Copa América 1987 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 15 August 1956 (aged 30) River Plate 2 3MF Sergio Batista 9 November 1962 (aged 24) Argentinos Juniors 3 4FW Claudio Caniggia 9 January 1967 (aged 20) River Plate 4 4FW Oscar Dertycia 3 March 1965 (aged 22) Instituto Córdoba 5 2DF José Luis Brown 10 November 1956 (aged 30) Brest 6 2DF Hernán Diaz 26 February 1965 (aged 22) Rosario Central 7 4FW Juan Gilberto Funes 8 March 1963 (aged 24) River Plate 8 3MF Oscar Acosta 18 October 1964 (aged 22) Ferro Carril Oeste 9 2DF José Luis Cuciuffo 1 February 1961 (aged 26) Vélez Sársfield 10 3MF Diego Maradona 30 October 1960 (aged 26) Napoli 11 4FW José Alberto Percudani 26 March 1965 (aged 22) Independiente 12 3MF Darío Siviski 20 December 1962 (aged 24) San Lorenzo 13 2DF Oscar Garré 9 December 1956 (aged 30) Ferro Carril Oeste 14 3MF Ricardo Giusti 11 December 1956 (aged 30) Independiente 15 1GK Luis Islas 25 December 1965 (aged 21) Independiente 16 2DF Julio Olarticoechea 8 October 1958 (aged 28) Argentinos Juniors 17 4FW Pedro Pasculli 17 May 1960 (aged 27) Lecce 18 1GK Sergio Goycoechea 17 October 1963 (aged 23) River Plate 19 2DF Oscar Ruggeri 26 January 1962 (aged 25) River Plate 20 3MF Carlos Tapia 20 August 1962 (aged 24) Boca Juniors 21 2DF Jorge Theiler 12 May 1964 (aged 23) Newell's Old Boys 22 1GK Jorge Bartero 28 October 1957 (aged 29) Vélez Sársfield

 Ecuador

Head Coach: Luis Grimaldi

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

 Peru

Head Coach: Fernando Cuellar

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

Group B

 Brazil

Head Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva

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

 Chile

Head Coach: Orlando Aravena

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

 Venezuela

Head Coach: Rafael Santana

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK César Baena 16 January 1961 (aged 26) Caracas FC 2 2DF René Torres 13 October 1960 (aged 26) Estudiantes de Mérida 3 2DF Julio Quintero Portuguesa 4 2DF Pedro Acosta 28 November 1959 (aged 27) Marítimo 5 2DF Héctor Rivas 27 September 1968 (aged 18) Marítimo 6 3MF José Francisco Nieto Unión Atlético Táchira 7 2DF Franco Rizzi 13 July 1964 (aged 22) Marítimo 8 4FW Nelson Carrero 8 February 1953 (aged 34) Marítimo 9 4FW Herbert Márquez 10 November 1961 (aged 25) Marítimo 10 3MF Carlos Maldonado 30 July 1963 (aged 23) Unión Atlético Táchira 11 4FW Wilton Arreaza Caracas FC 12 1GK Daniel Nikolac 11 May 1961 (aged 26) Marítimo 13 3MF Ildemaro Fernández Estudiantes de Mérida 14 Iván Isea Marítimo 15 2DF Zdenko Morovic Deportivo Italia 16 2DF Pablo Mendoza Deportivo Italia 17 3MF Robert Ellie 11 May 1959 (aged 28) Caracas FC 18 3MF Asdrúbal Sánchez 1 April 1958 (aged 29) Estudiantes de Mérida 19 4FW Ángel Castillo 18 April 1957 (aged 30) Deportivo Italia 20 3MF William Méndez 10 December 1958 (aged 28) Unión Atlético Táchira 21 Gerardo Ferrebús Caracas FC 22 4FW Rodolfo Carvajal 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 26 December 1950 (aged 36) The Strongest 2 2DF Rómer Roca 1 July 1966 (aged 20) Oriente Petrolero 3 2DF Miguel Ángel Noro 22 August 1961 (aged 25) Blooming 4 2DF Félix Vera Jorge Wilstermann 5 2DF Rolando Coimbra 25 February 1960 (aged 27) Blooming 6 2DF Eduardo Villegas 29 March 1964 (aged 23) The Strongest 7 3MF Marciano Saldías 26 April 1966 (aged 21) Oriente Petrolero 8 3MF José Milton Melgar 20 September 1959 (aged 27) Boca Juniors 9 3MF Federico Justiniano 18 July 1964 (aged 22) Destroyers 10 3MF Carlos Borja 25 December 1956 (aged 30) Bolívar 11 4FW José Wilson Avila 19 April 1958 (aged 29) Oriente Petrolero 12 1GK Marco Antonio Barrero 26 January 1962 (aged 25) Jorge Wilstermann 13 3MF Mauricio Ramos 9 March 1969 (aged 18) Tahuichi Academy 14 4FW Roly Paniagua 14 November 1966 (aged 20) Blooming 15 4FW Álvaro Peña 11 September 1966 (aged 20) Blooming 16 4FW Oscar Ramírez 29 July 1961 (aged 25) Oriente Petrolero 17 4FW Víctor Hugo Antelo 2 November 1964 (aged 22) Oriente Petrolero 18 2DF Carlos Arias[disambiguation needed ] 25 August 1956 (aged 30) Bolívar 19 4FW Gastón Taborga 11 November 1960 (aged 26) Blooming 20 4FW Silvio Rojas 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 26 August 1966 (aged 20) Atlético Nacional 2 2DF Luis Carlos Perea 29 December 1963 (aged 23) Independiente Medellín 3 2DF Nolberto Molina 5 January 1953 (aged 34) Atlético Nacional 4 2DF Luis Fernando Herrera 12 February 1962 (aged 25) Atlético Nacional 5 2DF Carlos Hoyos 28 February 1962 (aged 25) Deportivo Cali 6 3MF Ricardo Pérez 24 October 1963 (aged 23) Atlético Nacional 7 4FW Antony de Ávila 21 December 1962 (aged 24) América de Cali 8 3MF Leonel Álvarez 29 July 1965 (aged 21) Independiente Medellín 9 4FW John Galeano 12 August 1962 (aged 24) Atlético Nacional 10 3MF Carlos Valderrama 2 September 1961 (aged 25) Deportivo Cali 11 3MF Bernardo Redín 23 February 1963 (aged 24) Deportivo Cali 12 1GK Mario Jiménez Deportes Quindío 13 4FW John Jairo Trellez 29 April 1968 (aged 19) Atlético Nacional 14 2DF Alexis Mendoza 9 November 1961 (aged 25) Atlético Junior 15 4FW Sergio Angulo 14 September 1960 (aged 26) Deportivo Cali 16 2DF Jorge Porras 25 December 1959 (aged 27) América de Cali 17 3MF Mario Coll 20 August 1960 (aged 26) Atlético Junior 18 3MF Gabriel Gómez 15 December 1959 (aged 27) Millonarios 19 4FW Arnoldo Iguarán 16 January 1957 (aged 30) Millonarios 20 3MF Alex Escobar 8 February 1965 (aged 22) América de Cali

 Paraguay

Head Coach: Silvio Parodi

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

Semi Final

 Uruguay

Head Coach: Roberto Fleitas

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

External links

• RSSSF Copa América 1987
• Worldfootball.net