1979 Copa América squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1979 Copa América. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Peru, receiving a bye to the semi finals.
Group B
Argentina
Head Coach: César Luis Menotti
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| GK | Ricardo Ferrero | 5 April 1955 (aged 24) | Rosario Central
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| GK | Enrique Vidallé | 13 December 1954 (aged 24) | Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
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| DF | Miguel Ángel Bordón | 27 October 1952 (aged 26) | Boca Juniors
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| DF | Juan Carlos Bujedo | 6 March 1956 (aged 23) | Vélez Sarsfield
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| DF | Pedro Larraquy | 13 June 1956 (aged 23) | Vélez Sarsfield
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| DF | Victorio Ocaño | 9 June 1954 (aged 25) | Talleres de Córdoba
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| DF | Daniel Passarella | 25 May 1953 (aged 26) | River Plate
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| DF | Eduardo Saporiti | 29 December 1954 (aged 24) | River Plate
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| DF | José Van Tuyne | 13 December 1954 (aged 24) | Rosario Central
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| MF | Juan Barbas | 234 August 1959 (aged 19) | Racing Club
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| MF | Ricardo Bochini | 25 January 1954 (aged 25) | Independiente
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| MF | José Luis Gaitán | 7 September 1957 (aged 21) | Rosario Central
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| MF | Américo Gallego | 25 April 1955 (aged 24) | Newell's Old Boys
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| MF | Jorge Gáspari | 3 November 1958 (aged 20) | Quilmes
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| MF | Carlos Ángel López | 17 July 1952 (aged 26) | Racing Club
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| MF | Diego Maradona | 30 October 1960 (aged 18) | Argentinos Juniors
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| MF | José Daniel Valencia | 3 October 1955 (aged 23) | Talleres de Córdoba
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| FW | José Antonio Castro | 15 October 1955 (aged 23) | Vélez Sarsfield
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| FW | Hugo Coscia | 12 October 1952 (aged 26) | San Lorenzo
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| FW | Roberto Osvaldo Díaz | 3 March 1953 (aged 26) | Racing Club
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| FW | Sergio Fortunato | 23 October 1956 (aged 22) | Estudiantes |
Brazil
Head Coach: Cláudio Coutinho
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Carlos | 4 March 1956 (aged 23) | Ponte Preta
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| GK | João Leite | 13 October 1955 (aged 23) | Atlético Mineiro
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| GK | Émerson Leão | 11 July 1949 (aged 29) | Vasco da Gama
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| DF | Edinho | 5 June 1955 (aged 24) | Fluminense
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| DF | Gomes | 9 September 1956 (aged 22) | Guarani
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| DF | Júnior | 29 June 1954 (aged 25) | Flamengo
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| DF | Marco Antônio | 6 February 1951 (aged 28) | Vasco da Gama
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| DF | Nelinho | 26 July 1950 (aged 28) | Cruzeiro
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| DF | Oscar | 20 June 1954 (aged 25) | Ponte Preta
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| DF | Pedrinho | 22 October 1957 (aged 21) | Palmeiras
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| DF | Antônio Rondinelli | 26 April 1954 (aged 25) | Flamengo
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| DF | Toninho | 7 June 1948 (aged 31) | Flamengo
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| MF | Adílio | 15 May 1956 (aged 23) | Flamengo
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| MF | Amaral | 25 December 1954 (aged 24) | Corinthians
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| MF | Batista | 8 March 1955 (aged 24) | Internacional
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| MF | Paulo César Carpegiani | 7 February 1949 (aged 30) | Flamengo
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| MF | Toninho Cerezo | 21 April 1955 (aged 24) | Atlético Mineiro
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| MF | Chicão | 30 January 1949 (aged 30) | São Paulo
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| MF | Paulo Roberto Falcão | 16 October 1953 (aged 25) | Internacional
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| MF | Jair Gonçalves | 11 June 1953 (aged 26) | Internacional
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| MF | Carlos Alberto Pintinho | 26 May 1955 (aged 24) | Vasco da Gama
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| MF | Pita | 4 August 1958 (aged 20) | Santos
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| MF | Renato | 21 February 1957 (aged 22) | São Paulo
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| MF | Sócrates | 19 February 1954 (aged 25) | Corinthians
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| MF | Zenon | 31 March 1954 (aged 25) | Guarani
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| MF | Zico | 3 March 1953 (aged 26) | Flamengo
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| FW | Éder | 25 May 1957 (aged 22) | Grêmio
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| FW | João Paulo | 15 June 1957 (aged 22) | Santos
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| FW | Juary | 16 June 1959 (aged 20) | Santos
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| FW | Nílton Batata | 5 November 1954 (aged 24) | Santos
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| FW | Roberto Dinamite | 13 April 1954 (aged 25) | Vasco da Gama
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| FW | Serginho | 23 December 1953 (aged 25) | São Paulo
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| FW | Tarciso | 15 September 1951 (aged 27) | Grêmio
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| FW | Tita | 1 April 1958 (aged 21) | Flamengo
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| FW | Zezé | 30 June 1957 (aged 22) | Fluminense |
Group C
Paraguay
Head Coach: Ranulfo Miranda
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alcides Báez | 17 January 1947 (aged 32) | Libertad
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| GK | Roberto Fernández | 9 July 1954 (aged 25) | Cerro Porteño
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| DF | Alejandrino Arce | Nacional
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| DF | Cristín Cibils | 13 March 1956 (aged 23) | Atlético Tembetary
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| DF | Juan Espínola | 12 June 1953 (aged 26) | Libertad
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| DF | Gerónimo Ovelar | Cerro Porteño
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| DF | Roberto Paredes | 2 December 1956 (aged 22) | Olimpia
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| DF | Isidro Sandoval | 15 May 1959 (aged 20) | Guaraní
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| DF | Alicio Solalinde | 1 February 1952 (aged 27) | Olimpia
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| DF | Flaminio Sosa | Olimpia
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| DF | Juan Torales | 9 March 1956 (aged 23) | Sportivo Luqueño
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| DF | Juan Manuel Villalba | Libertad
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| MF | Osvaldo Aquino | 28 January 1952 (aged 27) | Olimpia
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| MF | Arecio Colmán | 10 June 1951 (aged 28) | Libertad
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| MF | Adalberto Escobar | 23 April 1949 (aged 30) | Libertad
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| MF | Aldo Florentín | 10 November 1957 (aged 21) | Cerro Porteño
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| MF | Carlos Kiese | 1 June 1957 (aged 22) | Olimpia
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| MF | Juvencio Osorio | 1 June 1950 (aged 29) | Cerro Porteño
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| MF | Mariano Pesoa | 30 April 1952 (aged 27) | Cerro Porteño
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| MF | Julio César Romero | 28 August 1960 (aged 18) | Sportivo Luqueño
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| MF | Hugo Talavera | 31 October 1949 (aged 29) | Olimpia
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| MF | Luis Ernesto Torres | 7 November 1952 (aged 26) | Olimpia
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| MF | Tito Vera | Libertad
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| FW | Isabelino Acosta | 2 December 1956 (aged 22) | Sol de América
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| FW | Roberto Cabañas | 11 April 1961 (aged 18) | Cerro Porteño
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| FW | Pedro Fleitas | 11 July 1953 (aged 25) | Cerro Porteño
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| FW | Evaristo Isasi | 26 October 1955 (aged 23) | Olimpia
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| FW | Arsenio Meza | 22 January 1953 (aged 26) | River Plate
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| FW | Eugenio Morel | 1 January 1950 (aged 29) | Libertad
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| FW | Milcíades Morel | 9 September 1953 (aged 25) | Libertad
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| FW | Amado Pérez | 24 June 1959 (aged 20) | Sol de América
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| FW | Enrique Villalba | 2 January 1955 (aged 24) | Olimpia |
Uruguay
Head Coach: Roque Máspoli
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Freddy Clavijo | 8 January 1962 (aged 17) | Defensor
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| GK | Rodolfo Rodríguez | 20 January 1956 (aged 23) | Nacional
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| DF | Domingo Cáceres | 7 September 1959 (aged 19) | Peñarol
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| DF | Hugo de León | 27 February 1958 (aged 21) | Nacional
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| DF | Víctor Diogo | 9 April 1958 (aged 21) | Peñarol
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| DF | Washington González | 6 December 1955 (aged 23) | Defensor
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| DF | Nelson Marcenaro | 4 September 1952 (aged 26) | Peñarol
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| DF | José Hermes Moreira | 30 September 1958 (aged 20) | Nacional
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| DF | José Luis Russo | 14 July 1958 (aged 20) | Defensor
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| DF | Mario Zoryez | Peñarol
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| MF | Nelson Agresta | 2 August 1955 (aged 23) | Nacional
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| MF | Gary Castillo | Sud América
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| MF | Eduardo de la Peña | 7 June 1955 (aged 24) | Nacional
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| MF | Ildo Maneiro | 4 August 1947 (aged 31) | Peñarol
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| MF | Rubén Paz | 8 August 1959 (aged 19) | Peñarol
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| MF | Ember Quintas | Sud América
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| MF | Mario Saralegui | 24 April 1959 (aged 20) | Peñarol
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| MF | Lorenzo Unanue | 22 March 1953 (aged 26) | Peñarol
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| MF | Ernesto Vargas | 1 May 1961 (aged 18) | Peñarol
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| FW | Daniel Alonso | 182 April 1956 (aged 23) | Liverpool
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| FW | Alberto Bica | 11 February 1958 (aged 21) | Nacional
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| FW | Denís Milar | 20 August 1952 (aged 26) | Nacional
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| FW | Washington Olivera | 25 June 1954 (aged 25) | Peñarol
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| FW | Venancio Ramos | 20 June 1959 (aged 20) | Peñarol
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| FW | Waldemar Victorino | 22 May 1952 (aged 27) | Nacional |
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