Today, a very interesting fact about the Argentina National Team. It reveals the 48 players who debuted with the sky blue and white shirt since the arrival of Lionel ScaloniThat is, since 2018, when the DT started as interim until his official confirmation a year later.
Scaloni’s 48 debutants
2018: Geronimo Rulli (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Renzo Saravia (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Exequiel Palacios (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Gonzalo Martinez (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Giovanni Simeone (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Walter Kannemann (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Alan Franco (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Matias Vargas (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Franco Cervi (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Franco Vazquez (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Santiago Ascacibar (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Rodrigo Battaglia (7/9/2018 against Guatemala), Rodrigo De Paul (11/10/2018 against Iraq) , Juan Foyth (16/11/2018 against Mexico), Gaston Gimenez (11/16/2018 against Mexico), Paulo Gazzaniga (11/16/2018 against Mexico).
2019: Gonzalo Montiel (22/3/2019 against Venezuela), Lisandro Martinez (22/3/2019 against Venezuela), Matias Suarez (22/3/2019 against Venezuela), Domingo Blanco (22/3/2019 against Venezuela), Esteban Andrada (26/3/2019 against Morocco), Ivan Marcone (26/3/2019 against Morocco), Matias Zaracho (26/3/2019 against Morocco), Juan Musso (5/9/2019 against Chile), Lucas Martinez Quarta (5/9/2019 against Chile), Nicolas Dominguez (5/9/2019 against Chile), Alexis Mac Allister (5/9/2019 against Chile), Leonardo Balerdi (10/9/2019 against Mexico), Adolfo Gaich (10/9/2019 against Mexico), Lucas Ocampos (9/10/2019 against Germany), Nicolas Gonzalez (10/13/2019 against Ecuador).
2020: Facundo Medina (10/13/2020 against Bolivia)
2021: Emiliano Martinez (6/3/2021 vs. Chile), Cristian Romero (6/3/2021 vs. Chile), Julian Alvarez (6/3/2021 vs. Chile), Nahuel Molina (6/3/2021 vs. Chile)
2022: Emiliano BuendÃa (2/1/2022 against Colombia), Lucas Boyé (3/25/2022 against Venezuela), Marcos Senesi (6/5/2022 against Estonia), Thiago Almada (9/23/2022 against Honduras), Nehuén Pérez (9/23/2022 against Honduras), Enzo Fernández (9/23/2022 against Honduras).
2023: Alejandro Garnacho (6/15/2023 against Australia), Facundo Buonanotte (6/19/2023 against Indonesia).
2024: ValentÃn Barco (22/3/2024 against El Salvador), Walter BenÃtez (26/3/2024 against Costa Rica), ValentÃn Carboni (26/3/2024 against Costa Rica) and ValentÃn Castellanos (5/9/2024 against Chile).
As can be seen, the vast majority of debutants took place during the first two years of the cycle.. When Scaloni found the team, the names began to diminish. The last one so far is Castellanos, who entered at the end of the recent victory against Chile.
As an extra fact, the following 13 Scaloni debutants were crowned in Qatar 2022: The team from the …