1997 Copa América squads

Below are the rosters of the teams that participated in the Copa América 1997.

Group A

Ecuador

Head coach: Francisco Maturana

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK José Francisco Cevallos 17 April 1971 (aged 26) Barcelona 2 MF Marco Constante April 17, 1971 (aged 26) El Nacional 3 DF Ulises de la Cruz February 8, 1974 (aged 23) LDU Quito 4 DF Edmundo Méndez December 5, 1968 (aged 28) Deportivo Cuenca 5 DF Máximo Tenorio September 30, 1969 (aged 27) Barcelona 6 DF Luis Capurro May 1, 1962 (aged 35) Barcelona 7 MF Wellington Sánchez June 19, 1974 (aged 22) El Nacional 8 MF Héctor Carabalí February 15, 1972 (aged 25) Barcelona 9 FW Eduardo Hurtado December 2, 1969 (aged 27) Los Angeles Galaxy 10 MF José Gavica January 8, 1969 (aged 28) Barcelona 11 FW Ángel Fernández August 2, 1971 (aged 25) Emelec 12 GK Oswaldo Ibarra September 8, 1969 (aged 27) El Nacional 13 FW Agustín Delgado December 23, 1974 (aged 22) Barcelona 14 DF Alberto Montaño March 23, 1970 (aged 27) Barcelona 15 MF Hidrobo Rosero August 24, 1974 (aged 22) El Nacional 16 MF Eduardo Smith February 23, 1966 (aged 31) Emelec 17 MF Juan Carlos Burbano February 15, 1969 (aged 28) El Nacional 18 FW Edison Maldonado June 7, 1972 (aged 25) Aucas 19 MF Cléber Chalá June 29, 1971 (aged 25) El Nacional 20 FW Ariel Graziani June 7, 1971 (aged 26) Emelec 21 MF Héctor Manuel González May 4, 1972 (aged 25) Olmedo 22 GK Alex Cevallos August 3, 1967 (aged 29) Emelec

Argentina

Head coach: Daniel Passarella

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 MF Christian Bassedas February 16, 1973 (aged 24) Vélez Sársfield 2 DF Eduardo Berizzo November 13, 1969 (aged 27) River Plate 3 MF Sergio Berti September 17, 1969 (aged 27) River Plate 4 FW José Luis Calderón October 24, 1970 (aged 26) Independiente 5 MF Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso October 17, 1968 (aged 28) Hamburger 6 DF Raúl Cardozo October 28, 1967 (aged 29) Vélez Sársfield 7 FW Julio Ricardo Cruz October 10, 1974 (aged 22) River Plate 8 FW Marcelo Delgado March 24, 1973 (aged 24) Racing Club 9 MF Marcelo Gallardo January 18, 1976 (aged 21) River Plate 10 GK Ignacio Carlos González December 17, 1971 (aged 25) Racing Club 11 MF Claudio Husaín November 20, 1974 (aged 22) Vélez Sársfield 12 MF Gustavo Adrián López April 13, 1973 (aged 24) Real Zaragoza 13 DF Jorge Daniel Martínez June 20, 1973 (aged 23) Independiente 14 MF Roberto Monserrat September 13, 1968 (aged 28) River Plate 15 GK Marcelo Ojeda December 8, 1968 (aged 28) Tenerife 16 DF Mauricio Pellegrino October 5, 1971 (aged 25) Vélez Sársfield 17 DF Mauricio Pineda July 13, 1975 (aged 21) Udinese 18 FW Martín Posse August 2, 1975 (aged 21) Vélez Sársfield 19 GK Carlos Roa August 15, 1969 (aged 27) Vélez Sársfield 20 DF Pablo Rotchen April 23, 1973 (aged 24) Independiente 21 DF Nelson Vivas October 18, 1969 (aged 27) Boca Juniors 22 MF Gustavo Zapata October 15, 1967 (aged 29) San Lorenzo

Paraguay

Head coach: Paulo César Carpegiani

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK José Luis Chilavert July 27, 1965 (aged 31) Vélez Sársfield 2 DF Francisco Arce April 2, 1971 (aged 26) Grêmio 3 DF Celso Ayala August 20, 1970 (aged 26) River Plate 4 DF Arnaldo Espínola March 5, 1975 (aged 22) Sportivo Luqueño 5 DF Carlos Gamarra February 17, 1971 (aged 26) Internacional 6 MF Estanislao Struway June 25, 1968 (aged 28) Portuguesa 7 MF Hugo Ovelar February 21, 1971 (aged 26) Guaraní 8 FW Hugo Brizuela February 8, 1969 (aged 28) Audax Italiano 9 FW José Cardozo March 19, 1971 (aged 26) Toluca 10 MF Roberto Acuña March 25, 1972 (aged 25) Independiente 11 DF Juan Ramón Jara August 6, 1970 (aged 26) Rosario Central 12 MF Angel Gustavo Sotelo March 16, 1968 (aged 29) Guaraní 13 DF Jorge Inocencio Alcaraz July 4, 1968 (aged 28) Cerro Porteño 14 DF Ricardo Ismael Rojas January 26, 1971 (aged 26) Estudiantes 15 DF Pedro Sarabia July 5, 1975 (aged 21) Banfield 16 DF Juan Carlos Villamayor March 5, 1969 (aged 28) Cerro Porteño 17 MF Harles Bourdier August 14, 1972 (aged 24) Olimpia 18 MF Arístides Rojas August 1, 1970 (aged 26) Independiente 19 MF Richard Aníbal Gómez August 19, 1972 (aged 24) Cerro Porteño 20 FW Derlis Soto March 4, 1973 (aged 24) Guaraní 21 FW Francisco Esteche November 12, 1973 (aged 23) Olimpia 22 GK Rubén Ruiz Díaz November 11, 1969 (aged 27) Monterrey

Chile

Head coach: Nelson Acosta

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Nelson Cossio June 14, 1966 (aged 30) Audax Italiano 2 DF Jorge Gómez September 14, 1968 (aged 28) Temuco 3 DF Dante Poli August 15, 1976 (aged 20) Universidad Católica 4 DF Marcelo Miranda January 29, 1967 (aged 30) Cobreloa 5 DF Javier Margas May 10, 1969 (aged 28) Universidad Católica 6 MF Nelson Parraguez April 5, 1971 (aged 26) Universidad Católica 7 FW Claudio Núñez October 16, 1975 (aged 21) Tigres de la UANL 8 MF Fernando Cornejo January 28, 1969 (aged 28) Cobreloa 9 FW Fernando Vergara May 13, 1970 (aged 27) Colo-Colo 10 MF Esteban Valencia January 8, 1972 (aged 25) Universidad de Chile 11 MF Juan Castillo October 29, 1970 (aged 26) Temuco 12 GK Carlos Tejas October 4, 1971 (aged 25) Coquimbo 13 MF Moisés Villarroel February 12, 1976 (aged 21) Santiago Wanderers 14 DF Miguel Ponce August 19, 1971 (aged 25) Universidad de Chile 15 MF Clarence Acuña February 8, 1975 (aged 22) Universidad de Chile 16 MF Pedro González Vera October 17, 1967 (aged 29) Cobreloa 17 MF Mario Salas October 11, 1967 (aged 29) Colo-Colo 18 MF Jaime Riveros November 27, 1970 (aged 26) Cobreloa 19 DF Raúl Muñoz May 25, 1975 (aged 22) Colo-Colo 20 DF Ricardo Francisco Rojas May 7, 1974 (aged 23) Universidad de Chile 21 MF Alejandro Osorio September 24, 1976 (aged 20) Universidad Católica 22 DF Rafael Olarra May 26, 1978 (aged 19) Audax Italiano

Group B

Bolivia

Head coach: Antonio López Habas

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Carlos Trucco August 8, 1957 (aged 39) Cruz Azul 2 DF Juan Manuel Peña January 17, 1973 (aged 24) Real Valladolid 3 DF Marco Sandy August 29, 1971 (aged 25) Bolívar 4 DF Miguel Rimba November 1, 1967 (aged 29) Bolívar 5 DF Óscar Carmelo Sánchez July 16, 1971 (aged 25) The Strongest 6 MF Vladimir Soria July 15, 1964 (aged 32) Bolívar 7 MF Sergio Rogelio Castillo September 26, 1970 (aged 26) The Strongest 8 MF José Milton Melgar September 20, 1959 (aged 37) Blooming 9 FW Jaime Moreno January 19, 1974 (aged 23) D.C. United 10 MF Marco Etcheverry September 26, 1970 (aged 26) D.C. United 11 MF Limberg Gutiérrez November 19, 1977 (aged 19) Blooming 12 GK Mauricio Soria June 1, 1966 (aged 31) Jorge Wilstermann 13 DF Eduardo Jiguchi August 24, 1970 (aged 26) Bolívar 14 MF Rubén Tufiño January 9, 1970 (aged 27) Blooming 15 MF Mauro Blanco November 25, 1965 (aged 31) The Strongest 16 DF Luis Cristaldo August 31, 1969 (aged 27) Bolívar 17 FW Limberg Méndez September 18, 1973 (aged 23) Guabirá 18 FW Milton Coimbra May 4, 1975 (aged 22) Lanús 19 DF Iván Castillo July 11, 1970 (aged 26) Bolívar 20 MF Ramiro Castillo March 27, 1966 (aged 31) Bolívar 21 MF Erwin Sánchez October 19, 1969 (aged 27) Boavista 22 MF Julio César Baldivieso December 2, 1971 (aged 25) Yokohama F. Marinos

Peru

Head coach: Freddy Ternero

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Miguel Miranda 13 August 1966 (aged 30) Deportivo Municipal 2 DF José Reyna 19 January 1972 (aged 25) Alianza Lima 3 DF Miguel Rebosio October 20, 1976 (aged 20) Sporting Cristal 4 DF Giuliano Portilla May 25, 1972 (aged 25) Universitario de Deportes 5 DF Alfonso Dulanto July 22, 1969 (aged 27) Pumas 6 DF Erick Torres May 16, 1975 (aged 22) Sporting Cristal 7 MF Germán Muñoz Cienciano 8 MF César Rosales November 9, 1970 (aged 26) Alianza Lima 9 FW Paul Cominges September 30, 1979 (aged 17) Melgar 10 MF Roberto Palacios December 28, 1972 (aged 24) Puebla 11 MF Alex Magallanes March 1, 1974 (aged 23) Sporting Cristal 12 GK Juan Ángel Flores February 25, 1976 (aged 21) Sport Boys 13 FW Orlando Octavio Prado Deportivo Pesquero 14 MF Martín Hidalgo June 15, 1976 (aged 20) Sporting Cristal 15 FW Aldo Jair Cavero Cienciano 16 MF José Luis Chacón November 6, 1971 (aged 25) Deportivo Pesquero 17 FW Eddie Carazas February 27, 1974 (aged 23) Universitario de Deportes 18 MF Waldir Sáenz May 15, 1973 (aged 24) Alianza Lima 19 MF Marko Ciurlizza February 22, 1978 (aged 19) Universitario de Deportes 20 MF Frank Alberto Palomino December 1, 1970 (aged 26) Melgar 21 GK Leao Butrón March 6, 1977 (aged 20) Sporting Cristal 22 MF Leonardo Uehara La Loretana

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan Antonio Ahuntchaín

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Robert Siboldi September 24, 1965 (aged 31) Tigres de la UANL 2 DF Héctor Rodríguez Peña October 22, 1968 (aged 28) Colón 3 DF Eber Moas March 21, 1969 (aged 28) Monterrey 4 MF Leonardo Ramos September 11, 1969 (aged 27) Estudiantes 5 MF Gonzalo de los Santos July 19, 1976 (aged 20) Peñarol 6 MF Julio César "Tony" Gómez September 23, 1966 (aged 30) Nacional 7 MF Nelson Abeijón July 21, 1973 (aged 23) Nacional 8 MF Marcelo Saralegui May 18, 1971 (aged 26) Colón 9 FW Luis Alberto Romero June 15, 1968 (aged 28) Peñarol 10 FW Álvaro Recoba March 17, 1976 (aged 21) Nacional 11 MF Javier Delgado July 8, 1975 (aged 21) Danubio 12 GK Leonardo Romay April 29, 1969 (aged 28) Defensor Sporting 14 MF Marcelo Romero July 4, 1976 (aged 20) Peñarol 15 DF Tabaré Silva August 30, 1974 (aged 22) Defensor Sporting 16 FW Josemir Lujambio September 25, 1971 (aged 25) Huracán Corrientes 17 MF Sergio Daniel Martínez February 15, 1969 (aged 28) Boca Juniors 18 FW Rubén da Silva April 11, 1968 (aged 29) Rosario Central 19 MF Yari David Silvera February 20, 1976 (aged 21) River Plate 20 MF Andrés Fleurquin August 2, 1975 (aged 21) Defensor Sporting 21 DF Pablo Fernando Hernández May 2, 1975 (aged 22) Defensor Sporting 22 FW Sebastián Abreu October 17, 1976 (aged 20) San Lorenzo

Venezuela

Head coach: Eduardo Borrero

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Rafael Dudamel 7 January 1973 (aged 24) Independiente Santa Fe 2 DF David Andrew McIntosh February 17, 1973 (aged 24) Minervén 3 DF Alexander Echenique 11 November 1971 (aged 25) Deportivo Táchira 4 DF José Manuel Rey May 20, 1975 (aged 22) Caracas 5 DF Luis Vallenilla May 13, 1974 (aged 23) Trujillanos 6 DF Leonardo Alberto González Caracas 7 MF Juan Carlos Socorro May 13, 1972 (aged 25) Las Palmas 8 MF Gerson Díaz Caracas 9 FW Rafael Castellín September 2, 1975 (aged 21) Caracas 10 MF Gabriel Miranda August 20, 1968 (aged 28) Caracas 11 MF Gabriel Urdaneta January 7, 1976 (aged 21) Atletico Zulia 12 MF César Baena Caracas 13 MF Jesús Rodríguez Mérida 14 DF William González Mineros 15 MF Jesús Valiente Trujillanos 16 FW Oswaldo Palencia ULA Mérida 17 DF Elvis Martínez October 4, 1970 (aged 26) Caracas 18 MF Andrew Páez Mineros 19 MF Luis Ramos Atletico Zulia 20 MF Robert Rodallega Minervén 21 FW John Medina Atletico Zulia 22 GK César Espinoza Mérida

Group C

Brazil

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Taffarel May 8, 1966 (aged 31) Atlético Mineiro 2 DF Cafu June 7, 1970 (aged 27) Palmeiras 3 DF Aldair November 30, 1965 (aged 31) Roma 4 MF Márcio Santos September 15, 1969 (aged 27) Atlético Mineiro 5 MF Mauro Silva January 12, 1968 (aged 29) Deportivo de La Coruña 6 DF Roberto Carlos April 10, 1973 (aged 24) Real Madrid 7 FW Giovanni February 4, 1972 (aged 25) Barcelona 8 MF Dunga October 31, 1963 (aged 33) Júbilo Iwata 9 FW Ronaldo September 22, 1976 (aged 20) Barcelona 10 MF Leonardo September 5, 1969 (aged 27) Paris Saint-Germain 11 FW Romário January 29, 1966 (aged 31) Flamengo 12 GK Carlos Germano August 14, 1968 (aged 28) Vasco da Gama 13 MF Djalminha December 9, 1968 (aged 28) Palmeiras 14 DF Zé Maria July 25, 1973 (aged 23) Parma 15 DF Célio Silva May 20, 1968 (aged 29) Corinthians 16 DF Gonçalves February 22, 1966 (aged 31) Botafogo 17 MF Zé Roberto July 6, 1974 (aged 22) Real Madrid 18 MF César Sampaio March 31, 1963 (aged 34) Yokohama Flügels 19 MF Flávio Conceição June 13, 1974 (aged 22) Deportivo de La Coruña 20 MF Denílson August 24, 1977 (aged 19) São Paulo 21 FW Edmundo April 2, 1972 (aged 25) Vasco da Gama 22 FW Paulo Nunes October 30, 1969 (aged 27) Grêmio

Mexico

Head coach: Bora Milutinovic

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Adolfo Ríos December 11, 1966 (aged 30) Veracruz 2 DF Claudio Suárez December 17, 1968 (aged 28) Guadalajara 3 DF Joel Sánchez August 17, 1974 (aged 22) Guadalajara 4 MF Germán Villa April 2, 1973 (aged 24) América 5 DF Duilio Davino March 21, 1976 (aged 21) Tecos UAG 6 MF Raúl Lara February 28, 1973 (aged 24) América 7 MF Rafael García Torres August 14, 1974 (aged 22) Pumas 8 MF Nicolas Ramirez February 16, 1974 (aged 23) Santos Laguna 9 MF Paulo Chávez January 7, 1976 (aged 21) Guadalajara 10 FW Eustacio Rizo September 30, 1971 (aged 25) Tecos UAG 11 FW Cuauhtémoc Blanco January 17, 1973 (aged 24) América 12 GK Hugo Pineda May 10, 1962 (aged 35) América 13 MF Pável Pardo July 26, 1976 (aged 20) Atlas 14 MF Camilo Romero March 30, 1970 (aged 27) Guadalajara 15 FW Luis Hernández August 17, 1968 (aged 28) Necaxa 16 DF Gilberto Jiménez February 4, 1973 (aged 24) Puebla 17 FW Francisco Palencia April 28, 1973 (aged 24) Cruz Azul 18 MF Javier Saavedra March 13, 1974 (aged 23) Toros Neza 19 DF Gabriel de Anda June 5, 1971 (aged 26) Santos Laguna 20 FW José Manuel Abundis June 11, 1973 (aged 24) Toluca 21 MF Antonio Sancho March 14, 1976 (aged 21) Pumas 22 GK Martín Zúñiga August 6, 1970 (aged 26) Guadalajara

Colombia

Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Faryd Mondragón June 21, 1971 (aged 25) Independiente 2 DF Iván Córdoba August 11, 1976 (aged 20) Atlético Nacional 3 DF Carlos Asprilla October 19, 1970 (aged 26) América de Cali 4 DF José Santa September 12, 1970 (aged 26) Atlético Nacional 5 DF Jorge Bermúdez June 18, 1971 (aged 25) Benfica 6 MF John Wilmar Pérez February 2, 1970 (aged 27) Deportivo Cali 7 FW Luis Fernando Zuleta August 7, 1974 (aged 22) Unión Magdalena 8 MF Andrés Estrada November 12, 1967 (aged 29) Deportivo Cali 9 FW Víctor Aristizábal December 9, 1971 (aged 25) São Paulo 10 MF Edison Mafla August 14, 1971 (aged 25) Deportivo Cali 11 FW Faustino Asprilla November 10, 1969 (aged 27) Newcastle 12 GK Miguel Calero April 14, 1971 (aged 26) Deportivo Cali 13 DF Wilmer Cabrera September 15, 1967 (aged 29) América de Cali 14 MF Hernán Gaviria November 27, 1969 (aged 27) Atlético Nacional 15 DF Francisco Manuel Mosquera November 5, 1973 (aged 23) Atlético Nacional 16 DF Luis Antonio Moreno December 25, 1970 (aged 26) Deportes Tolima 17 FW Hamilton Ricard January 1, 1974 (aged 23) Deportivo Cali 18 FW Víctor Bonilla January 23, 1971 (aged 26) Deportivo Cali 19 FW Walter Escobar September 26, 1968 (aged 28) Deportivo Cali 20 MF Víctor Pacheco September 24, 1974 (aged 22) Junior Barranquilla 21 MF Martín Zapata October 28, 1970 (aged 26) Deportivo Cali 22 MF Neider Morantes August 3, 1975 (aged 21) Atlético Nacional

Costa Rica

Head coach: Horacio Cordero

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Erick Lonnis September 9, 1965 (aged 31) Saprissa 2 DF Harold Wallace September 7, 1975 (aged 21) Alajuelense 3 DF Luis Marín August 10, 1974 (aged 22) Alajuelense 4 DF Rónald González Brenes August 8, 1970 (aged 26) Saprissa 5 MF Joaquín Guillén January 12, 1968 (aged 29) Alajuelense 6 MF Wilmer López August 3, 1971 (aged 25) Alajuelense 7 FW Allan Oviedo November 8, 1970 (aged 26) Herediano 8 MF Mauricio Solís December 13, 1972 (aged 24) Derby County 9 MF Roy Myers April 13, 1969 (aged 28) Saprissa 10 FW Rolando Fonseca June 6, 1974 (aged 23) Alajuelense 11 MF Jafet Soto April 1, 1976 (aged 21) Morelia 12 MF Oscar Ramírez December 8, 1964 (aged 32) Saprissa 13 DF Javier Delgado Prado July 28, 1968 (aged 28) Alajuelense 14 DF Sandro Alfaro January 1, 1971 (aged 26) Herediano 15 MF Walter Centeno October 6, 1974 (aged 22) Saprissa 16 FW Rónald Gómez January 24, 1975 (aged 22) Sporting de Gijón 17 FW Hernán Medford May 23, 1968 (aged 29) Pachuca 18 DF Austin Berry April 5, 1971 (aged 26) Alajuelense 19 DF Mauricio Wright December 20, 1970 (aged 26) Saprissa 20 DF Geovanny Jara July 20, 1967 (aged 29) Herediano 22 GK Hermidio Barrantes September 2, 1964 (aged 32) Cartaginés

References

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