscar Garré | DF | 39 | 0 | 82 |
| Nery Pumpido | GK | 36 | — | 81 |
| José Luis Brown | DF | 36 | 1 | 81 |
| Ramón Díaz | FW | 22 | 10 | 81 |
| Sergio Batista | MF | 39 | 0 | 80 |
| Luis Galván | DF | 34 | 0 | 80 |
| Luis Islas | GK | 30 | — | 80 |
| Jorge Valdano | FW | 23 | 7 | 79 |
| José Daniel Valencia | FW | 41 | 5 | 78 |
| Juan Barbas | MF | 33 | 0 | 78 |
| José Basualdo | MF | 31 | 0 | 78 |
| Hernán Díaz | DF | 28 | 3 | 77 |
| José Daniel Ponce | MF | 21 | 4 | 77 |
| Ricardo Bochini | MF | 28 | 0 | 77 |
| Sergio Fortunato | FW | 15 | 7 | 76 |
| Néstor Clausen | DF | 26 | 1 | 76 |
| Gabriel Calderón | MF | 23 | 1 | 76 |
| Ricardo Gareca | FW | 20 | 5 | 76 |
| Pedro Pasculli | FW | 20 | 5 | 76 |
| Norberto Alonso | MF | 19 | 4 | 76 |
| Pedro Troglio | MF | 21 | 2 | 76 |
| Héctor Baley | GK | 13 | — | 75 |
| Enzo Trossero | DF | 22 | 0 | 75 |
| Néstor Fabbri | DF | 22 | 2 | 75 |
| Néstor Gorosito | MF | 19 | 1 | 74 |
| José Luis Cuciuffo | DF | 21 | 0 | 74 |
| Miguel Ángel Russo | MF | 17 | 1 | 73 |
| Oscar Dertycia | FW | 19 | 2 | 73 |
| Marcelo Trobbiani | MF | 15 | 1 | 72 |
| Carlos Alfaro Moreno | FW | 11 | 2 | 71 |
| Pedro Monzón | DF | 15 | 1 | 69 |
| Santiago Santamaría | MF | 10 | 2 | 69 |
| Alberto Márcico | FW | 15 | 0 | 69 |
| Carlos Daniel Tapia | MF | 10 | 1 | 69 |
| Víctor Ramos | FW | 10 | 1 | 68 |
| Héctor Enrique | MF | 11 | 0 | 68 |
| Néstor Lorenzo | DF | 13 | 1 | 68 |
| Juan Simón | DF | 13 | 0 | 68 |
| Claudio Borghi | MF | 9 | 1 | 68 |
| Jorge Rinaldi | FW | 14 | 0 | 67 |
| Patricio Hernández | MF | 10 | 0 | 67 |
| Jorge Gabrich | FW | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Sergio Omar Almirón | FW | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Julián Camino | DF | 11 | 0 | 66 |
| José Van Tuyne | DF | 11 | 0 | 66 |
| Néstor Craviotto | DF | 11 | 2 | 66 |
| Claudio Marangoni | MF | 9 | 0 | 66 |
| Alejandro Sabella | MF | 8 | 0 | 65 |
| Gustavo Dezotti | FW | 7 | 1 | 65 |
| Blas Giunta | MF | 7 | 0 | 64 |
| Jorge Theiler | DF | 8 | 0 | 63 |
| José Serrizuela | DF | 8 | 0 | 63 |
| Darío Siviski | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Victorio Orlando Ocaño | DF | 6 | 0 | 61 |
| José Percudani | FW | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Rubén Darío Insúa | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Claudio Cabrera | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Roque Alfaro | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Mauro Airez | FW | 4 | 1 | 60 |
| Carlos Morete | FW | 4 | 1 | 60 |
| Julio César Falcioni | GK | 3 | — | 58 |
| Mario Lucca | DF | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Roberto Mouzo | DF | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Eduardo Saporiti | DF | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Jorge Carlos Domínguez | FW | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Luis Antonio Amuchástegui | FW | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Edgardo Bauza | DF | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Rubén Agüero | DF | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Juan Bujedo | DF | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Héctor Cúper | DF | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Alejandro Russo | FW | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Sergio Maciel | FW | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Omar Jorge | DF | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Carlos Ischia | DF | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Raúl de La Cruz Chaparro | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Carlos Fren | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Oscar Román Acosta | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Juan José Urruti | FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Jorge Bartero | GK | 0 | — | 48 |
| Héctor Zelada | GK | — | — | 48 |
| Julio Olarticoechea | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Jorge Pellegrini | DF | — | — | 48 |
| Jorge Comas | FW | — | — | 48 |
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