1987 Copa América squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1987 Copa América held in Argentina. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Uruguay, as defending champion, receiving a bye to the semi finals.

Group A

Argentina

Head Coach: Carlos Bilardo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 4FW Roque Alfaro (1956-08-15)15 August 1956 (aged 30) River Plate 2 3MF Sergio Batista (1962-11-09)9 November 1962 (aged 24) Argentinos Juniors 3 4FW Claudio Caniggia (1967-01-09)9 January 1967 (aged 20) River Plate 4 4FW Oscar Dertycia (1965-03-03)3 March 1965 (aged 22) Instituto Córdoba 5 2DF José Luis Brown (1956-11-10)10 November 1956 (aged 30) Brest 6 2DF Hernán Diaz (1965-02-26)26 February 1965 (aged 22) Rosario Central 7 4FW Juan Gilberto Funes (1963-03-08)8 March 1963 (aged 24) River Plate 8 3MF Oscar Acosta (1964-10-18)18 October 1964 (aged 22) Ferro Carril Oeste 9 2DF José Luis Cuciuffo (1961-02-01)1 February 1961 (aged 26) Vélez Sársfield 10 3MF Diego Maradona (1960-10-30)30 October 1960 (aged 26) Napoli 11 4FW José Alberto Percudani (1965-03-26)26 March 1965 (aged 22) Independiente 12 3MF Darío Siviski (1962-12-20)20 December 1962 (aged 24) San Lorenzo 13 2DF Oscar Garré (1956-12-09)9 December 1956 (aged 30) Ferro Carril Oeste 14 3MF Ricardo Giusti (1956-12-11)11 December 1956 (aged 30) Independiente 15 1GK Luis Islas (1965-12-25)25 December 1965 (aged 21) Independiente 16 2DF Julio Olarticoechea (1958-10-08)8 October 1958 (aged 28) Argentinos Juniors 17 4FW Pedro Pasculli (1960-05-17)17 May 1960 (aged 27) Lecce 18 1GK Sergio Goycoechea (1963-10-17)17 October 1963 (aged 23) River Plate 19 2DF Oscar Ruggeri (1962-01-26)26 January 1962 (aged 25) River Plate 20 3MF Carlos Tapia (1962-08-20)20 August 1962 (aged 24) Boca Juniors 21 2DF Jorge Theiler (1964-05-12)12 May 1964 (aged 23) Newell's Old Boys 22 1GK Jorge Bartero (1957-10-28)28 October 1957 (aged 29) Vélez Sársfield

Ecuador

Head Coach: Luis Grimaldi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Héctor Chiriboga (1966-03-23)23 March 1966 (aged 21) LDU Quito 2 2DF Luis Mosquera (1964-12-14)14 December 1964 (aged 22) El Nacional 3 2DF Kléber Fajardo (1965-01-01)1 January 1965 (aged 22) Emelec 4 2DF Wilson Macías (1965-09-30)30 September 1965 (aged 21) Filanbanco 5 3MF Edgar Domínguez (1962-12-23)23 December 1962 (aged 24) Filanbanco 6 2DF Luis Capurro (1961-05-01)1 May 1961 (aged 26) Filanbanco 7 3MF Jaime Baldeón (1959-02-25)February 25, 1959 (aged 28) El Nacional 8 3MF Alex Aguinaga (1968-07-09)9 July 1968 (aged 18) Deportivo Quito 9 4FW Lupo Quiñónez (1957-02-12)12 February 1957 (aged 30) Barcelona 10 3MF Hamilton Cuvi (1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (aged 27) Filanbanco 11 4FW Geovanny Mera (1962-08-16)16 August 1962 (aged 24) El Nacional 12 1GK Carlos Morales (1965-05-12)12 May 1965 (aged 22) Barcelona 13 2DF Pablo Marín (1965-08-22)22 August 1965 (aged 21) Deportivo Cuenca 14 4FW Ney Avilés (1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 23) Emelec 15 2DF Urlín Canga (1959-08-29)29 August 1959 (aged 27) Emelec 16 2DF Juan Carlos Jácome (1960-11-06)6 November 1960 (aged 26) LDU Quito 17 3MF Pietro Marsetti (1964-11-21)21 November 1964 (aged 22) LDU Quito 18 3MF Galo Vásquez (1956-12-03)3 December 1956 (aged 30) Barcelona 19 3MF José Jacinto Vega (1958-10-28)28 October 1958 (aged 28) Barcelona 20 1GK Carlos Enríquez (1966-05-22)22 May 1966 (aged 21) Deportivo Quito

Peru

Head Coach: Fernando Cuellar

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK César Chávez Riva (1964-11-22)22 November 1964 (aged 22) Universitario 2 2DF Percy Olivares (1968-05-06)6 May 1968 (aged 19) Sporting Cristal 3 2DF Martín Duffó (1963-01-02)2 January 1963 (aged 24) Juventud La Palma 4 2DF Leonardo Rojas (1962-10-09)9 October 1962 (aged 24) Universitario 5 2DF Pedro Requena (1961-10-15)15 October 1961 (aged 25) Universitario 6 3MF Javier Chirinos (1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (aged 27) Universitario 7 3MF César Loyola (1965-09-13)13 September 1965 (aged 21) Sporting Cristal 8 3MF Eduardo Malásquez (1957-10-13)13 October 1957 (aged 29) Universitario 9 4FW Franco Navarro (1961-11-10)10 November 1961 (aged 25) Independiente 10 3MF Julio César Uribe (1958-05-09)9 May 1958 (aged 29) América de Cali 11 4FW Jorge Hirano (1956-08-14)14 August 1956 (aged 30) Bolívar 12 1GK José González Ganoza (1954-07-10)10 July 1954 (aged 32) Alianza Lima 13 2DF Jorge Arteaga (1966-12-29)29 December 1966 (aged 20) Sporting Cristal 14 2DF Juan Reynoso (1969-12-28)28 December 1969 (aged 17) Alianza Lima 15 3MF Jorge Cordero (1962-01-02)2 January 1962 (aged 25) Unión Huaral 16 2DF Jorge Olaechea (1956-08-27)27 August 1956 (aged 30) Deportivo Cali 17 3MF Luis Reyna (1959-05-06)6 May 1959 (aged 28) Universitario 18 2DF Cedric Vásquez San Agustín 19 4FW Eugenio La Rosa (1962-12-20)20 December 1962 (aged 24) Alianza Lima 20 3MF Roberto Martínez (1967-12-03)3 December 1967 (aged 19) San Agustín 21 3MF José del Solar (1967-11-28)28 November 1967 (aged 19) San Agustín 22 4FW José Anselmo Soto (1965-04-21)21 April 1965 (aged 22) UTC

Group B

Brazil

Head Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Carlos (1956-03-04)4 March 1956 (aged 31) Corinthians 2 2DF Josimar (1961-09-19)19 September 1961 (aged 25) Botafogo (RJ) 3 2DF Geraldão (1963-04-24)24 April 1963 (aged 24) Cruzeiro 4 2DF Ricardo Rocha (1962-09-11)11 September 1962 (aged 24) Guarani 5 2DF Douglas (1963-03-01)1 March 1963 (aged 24) Cruzeiro 6 2DF Nelsinho (1962-12-31)31 December 1962 (aged 24) São Paulo 7 4FW Müller (1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 21) São Paulo 8 3MF Raí (1965-05-15)15 May 1965 (aged 22) Botafogo (SP) 9 4FW Careca (1960-10-04)4 October 1960 (aged 26) Napoli 10 3MF Edú Marangón (1963-02-02)2 February 1963 (aged 24) Portuguesa 11 3MF Valdo (1964-01-12)12 January 1964 (aged 23) Grêmio 12 1GK Zé Carlos (1962-02-07)7 February 1962 (aged 25) Flamengo 13 2DF Jorginho (1964-08-17)17 August 1964 (aged 22) Flamengo 14 2DF Ricardo Gomes (1964-12-13)13 December 1964 (aged 22) Fluminense 15 2DF Júlio César (1963-03-08)8 March 1963 (aged 24) Montpellier 16 3MF Dunga (1963-10-31)31 October 1963 (aged 23) Vasco da Gama 17 4FW Edu Manga (1967-02-02)2 February 1967 (aged 20) Palmeiras 18 3MF Silas (1965-08-27)27 August 1965 (aged 21) São Paulo 19 4FW Romário (1966-01-29)29 January 1966 (aged 21) Vasco da Gama 20 4FW Mirandinha (1959-07-02)2 July 1959 (aged 27) Newcastle United 21 4FW João Paulo (1964-09-07)7 September 1964 (aged 22) Guarani 22 1GK Régis (1965-04-23)23 April 1965 (aged 22) America

Chile

Head Coach: Orlando Aravena

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Roberto Rojas (1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 31) Colo-Colo 2 2DF Patricio Reyes (1957-11-27)27 November 1957 (aged 29) Universidad de Chile 3 2DF Ricardo Toro (1961-12-16)16 December 1961 (aged 25) Palestino 4 2DF Luis Hormazábal (1959-02-13)13 February 1959 (aged 28) Colo-Colo 5 3MF Luis Rodríguez (1961-03-16)16 March 1961 (aged 26) Universidad de Chile 6 3MF Jaime Pizarro (1964-03-02)2 March 1964 (aged 23) Colo-Colo 7 4FW Ivo Basay (1966-04-13)13 April 1966 (aged 21) Everton 8 3MF Eduardo Gómez (1958-06-02)2 June 1958 (aged 29) Cobreloa 9 4FW Juan Carlos Letelier (1959-02-20)20 February 1959 (aged 28) Cobreloa 10 4FW Jorge Contreras (1960-07-03)3 July 1960 (aged 26) Las Palmas 11 2DF Fernando Astengo (1960-01-08)8 January 1960 (aged 27) Grêmio 12 1GK Marco Cornez (1957-10-15)15 October 1957 (aged 29) Universidad Católica 13 3MF Jaime Vera (1963-03-25)25 March 1963 (aged 24) Colo-Colo 14 3MF Ruben Espinoza (1961-06-01)1 June 1961 (aged 26) Universidad Católica 15 4FW Osvaldo Hurtado (1957-11-02)2 November 1957 (aged 29) Universidad Católica 16 4FW Iván Zamorano (1967-01-18)18 January 1967 (aged 20) Cobresal 17 3MF Sergio Salgado (1958-08-12)12 August 1958 (aged 28) Cobresal 18 3MF Patricio Mardones (1962-07-17)17 July 1962 (aged 24) Universidad Católica 19 2DF Alex Martínez (1959-10-26)26 October 1959 (aged 27) Universidad Católica 20 3MF Hector Puebla (1955-07-10)10 July 1955 (aged 31) Cobreloa 21 4FW Hugo Rubio (1960-07-05)5 July 1960 (aged 26) Colo-Colo 22 1GK Mario Osbén (1950-07-14)14 July 1950 (aged 36) Cobreloa

Venezuela

Head Coach: Rafael Santana

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK César Baena (1961-01-16)16 January 1961 (aged 26) Caracas FC 2 2DF René Torres (1960-10-13)13 October 1960 (aged 26) Estudiantes de Mérida 3 2DF Julio Quintero (1964-10-31)31 October 1964 (aged 22) Portuguesa 4 2DF Pedro Acosta (1959-11-28)28 November 1959 (aged 27) Marítimo 5 2DF Héctor Rivas (1968-09-27)27 September 1968 (aged 18) Marítimo 6 3MF José Francisco Nieto Unión Atlético Táchira 7 2DF Franco Rizzi (1964-07-13)13 July 1964 (aged 22) Marítimo 8 4FW Nelson Carrero (1953-02-08)8 February 1953 (aged 34) Marítimo 9 4FW Herbert Márquez (1961-11-10)10 November 1961 (aged 25) Marítimo 10 3MF Carlos Maldonado (1963-07-30)30 July 1963 (aged 23) Unión Atlético Táchira 11 4FW Wilton Arreaza (1966-08-12)12 August 1966 (aged 20) Caracas FC 12 1GK Daniel Nikolac (1961-05-11)11 May 1961 (aged 26) Marítimo 13 3MF Ildemaro Fernández (1961-12-27)27 December 1961 (aged 25) Estudiantes de Mérida 14 4FW Iván Isea (1964-02-12)12 February 1964 (aged 23) Marítimo 15 2DF Zdenko Morovic (1966-08-31)31 August 1966 (aged 20) Deportivo Italia 16 2DF Pablo Mendoza Deportivo Italia 17 3MF Robert Ellie (1959-05-11)11 May 1959 (aged 28) Caracas FC 18 3MF Asdrúbal Sánchez (1958-04-01)1 April 1958 (aged 29) Estudiantes de Mérida 19 4FW Ángel Castillo (1957-04-18)18 April 1957 (aged 30) Deportivo Italia 20 3MF William Méndez (1958-12-10)10 December 1958 (aged 28) Unión Atlético Táchira 21 2DF Gerardo Ferrebús Caracas FC 22 4FW Rodolfo Carvajal (1952-02-08)8 February 1952 (aged 35) Estudiantes de Mérida

Group C

Bolivia

Head Coach: Nito Veiga

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Luis Galarza (1950-12-26)26 December 1950 (aged 36) The Strongest 2 2DF Rómer Roca (1966-07-01)1 July 1966 (aged 20) Oriente Petrolero 3 2DF Miguel Ángel Noro (1961-08-22)22 August 1961 (aged 25) Blooming 4 2DF Félix Vera (1961-05-18)18 May 1961 (aged 26) Jorge Wilstermann 5 2DF Rolando Coimbra (1960-02-25)25 February 1960 (aged 27) Blooming 6 2DF Eduardo Villegas (1964-03-29)29 March 1964 (aged 23) The Strongest 7 3MF Marciano Saldías (1966-04-26)26 April 1966 (aged 21) Oriente Petrolero 8 3MF José Milton Melgar (1959-09-20)20 September 1959 (aged 27) Boca Juniors 9 3MF Federico Justiniano (1964-07-18)18 July 1964 (aged 22) Destroyers 10 3MF Carlos Borja (1956-12-25)25 December 1956 (aged 30) Bolívar 11 4FW José Wilson Avila (1958-04-19)19 April 1958 (aged 29) Oriente Petrolero 12 1GK Marco Antonio Barrero (1962-01-26)26 January 1962 (aged 25) Jorge Wilstermann 13 3MF Mauricio Ramos (1969-03-09)9 March 1969 (aged 18) Tahuichi Academy 14 4FW Roly Paniagua (1966-11-14)14 November 1966 (aged 20) Blooming 15 4FW Álvaro Peña (1966-09-11)11 September 1966 (aged 20) Blooming 16 4FW Oscar Ramírez (1961-07-29)29 July 1961 (aged 25) Oriente Petrolero 17 4FW Víctor Hugo Antelo (1964-11-02)2 November 1964 (aged 22) Oriente Petrolero 18 2DF Carlos Arias (1956-08-25)25 August 1956 (aged 30) Bolívar 19 4FW Gastón Taborga (1960-11-11)11 November 1960 (aged 26) Blooming 20 4FW Silvio Rojas (1959-11-03)3 November 1959 (aged 27) Blooming

• Marciano Saldías and Mauricio Ramos remained on standby in Bolivia and did not travel to Argentina.

Colombia

Head Coach: Francisco Maturana

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK René Higuita (1966-08-26)26 August 1966 (aged 20) Atlético Nacional 2 2DF Luis Carlos Perea (1963-12-29)29 December 1963 (aged 23) Atlético Nacional 3 2DF Nolberto Molina (1953-01-05)5 January 1953 (aged 34) Atlético Nacional 4 2DF Luis Fernando Herrera (1962-02-12)12 February 1962 (aged 25) Atlético Nacional 5 2DF Carlos Hoyos (1962-02-28)28 February 1962 (aged 25) Deportivo Cali 6 3MF Ricardo Pérez (1963-10-24)24 October 1963 (aged 23) Atlético Nacional 7 4FW Antony de Ávila (1962-12-21)21 December 1962 (aged 24) América de Cali 8 3MF Leonel Álvarez (1965-07-29)29 July 1965 (aged 21) Atlético Nacional 9 4FW Juan Jairo Galeano (1962-08-12)12 August 1962 (aged 24) Atlético Nacional 10 3MF Carlos Valderrama (1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 25) Deportivo Cali 11 3MF Bernardo Redín (1963-02-23)23 February 1963 (aged 24) Deportivo Cali 12 1GK Mario Jiménez (1959-05-26)26 May 1959 (aged 28) Deportes Quindío 13 4FW John Jairo Trellez (1968-04-29)29 April 1968 (aged 19) Atlético Nacional 14 2DF Alexis Mendoza (1961-11-09)9 November 1961 (aged 25) Atlético Junior 15 4FW Sergio Angulo (1960-09-14)14 September 1960 (aged 26) Deportivo Cali 16 2DF Jorge Porras (1959-12-25)25 December 1959 (aged 27) América de Cali 17 3MF Mario Coll (1960-08-20)20 August 1960 (aged 26) Atlético Junior 18 3MF Gabriel Gómez (1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 27) Millonarios 19 4FW Arnoldo Iguarán (1957-01-16)16 January 1957 (aged 30) Millonarios 20 3MF Álex Escobar (1965-02-08)8 February 1965 (aged 22) América de Cali

Paraguay

Head Coach: Silvio Parodi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Roberto Fernández (1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 32) Deportivo Cali 2 2DF Juan Bautista Torales (1959-05-09)9 May 1959 (aged 28) Libertad 3 2DF Rogelio Delgado (1959-10-12)12 October 1959 (aged 27) Olimpia 4 2DF Justo Jacquet (1961-09-09)9 September 1961 (aged 25) Cerro Porteño 5 2DF César Zabala (1961-06-03)3 June 1961 (aged 26) Cerro Porteño 6 3MF Jorge Guasch (1961-01-17)17 January 1961 (aged 26) Olimpia 7 3MF Julio César Romero (1960-08-28)28 August 1960 (aged 26) Fluminense 8 2DF Gustavo Benítez (1953-02-05)5 February 1953 (aged 34) Olimpia 9 4FW Roberto Cabañas (1961-04-11)11 April 1961 (aged 26) América de Cali 10 3MF Adolfino Cañete (1965-09-13)13 September 1965 (aged 21) Unión Magdalena 11 4FW Ramón Hicks (1959-05-30)30 May 1959 (aged 28) Sabadell 12 1GK Raúl Navarro (1962-03-14)14 March 1962 (aged 25) Cerro Porteño 13 2DF Virginio Cáceres (1962-07-21)21 July 1962 (aged 24) Guaraní 14 2DF Librado Rodríguez 1957 (aged 29-30) Atlético Colegiales 15 2DF Marcelino Blanco (1966-01-03)3 January 1966 (aged 21) Sol de América 16 4FW Eumelio Palacios (1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 22) Libertad 17 4FW Buenaventura Ferreira (1960-07-04)4 July 1960 (aged 26) Guaraní 18 3MF Félix Torres (1962-04-28)28 April 1962 (aged 25) Sol de América 19 4FW Gabriel González (1961-03-18)18 March 1961 (aged 26) Cerro Porteño 20 3MF Jorge Amado Nunes (1961-10-18)18 October 1961 (aged 25) Olimpia 21 3MF Rafael Bobadilla (1963-10-04)4 October 1963 (aged 23) Millonarios 22 1GK Carlos Colarte 1 september 1961 Sol de América

Semi Final

Uruguay

Head Coach: Roberto Fleitas

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jorge Seré (1961-07-09)9 July 1961 (aged 25) Danubio 2 2DF Gonzalo Díaz (1966-04-14)14 April 1966 (aged 21) Wanderers 3 2DF Nelson Gutiérrez (1962-04-13)13 April 1962 (aged 25) River Plate 4 2DF Obdulio Trasante (1960-04-20)20 April 1960 (aged 27) Peñarol 5 2DF José Pintos Saldanha (1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 23) Nacional 6 3MF José Enrique Peña (1963-05-25)25 May 1963 (aged 24) Wanderers 7 4FW Antonio Alzamendi (1956-06-07)7 June 1956 (aged 31) River Plate 8 3MF Gustavo Matosas (1967-05-25)25 May 1967 (aged 20) Peñarol 9 4FW Enrique Báez (1966-01-16)16 January 1966 (aged 21) Wanderers 10 3MF Enzo Francéscoli (1961-11-12)12 November 1961 (aged 25) Racing Club Paris 11 4FW Ruben Sosa (1966-04-25)25 April 1966 (aged 21) Real Zaragoza 12 1GK Eduardo Pereira (1954-03-21)21 March 1954 (aged 33) Peñarol 13 2DF Óscar Aguirregaray (1959-10-25)25 October 1959 (aged 27) Defensor Sporting 14 2DF Alfonso Domínguez (1965-09-24)24 September 1965 (aged 21) Peñarol 15 3MF José Perdomo (1965-01-05)5 January 1965 (aged 22) Peñarol 16 3MF Pablo Bengoechea (1965-06-27)27 June 1965 (aged 22) Wanderers 17 3MF Erardo Cóccara (1961-01-20)20 January 1961 (aged 26) Progreso 18 4FW Mauricio Silvera (1964-12-30)30 December 1964 (aged 22) Nacional 19 4FW Walter Pelletti (1966-05-31)31 May 1966 (aged 21) Wanderers 20 3MF Gustavo Dalto (1963-03-16)16 March 1963 (aged 24) Danubio 21 3MF Eduardo da Silva (1966-08-19)19 August 1966 (aged 20) Peñarol 22 1GK Héctor Tuja (1960-03-06)6 March 1960 (aged 27) Defensor Sporting

External links

• RSSSF Copa América 1987
• Worldfootball.net