12/02/2023 3:05 p.m. Updated on 12/02/2023 4:07 p.m.
Agustín Ruberto was crowned as top scorer of the U17 World Cup which took place in Indonesia. In this context, the Argentine forward – who recently received the award – joined a select list of compatriots who also achieved the same milestone.
The 7 Argentine scorers in World Cups
–Guillermo Stábile (Mayor – Uruguay 1930): One of the first legends of the Argentine National Team, who led the Albiceleste until the final of the first World Cup, in which Francisco Olazar’s team fell 4-2 to the Celeste. Throughout the entire championship, the Sniper scored eight goals: 3 against Mexico (6-3), 2 against Chile (3-1), 2 against the United States in the semi (6-1) and one against Uruguay in the final. The podium was completed by José Pedro Cea (5) and Bert Patenaude (4).
–Mario Alberto Kempes (Major – Argentina 1978): El Matador had wet powder throughout the first round. However, once the National Team moved to Rosario to play the second phase, it was revealed. There were six celebrations: 2 to Poland (2-0), 2 to Peru (6-0) and 2 to the Netherlands in the final (3-1). Teófilo Cubillas (5) and Rob Rensenbrink (5) finished in the second step. In addition, the man from Córdoba won the Ballon d’Or of the edition, being the only Argentine to win the three most important awards in the Major League.
–Ramon Diaz (U20 – Japan 1979): The historic striker and coach of River was the scorer of the first U20 World Cup, standing out alongside a Diego Armando Maradona figure. He scored eight goals: 3 against Indonesia (5-0), 3 against Algeria in the 4th. (5-0), 1 to Uruguay in the semis (2-0) and 1 to the Soviet Union in the final. Just Pelusa was 2nd in the scoring table, with six celebrations. Polish Andrzej Pałasz finished third, with five.
The celebration of Kempes, in Argentina ’78. (AFP)
–Javier Saviola (U20 – Argentina 2001): El Conejo reached a superlative level in the country and remains the top scorer in the World Cup of the category in a single edition. He celebrated 11 times! They were: 3 to Egypt (7-1), 2 to Jamaica (5-1), 3 to France in 4th. (3-1), 2 to Paraguay in the semis (5-0) and 1 to Ghana in the final (3-0). Of course he won the Ballon d’Or. Adriano followed him on the list, with six shouts, the same amount as the Frenchman Djibril Cisse.
–Lionel Messi (U20 – Netherlands 2005): Leo was very close to being the scorer of Qatar 2022. However, Kylian Mbappé’s three goals at the Lusail Stadium deprived him of the award. 17 years earlier, La Pulga had won it in the Under 20 World Cup. He scored six goals, spread throughout almost the entire competition: 1 against Egypt (2-0), 1 against Colombia in the 8th round. (2-1), 1 to Spain in the 4th. (3-1), 1 to Brazil in the semis (2-1) and 2 to Nigeria in the final (2-1). Like Saviola in 2001, he also won the Ballon d’Or. The Spanish Fernando Llorente and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Aliyev followed him, with five goals.
A young Lionel Messi celebrates the title he won with the Argentine national team in the 2005 Under 20 World Cup in Holland.
–Sergio Aguero (U20 – Canada 2007): Kun had been part of Netherlands 2005, but Canada 2007 was its boom. He led the National Team to the two-time championship and the sixth in history. He won the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot, with six goals: 2 against Panama (6-0), 1 against North Korea (1-0), 2 against Poland in the 8th round. (3-1) and 1 to Czech Republic in the final (2-1). The Spanish Adrián López finished 2nd. And the third step of the podium was shared, between Maxi Morales and the North American Jozy Altidore, with four.
–Agustín Ruberto (U17 – Indonesia 2023): Together with Claudio Echeverri, they led Diego Placente’s National Team to be among the four best in the World Cup. River’s 9 scored eight goals: 1 against Senegal (1-2), 1 against Japan (3-1), 1 against Poland (4-0), 2 against Venezuela in the 8th round. (5-0), and 3 to Germany, in the semis (3-3). He is the first Argentine to win the award in this category.
Ruberto, scorer at the Under 17 World Cup in Indonesia. (Photo by Pakawich Damrongkiattisak – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Ruberto’s 8 goals in the Under 17 World Cup
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