1989 Copa América squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1989 Copa América held in Brazil.
Group A
Brazil
Head Coach: Sebastião Lazaroni
Charles and Ze Carlos added to the squad for the final phase. Tita and Ze Teodoro injured replaced for Bismarck Faria and Josimar for final Phase
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Taffarel | 8 May 1966 (aged 23) | 9 |  Internacional
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| 2 | MF | Mazinho | 8 April 1966 (aged 23) | 5 | Vasco da Gama
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| 3 | DF | Mauro Galvão | 19 December 1961 (aged 27) | 3 | Botafogo
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| 4 | DF | André Cruz | 20 September 1968 (aged 20) | 9 | Ponte Preta
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| 5 | DF | Branco | 4 April 1964 (aged 25) | 18 |  FC Porto
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| 6 | DF | Ricardo Gomes | 13 December 1964 (aged 24) | 16 | Benfica
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| 7 | FW | Bebeto | 16 February 1964 (aged 25) | 10 | Flamengo
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| 8 | MF | Geovani | 6 April 1964 (aged 25) | 16 | Vasco da Gama
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| 9 | MF | Valdo | 12 January 1964 (aged 25) | 22 | Benfica
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| 10 | FW | Tita | 1 April 1958 (aged 31) | 25 |  Pescara
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| 10 | FW | Bismarck Faria | 17 September 1969 (aged 19) | 5 | Vasco da Gama
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| 11 | FW | Romário | 29 January 1966 (aged 23) | 14 |  PSV Eindhoven
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| 12 | GK | Acácio | 20 January 1959 (aged 30) | 6 | Vasco da Gama
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| 13 | DF | Josimar | 19 September 1961 (aged 27) | 12 | Botafogo
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| 13 | DF | Ze Teodoro | 22 November 1963 (aged 25) | 2 | Sao Paulo
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| 14 | DF | Aldair | 30 November 1965 (aged 23) | 3 | Benfica
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| 15 | MF | Alemão | 22 November 1961 (aged 27) | 20 | Napoli
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| 16 | MF | Cristóvão | 9 June 1959 (aged 30) | 6 | Grêmio
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| 17 | MF | Dunga | 31 October 1963 (aged 25) | 5 | Fiorentina
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| 18 | FW | Renato Gaúcho | 9 September 1962 (aged 26) | 17 | Roma
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| 19 | FW | Baltazar | 17 July 1959 (aged 29) | 3 |  Atlético Madrid
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| 20 | MF | Silas | 27 August 1965 (aged 23) | 13 | Sporting CP
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| 21 | FW | Charles | 12 April 1968 (aged 21) | 4 | Bahia
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| 22 | GK | Zé Carlos | 7 February 1962 (aged 27) | 2 | Flamengo
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Colombia
Head Coach: Francisco Maturana
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | René Higuita | 27 August 1966 (aged 22) |  Atlético Nacional
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| 2 | DF | Andrés Escobar | 13 March 1967 (aged 22) | Atlético Nacional
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| 3 | DF | Gildardo Gómez | 13 October 1963 (aged 25) | Atlético Nacional
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| 4 | DF | Wilson Pérez | 6 August 1967 (aged 21) | Atlético Junior
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| 5 | DF | Carlos Hoyos | 28 February 1962 (aged 27) | Atlético Junior
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| 6 | MF | Gabriel Gómez | 15 December 1959 (aged 29) | Independiente Medellín
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| 7 | FW | Antony de Ávila | 21 December 1962 (aged 26) | América de Cali
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| 8 | MF | Alexis García | 27 January 1960 (aged 29) | Atlético Nacional
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| 9 | FW | Sergio Angulo | 14 September 1960 (aged 28) | América de Cali
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| 10 | MF | Carlos Valderrama | 2 September 1961 (aged 27) |  Montpellier
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| 11 | MF | Bernardo Redín | 23 February 1963 (aged 26) | Deportivo Cali
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| 12 | FW | León Villa | 12 January 1960 (aged 29) | Atlético Nacional
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| 13 | DF | Alexis Mendoza | 9 November 1961 (aged 27) | Atlético Junior
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| 14 | MF | Leonel Álvarez | 29 July 1965 (aged 23) | Atlético Nacional
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| 15 | DF | Luis Carlos Perea | 29 December 1963 (aged 25) | Atlético Nacional
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| 16 | FW | Arnoldo Iguarán | 18 January 1957 (aged 32) | Millonarios
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| 17 | FW | John Jairo Trellez | 29 April 1968 (aged 21) | Atlético Nacional
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| 18 | DF | Wilmer Cabrera | 15 September 1967 (aged 21) | Independiente Santa Fe
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| 19 | GK | Eduardo Niño | 8 August 1967 (aged 21) | Independiente Santa Fe
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| 20 | FW | Rubén Darío Hernández | 19 February 1965 (aged 24) | Millonarios
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Paraguay
Head Coach: 
Eduardo Luján Manera.
Ramón Escobar added to the squad for the final phase.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DF | Luis Caballero | 16 September 1962 (aged 26) |  Guaraní
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| 2 | MF | Augusto Chamorro | 12 May 1963 (aged 26) | Atlético Colegiales
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| 3 | DF | Virginio Cáceres | 12 May 1962 (aged 27) | Guaraní
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| 4 | MF | Adolfino Cañete | 13 September 1956 (aged 32) | Talleres de Córdoba
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| 5 | GK | Darío Espínola | 12 September 1967 (aged 21) | Sol de América
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| 6 | DF | Rogelio Delgado | 12 October 1959 (aged 29) | Independiente
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| 7 | GK | Roberto Fernández | 29 July 1956 (aged 32) | Cerro Porteño
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| 8 | FW | Buenaventura Ferreira | 4 July 1960 (aged 28) | Guaraní
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| 9 | MF | Julio César Franco López | 1 October 1965 (aged 23) | Guaraní
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| 10 | MF | Jorge Guasch | 17 January 1961 (aged 28) | Olimpia
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| 11 | DF | Justo Jacquet | 9 September 1961 (aged 27) | Cerro Porteño
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| 12 | FW | Alfredo Mendoza | 31 December 1963 (aged 25) | Olimpia
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| 13 | MF | Gustavo Neffa | 3 November 1971 (aged 17) | Olimpia
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| 14 | FW | Eumelio Palacios | 15 September 1964 (aged 24) | Libertad
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| 15 | DF | Catalino Rivarola | 30 April 1965 (aged 24) | Cerro Porteño
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| 16 | FW | Félix Brítez Román | 27 March 1967 (aged 22) | Cerro Porteño
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| 17 | GK | Rubén Ruiz Díaz | 11 November 1969 (aged 19) | Talleres de Córdoba
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| 18 | MF | Vidal Sanabria | 11 April 1967 (aged 22) | Olimpia
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| 19 | DF | Juan Bautista Torales | 9 May 1956 (aged 33) | Libertad
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| 20 | DF | César Zabala | 3 June 1961 (aged 28) | Cerro Porteño
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| 21 | MF | Ramón Escobar | 3 October 1964 (aged 24) | River Plate
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| 22 | MF | Carlos Guirland | 18 September 1968 (aged 20) | Olimpia
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| 23 | MF | Félix Torres | 28 April 1962 (aged 27) | Deportivo Mandiyú
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Peru
Head Coach: Pepe
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | César Chávez-Riva | 22 November 1964 (aged 24) |  Universitario
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| 2 | DF | Jorge Talavera | 31 December 1963 (aged 25) | Sportivo Internationale
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| 3 | DF | Juan Reynoso | 28 December 1969 (aged 19) | Alianza Lima
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| 4 | DF | Jorge Arteaga | 29 December 1966 (aged 22) | Sporting Cristal
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| 5 | DF | Pedro Requena | 15 October 1961 (aged 27) | Universitario
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| 6 | FW | José Luis Carranza | 8 January 1964 (aged 25) | Universitario
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| 7 | MF | Francesco Manassero | 4 December 1964 (aged 24) | Sporting Cristal
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| 8 | MF | José del Solar | 28 November 1967 (aged 21) | Universitario
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| 9 | FW | Franco Navarro | 10 November 1961 (aged 27) |  FC Wettingen
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| 10 | MF | Julio César Uribe | 9 May 1958 (aged 31) | América de Cali
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| 11 | FW | Jorge Hirano | 14 August 1956 (aged 32) |  Bolívar
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| 12 | GK | Jesús Purizaga | 5 December 1960 (aged 28) | Sporting Cristal
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| 13 | MF | Wilmar Valencia | 27 October 1962 (aged 26) | Blooming
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| 14 | DF | Percy Olivares | 6 May 1968 (aged 21) | Sporting Cristal
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| 15 | FW | Eduardo Rey Muñoz | 7 August 1957 (aged 31) | Universitario
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| 16 | DF | Jorge Olaechea | 27 August 1956 (aged 32) | Sporting Cristal
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| 17 | FW | Martín Dall'Orso | 1 September 1966 (aged 22) | Sporting Cristal
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| 18 | DF | Carlos Guido | 18 April 1966 (aged 23) | Sporting Cristal
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| 19 | FW | Carlos Torres | 25 May 1966 (aged 23) | Sportivo Internationale
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| 20 | MF | César Rodríguez | 21 September 1965 (aged 23) | Deportivo Municipal
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Venezuela
Head Coach: Carlos Horacio Moreno
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | César Baena | 16 January 1961 (aged 28) |  Caracas FC
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| 2 | DF | William Pacheco | 18 April 1962 (aged 27) | Unión Atlético Táchira
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| 3 | DF | Andrés Paz | 30 November 1963 (aged 25) | Unión Atlético Táchira
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| 4 | DF | Pedro Acosta | 28 November 1959 (aged 29) | Caracas FC
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| 5 | DF | Luis Rojas | 1 August 1963 (aged 25) | Unión Atlético Táchira
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| 6 | MF | Roberto Cavallo | 28 April 1967 (aged 22) | Deportivo Italia
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| 7 | FW | Herbert Márquez | 10 November 1961 (aged 27) | Mineros
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| 8 | MF | Laureano Jaimes | 13 July 1961 (aged 27) | Unión Atlético Táchira
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| 9 | MF | Bernardo Añor | 7 October 1959 (aged 29) | Caracas FC
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| 10 | MF | Carlos Maldonado | 30 July 1963 (aged 25) | Unión Atlético Táchira
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| 11 | MF | Noel Sanvicente | 21 December 1964 (aged 24) | Marítimo
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| 12 | GK | José Gregorio Gómez | 27 December 1963 (aged 25) | Mineros
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| 13 | DF | René Torres | 13 October 1960 (aged 28) | Mineros
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| 14 | FW | Pedro Febles | 18 April 1958 (aged 31) | Marítimo
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| 15 | DF | Luis Camacaro | 24 November 1967 (aged 21) | Unión Atlético Táchira
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| 16 | FW | Carlos Domínguez | 17 April 1966 (aged 23) | Caracas FC
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| 17 | MF | Ildemaro Fernández | 27 December 1961 (aged 27) | Estudiantes de Mérida
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| 18 | MF | Héctor Rivas | 27 September 1968 (aged 20) | Marítimo
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| 19 | FW | Stalin Rivas | 5 August 1971 (aged 17) | Mineros
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| 20 | FW | Enrique Samuel | 16 November 1967 (aged 21) | Mineros
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Group B
Argentina
Head Coach: Carlos Bilardo
Ricardo Giusti and Abel Balbo added to the squad for the final phase
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Nery Pumpido | 30 July 1957 (aged 31) | Real Betis
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| 2 | MF | Sergio Batista | 9 November 1962 (aged 26) | River Plate
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| 3 | FW | Carlos Alfaro Moreno | 16 October 1964 (aged 24) | Independiente
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| 4 | FW | Abel Balbo | 1 June 1966 (aged 23) | River Plate
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| 5 | DF | José Luis Brown | 10 November 1956 (aged 32) | Real Murcia
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| 6 | MF | José Basualdo | 20 June 1963 (aged 26) | Deportivo Mandiyú
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| 7 | MF | Jorge Burruchaga | 9 October 1962 (aged 26) | FC Nantes
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| 8 | FW | Claudio Caniggia | 9 January 1967 (aged 22) | Verona
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| 9 | DF | José Luis Cuciuffo | 1 February 1961 (aged 28) | Boca Juniors
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| 10 | MF | Diego Maradona | 30 October 1960 (aged 28) | Napoli
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| 11 | MF | Gabriel Calderón | 7 February 1960 (aged 29) | Paris Saint-Germain
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| 12 | DF | Néstor Clausen | 29 September 1962 (aged 26) | Sion
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| 13 | DF | Hernán Díaz | 26 February 1965 (aged 24) | Rosario Central
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| 14 | MF | Héctor Enrique | 26 April 1962 (aged 27) | River Plate
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| 15 | MF | Ricardo Giusti | 11 December 1956 (aged 32) | Independiente
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| 16 | DF | Pedro Monzón | 23 February 1962 (aged 27) | Independiente
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| 17 | DF | Oscar Ruggeri | 26 January 1962 (aged 27) | Real Madrid
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| 18 | GK | Luis Islas | 22 December 1965 (aged 23) | Atlético Madrid
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| 19 | DF | Roberto Néstor Sensini | 12 October 1966 (aged 22) | Newell's Old Boys
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| 20 | MF | Pedro Troglio | 28 July 1965 (aged 23) | Verona
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| 21 | MF | Néstor Gorosito | 14 May 1964 (aged 25) | San Lorenzo
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| 22 | GK | Julio César Falcioni | 20 July 1956 (aged 32) | Vélez Sársfield
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Bolivia
Head Coach: Jorge Habegger
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Luis Galarza | 26 December 1950 (aged 38) | Bolívar
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| 2 | DF | Carlos Arias | 26 August 1956 (aged 32) | Bolívar
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| 3 | MF | Carlos Borja | 25 December 1956 (aged 32) | Bolívar
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| 4 | MF | Marco Etcheverry | 26 September 1970 (aged 18) | Destroyers
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| 5 | DF | Marco Ferrufino | 25 April 1963 (aged 26) | Bolívar
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| 6 | DF | Ricardo Fontana | 17 October 1950 (aged 38) | The Strongest
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| 7 | FW | Arturo García | 14 May 1965 (aged 24) | Oriente Petrolero
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| 8 | DF | Eligio Martínez | 21 July 1955 (aged 33) | The Strongest
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| 9 | MF | José Milton Melgar | 20 September 1959 (aged 29) | Bolívar
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| 10 | FW | Roly Paniagua | 14 November 1966 (aged 22) | Blooming
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| 11 | FW | Álvaro Peña | 11 September 1966 (aged 22) | Blooming
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| 12 | GK | Marco Antonio Barrero | 26 January 1962 (aged 27) | Bolívar
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| 13 | DF | Miguel Rimba | 1 November 1967 (aged 21) | Bolívar
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| 14 | DF | Rómer Roca | 1 July 1966 (aged 23) | Oriente Petrolero
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| 15 | DF | Marciano Saldías | 25 April 1966 (aged 23) | Oriente Petrolero
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| 16 | FW | Fernando Salinas | 12 June 1962 (aged 27) | Bolívar
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| 17 | FW | Erwin Sánchez | 19 October 1969 (aged 19) | Bolívar
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| 18 | MF | Francisco Takeo | 13 May 1966 (aged 23) | Destroyers
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| 19 | DF | Eduardo Villegas | 29 March 1964 (aged 25) | The Strongest
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| 20 | FW | Ramiro Castillo | 27 March 1966 (aged 23) | Argentinos Juniors
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Chile
Head Coach: Orlando Aravena
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Roberto Rojas | 8 August 1957 (aged 31) | São Paulo
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| 2 | DF | Patricio Reyes | 27 November 1957 (aged 31) |  Deportes La Serena
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| 3 | FW | Patricio Yáñez | 20 January 1961 (aged 28) | Real Betis
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| 4 | DF | Leonel Contreras | 30 August 1961 (aged 27) | Deportes La Serena
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| 5 | DF | Hugo González | 11 March 1963 (aged 26) | Colo-Colo
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| 6 | MF | Jaime Pizarro | 2 March 1964 (aged 25) | Colo-Colo
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| 7 | MF | Héctor Puebla | 10 July 1955 (aged 33) | Cobreloa
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| 8 | MF | Raúl Ormeño | 21 June 1958 (aged 31) | Colo-Colo
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| 9 | FW | Juan Carlos Letelier | 20 May 1959 (aged 30) | Deportes La Serena
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| 10 | MF | Juan Covarrubias | 15 January 1961 (aged 28) | Cobreloa
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| 11 | DF | Fernando Astengo | 8 January 1960 (aged 29) | Grêmio
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| 12 | GK | Marco Cornez | 15 October 1957 (aged 31) | Universidad Católica
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| 13 | MF | Jaime Vera | 25 March 1963 (aged 26) |  OFI Crete
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| 14 | DF | Jorge Carrasco | 3 November 1960 (aged 28) | Huachipato
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| 15 | MF | Juvenal Olmos | 4 October 1962 (aged 26) | Universidad Católica
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| 16 | FW | Osvaldo Hurtado | 2 November 1957 (aged 31) |  Charleroi
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| 17 | MF | Jaime Ramírez | 3 March 1967 (aged 22) | Unión Española
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| 18 | DF | Alejandro Hisis | 16 February 1962 (aged 27) | OFI Crete
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| 19 | FW | Lukas Tudor | 21 February 1969 (aged 20) | Universidad Católica
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| 20 | GK | Oscar Wirth | 5 November 1955 (aged 33) | Independiente Medellín
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Ecuador
Head Coach: 
Dušan Drašković
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Carlos Morales | 12 June 1965 (aged 24) |  Barcelona
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| 2 | DF | Jimmy Izquierdo | 28 May 1961 (aged 28) | Barcelona
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| 3 | DF | Hólger Quiñónez | 18 August 1962 (aged 26) | Barcelona
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| 4 | DF | Wilson Macías | 30 September 1965 (aged 23) | Filanbanco
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| 5 | MF | Kléber Fajardo | 1 January 1965 (aged 24) | Emelec
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| 6 | DF | Luis Capurro | 1 May 1961 (aged 28) | Emelec
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| 7 | MF | Pietro Marsetti | 21 November 1964 (aged 24) | LDU Quito
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| 8 | MF | Alex Aguinaga | 9 July 1968 (aged 20) | Deportivo Quito
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| 9 | DF | Byron Tenorio | 14 June 1966 (aged 23) | El Nacional
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| 10 | MF | Hamilton Cuvi | 8 May 1960 (aged 29) | Filanbanco
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| 11 | FW | Nelson Guerrero | 12 September 1962 (aged 26) | LDU Quito
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| 12 | GK | Víctor Mendoza | 24 August 1963 (aged 25) | Aucas
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| 13 | DF | Claudio Alcívar | 15 July 1966 (aged 22) | Barcelona
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| 14 | FW | Ney Raúl Avíles | 17 February 1964 (aged 25) | Emelec
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| 15 | MF | Enrique Verduga | 19 January 1964 (aged 25) | Emelec
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| 16 | MF | Julio César Rosero | 11 June 1964 (aged 25) | El Nacional
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| 17 | FW | Carlos Muñoz | 24 October 1967 (aged 21) | Filanbanco
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| 18 | MF | Tulio Quinteros | 4 May 1963 (aged 26) | Barcelona
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| 19 | MF | Hermen Benítez | 4 May 1961 (aged 28) | El Nacional
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| 20 | DF | Jimmy Montanero | 24 August 1960 (aged 28) | Barcelona
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Uruguay
Head Coach: Oscar Tabárez
Oscar Ferro and Edison Suarez added to the squad for the final phase
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Javier Zeoli | 2 May 1962 (aged 27) |  Danubio
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| 2 | DF | Nelson Gutiérrez | 13 April 1962 (aged 27) | Lazio
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| 3 | DF | Hugo De León | 27 February 1958 (aged 31) | Nacional
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| 4 | DF | José Herrera | 17 June 1965 (aged 24) | Peñarol
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| 5 | MF | José Perdomo | 5 January 1965 (aged 24) | Peñarol
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| 6 | DF | Alfonso Domínguez | 24 September 1965 (aged 23) | Peñarol
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| 7 | FW | Antonio Alzamendi | 7 June 1956 (aged 33) | Logroñés
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| 8 | MF | Gabriel Correa | 13 January 1968 (aged 21) | Peñarol
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| 9 | FW | Enzo Francéscoli | 12 November 1961 (aged 27) | Racing Club Paris
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| 10 | MF | Ruben Paz | 8 August 1959 (aged 29) | Racing Club
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| 11 | FW | Ruben Sosa | 25 April 1966 (aged 23) | Lazio
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| 12 | GK | Jorge Seré | 9 July 1961 (aged 27) | Nacional
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| 13 | DF | Daniel Revelez | 30 September 1959 (aged 29) | Nacional
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| 14 | DF | José Pintos Saldanha | 25 March 1964 (aged 25) | Nacional
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| 15 | MF | Santiago Ostolaza | 10 July 1962 (aged 26) | Nacional
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| 16 | FW | Sergio Martínez | 15 February 1969 (aged 20) | Defensor Sporting
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| 17 | FW | Carlos Aguilera | 21 September 1964 (aged 24) | Peñarol
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| 18 | MF | Ruben Pereira | 28 January 1968 (aged 21) | Danubio
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| 19 | FW | Ruben da Silva | 11 April 1968 (aged 21) | Danubio
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| 20 | MF | Pablo Bengoechea | 27 June 1965 (aged 24) | Sevilla
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| 21 | GK | Oscar Ferro | 2 March 1967 (aged 22) | Peñarol
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| 22 | MF | Edison Suarez | 6 November 1966 (aged 22) | Danubio
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