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	1GK	Taffarel	(1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 23)	9	Internacional
2	3MF	Mazinho	(1966-04-08)8 April 1966 (aged 23)	5	Vasco da Gama
3	2DF	Mauro Galvão	(1961-12-19)19 December 1961 (aged 27)	3	Botafogo
4	2DF	André Cruz	(1968-09-20)20 September 1968 (aged 20)	9	Ponte Preta
5	2DF	Branco	(1964-04-04)4 April 1964 (aged 25)	18	FC Porto
6	2DF	Ricardo Gomes	(1964-12-13)13 December 1964 (aged 24)	16	Benfica
7	4FW	Bebeto	(1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 25)	10	Flamengo
8	3MF	Geovani	(1964-04-06)6 April 1964 (aged 25)	16	Vasco da Gama
9	3MF	Valdo	(1964-01-12)12 January 1964 (aged 25)	22	Benfica
10	4FW	Tita	(1958-04-01)1 April 1958 (aged 31)	25	Pescara
10	4FW	Bismarck Faria	(1969-09-17)17 September 1969 (aged 19)	5	Vasco da Gama
11	4FW	Romário	(1966-01-29)29 January 1966 (aged 23)	14	PSV Eindhoven
12	1GK	Acácio	(1959-01-20)20 January 1959 (aged 30)	6	Vasco da Gama
13	2DF	Josimar	(1961-09-19)19 September 1961 (aged 27)	12	Botafogo
13	2DF	Ze Teodoro	(1963-11-22)22 November 1963 (aged 25)	2	Sao Paulo
14	2DF	Aldair	(1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 23)	3	Benfica
15	3MF	Alemão	(1961-11-22)22 November 1961 (aged 27)	20	Napoli
16	3MF	Cristóvão	(1959-06-09)9 June 1959 (aged 30)	6	Grêmio
17	3MF	Dunga	(1963-10-31)31 October 1963 (aged 25)	5	Fiorentina
18	4FW	Renato Gaúcho	(1962-09-09)9 September 1962 (aged 26)	17	Roma
19	4FW	Baltazar	(1959-07-17)17 July 1959 (aged 29)	3	Atlético Madrid
20	3MF	Silas	(1965-08-27)27 August 1965 (aged 23)	13	Sporting CP
21	4FW	Charles	(1968-04-12)12 April 1968 (aged 21)	4	Bahia
22	1GK	Zé Carlos	(1962-02-07)7 February 1962 (aged 27)	2	Flamengo

Colombia

Head Coach: Francisco Maturana

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	René Higuita	(1966-08-27)27 August 1966 (aged 22)		Atlético Nacional
2	2DF	Andrés Escobar	(1967-03-13)13 March 1967 (aged 22)		Atlético Nacional
3	2DF	Gildardo Gómez	(1963-10-13)13 October 1963 (aged 25)		Atlético Nacional
4	2DF	Wilson Pérez	(1967-08-06)6 August 1967 (aged 21)		Atlético Junior
5	2DF	Carlos Hoyos	(1962-02-28)28 February 1962 (aged 27)		Atlético Junior
6	3MF	Gabriel Gómez	(1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 29)		Independiente Medellín
7	4FW	Antony de Ávila	(1962-12-21)21 December 1962 (aged 26)		América de Cali
8	3MF	Alexis García	(1960-01-27)27 January 1960 (aged 29)		Atlético Nacional
9	4FW	Sergio Angulo	(1960-09-14)14 September 1960 (aged 28)		América de Cali
10	3MF	Carlos Valderrama	(1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 27)		Montpellier
11	3MF	Bernardo Redín	(1963-02-23)23 February 1963 (aged 26)		Deportivo Cali
12	4FW	León Villa	(1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 29)		Atlético Nacional
13	2DF	Alexis Mendoza	(1961-11-09)9 November 1961 (aged 27)		Atlético Junior
14	3MF	Leonel Álvarez	(1965-07-29)29 July 1965 (aged 23)		Atlético Nacional
15	2DF	Luis Carlos Perea	(1963-12-29)29 December 1963 (aged 25)		Atlético Nacional
16	4FW	Arnoldo Iguarán	(1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 32)		Millonarios
17	4FW	John Jairo Trellez	(1968-04-29)29 April 1968 (aged 21)		Atlético Nacional
18	2DF	Wilmer Cabrera	(1967-09-15)15 September 1967 (aged 21)		Independiente Santa Fe
19	1GK	Eduardo Niño	(1967-08-08)8 August 1967 (aged 21)		Independiente Santa Fe
20	4FW	Rubén Darío Hernández	(1965-02-19)19 February 1965 (aged 24)		Millonarios

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	2DF	Luis Caballero	(1962-09-16)16 September 1962 (aged 26)		Guaraní
2	3MF	Augusto Chamorro	(1963-05-12)12 May 1963 (aged 26)		Atlético Colegiales
3	2DF	Virginio Cáceres	(1962-05-12)12 May 1962 (aged 27)		Guaraní
4	3MF	Adolfino Cañete	(1956-09-13)13 September 1956 (aged 32)		Talleres de Córdoba
5	1GK	Darío Espínola	(1967-09-12)12 September 1967 (aged 21)		Sol de América
6	2DF	Rogelio Delgado	(1959-10-12)12 October 1959 (aged 29)		Independiente
7	1GK	Roberto Fernández	(1956-07-29)29 July 1956 (aged 32)		Cerro Porteño
8	4FW	Buenaventura Ferreira	(1960-07-04)4 July 1960 (aged 28)		Guaraní
9	3MF	Julio César Franco López	(1965-10-01)1 October 1965 (aged 23)		Guaraní
10	3MF	Jorge Guasch	(1961-01-17)17 January 1961 (aged 28)		Olimpia
11	2DF	Justo Jacquet	(1961-09-09)9 September 1961 (aged 27)		Cerro Porteño
12	4FW	Alfredo Mendoza	(1963-12-31)31 December 1963 (aged 25)		Olimpia
13	3MF	Gustavo Neffa	(1971-11-03)3 November 1971 (aged 17)		Olimpia
14	4FW	Eumelio Palacios	(1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 24)		Libertad
15	2DF	Catalino Rivarola	(1965-04-30)30 April 1965 (aged 24)		Cerro Porteño
16	4FW	Félix Brítez Román	(1967-03-27)27 March 1967 (aged 22)		Cerro Porteño
17	1GK	Rubén Ruiz Díaz	(1969-11-11)11 November 1969 (aged 19)		Talleres de Córdoba
18	3MF	Vidal Sanabria	(1967-04-11)11 April 1967 (aged 22)		Olimpia
19	2DF	Juan Bautista Torales	(1956-05-09)9 May 1956 (aged 33)		Libertad
20	2DF	César Zabala	(1961-06-03)3 June 1961 (aged 28)		Cerro Porteño
21	3MF	Ramón Escobar	(1964-10-03)3 October 1964 (aged 24)		River Plate
22	3MF	Carlos Guirland	(1968-09-18)18 September 1968 (aged 20)		Olimpia
23	3MF	Félix Torres	(1962-04-28)28 April 1962 (aged 27)		Deportivo Mandiyú

Peru

Head Coach: Pepe

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	César Chávez-Riva	(1964-11-22)22 November 1964 (aged 24)		Universitario
2	2DF	Jorge Talavera	(1963-12-31)31 December 1963 (aged 25)		Sportivo Internationale
3	2DF	Juan Reynoso	(1969-12-28)28 December 1969 (aged 19)		Alianza Lima
4	2DF	Jorge Arteaga	(1966-12-29)29 December 1966 (aged 22)		Sporting Cristal
5	2DF	Pedro Requena	(1961-10-15)15 October 1961 (aged 27)		Universitario
6	4FW	José Luis Carranza	(1964-01-08)8 January 1964 (aged 25)		Universitario
7	3MF	Francesco Manassero	(1964-12-04)4 December 1964 (aged 24)		Sporting Cristal
8	3MF	José del Solar	(1967-11-28)28 November 1967 (aged 21)		Universitario
9	4FW	Franco Navarro	(1961-11-10)10 November 1961 (aged 27)		FC Wettingen
10	3MF	Julio César Uribe	(1958-05-09)9 May 1958 (aged 31)		América de Cali
11	4FW	Jorge Hirano	(1956-08-14)14 August 1956 (aged 32)		Bolívar
12	1GK	Jesús Purizaga	(1960-12-05)5 December 1960 (aged 28)		Sporting Cristal
13	3MF	Wilmar Valencia	(1962-10-27)27 October 1962 (aged 26)		Blooming
14	2DF	Percy Olivares	(1968-05-06)6 May 1968 (aged 21)		Sporting Cristal
15	4FW	Eduardo Rey Muñoz	(1957-08-07)7 August 1957 (aged 31)		Universitario
16	2DF	Jorge Olaechea	(1956-08-27)27 August 1956 (aged 32)		Sporting Cristal
17	4FW	Martín Dall'Orso	(1966-09-01)1 September 1966 (aged 22)		Sporting Cristal
18	2DF	Carlos Guido	(1966-04-18)18 April 1966 (aged 23)		Sporting Cristal
19	4FW	Carlos Torres	(1966-05-25)25 May 1966 (aged 23)		Sportivo Internationale
20	3MF	César Rodríguez	(1965-09-21)21 September 1965 (aged 23)		Deportivo Municipal

Venezuela

Head Coach: Carlos Horacio Moreno

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	César Baena	(1961-01-16)16 January 1961 (aged 28)		Caracas FC
2	2DF	William Pacheco	(1962-04-18)18 April 1962 (aged 27)		Unión Atlético Táchira
3	2DF	Andrés Paz	(1963-11-30)30 November 1963 (aged 25)		Unión Atlético Táchira
4	2DF	Pedro Acosta	(1959-11-28)28 November 1959 (aged 29)		Caracas FC
5	2DF	Luis Rojas	(1963-08-01)1 August 1963 (aged 25)		Unión Atlético Táchira
6	3MF	Roberto Cavallo	(1967-04-28)28 April 1967 (aged 22)		Deportivo Italia
7	4FW	Herbert Márquez	(1961-11-10)10 November 1961 (aged 27)		Mineros
8	3MF	Laureano Jaimes	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 27)		Unión Atlético Táchira
9	3MF	Bernardo Añor	(1959-10-07)7 October 1959 (aged 29)		Caracas FC
10	3MF	Carlos Maldonado	(1963-07-30)30 July 1963 (aged 25)		Unión Atlético Táchira
11	3MF	Noel Sanvicente	(1964-12-21)21 December 1964 (aged 24)		Marítimo
12	1GK	José Gregorio Gómez	(1963-12-27)27 December 1963 (aged 25)		Mineros
13	2DF	René Torres	(1960-10-13)13 October 1960 (aged 28)		Mineros
14	4FW	Pedro Febles	(1958-04-18)18 April 1958 (aged 31)		Marítimo
15	2DF	Luis Camacaro	(1967-11-24)24 November 1967 (aged 21)		Unión Atlético Táchira
16	4FW	Carlos Domínguez	(1966-04-17)17 April 1966 (aged 23)		Caracas FC
17	3MF	Ildemaro Fernández	(1961-12-27)27 December 1961 (aged 27)		Estudiantes de Mérida
18	3MF	Héctor Rivas	(1968-09-27)27 September 1968 (aged 20)		Marítimo
19	4FW	Stalin Rivas	(1971-08-05)5 August 1971 (aged 17)		Mineros
20	4FW	Enrique Samuel	(1967-11-16)16 November 1967 (aged 21)		Mineros

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	1GK	Nery Pumpido	(1957-07-30)30 July 1957 (aged 31)		Real Betis
2	3MF	Sergio Batista	(1962-11-09)9 November 1962 (aged 26)		River Plate
3	4FW	Carlos Alfaro Moreno	(1964-10-16)16 October 1964 (aged 24)		Independiente
4	4FW	Abel Balbo	(1966-06-01)1 June 1966 (aged 23)		River Plate
5	2DF	José Luis Brown	(1956-11-10)10 November 1956 (aged 32)		Real Murcia
6	3MF	José Basualdo	(1963-06-20)20 June 1963 (aged 26)		Deportivo Mandiyú
7	3MF	Jorge Burruchaga	(1962-10-09)9 October 1962 (aged 26)		FC Nantes
8	4FW	Claudio Caniggia	(1967-01-09)9 January 1967 (aged 22)		Verona
9	2DF	José Luis Cuciuffo	(1961-02-01)1 February 1961 (aged 28)		Boca Juniors
10	3MF	Diego Maradona	(1960-10-30)30 October 1960 (aged 28)		Napoli
11	4FW	Gabriel Calderón	(1960-02-07)7 February 1960 (aged 29)		Paris Saint-Germain
12	2DF	Néstor Clausen	(1962-09-29)29 September 1962 (aged 26)		Sion
13	2DF	Hernán Díaz	(1965-02-26)26 February 1965 (aged 24)		Rosario Central
14	3MF	Héctor Enrique	(1962-04-26)26 April 1962 (aged 27)		River Plate
15	3MF	Ricardo Giusti	(1956-12-11)11 December 1956 (aged 32)		Independiente
16	2DF	Pedro Monzón	(1962-02-23)23 February 1962 (aged 27)		Independiente
17	2DF	Oscar Ruggeri	(1962-01-26)26 January 1962 (aged 27)		Real Madrid
18	1GK	Luis Islas	(1965-12-22)22 December 1965 (aged 23)		Atlético Madrid
19	2DF	Roberto Néstor Sensini	(1966-10-12)12 October 1966 (aged 22)		Newell's Old Boys
20	3MF	Pedro Troglio	(1965-07-28)28 July 1965 (aged 23)		Verona
21	3MF	Néstor Gorosito	(1964-05-14)14 May 1964 (aged 25)		San Lorenzo
22	1GK	Julio César Falcioni	(1956-07-20)20 July 1956 (aged 32)		Vélez Sársfield

Bolivia

Head Coach: Jorge Habegger

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Luis Galarza	(1950-12-26)26 December 1950 (aged 38)		Bolívar
2	2DF	Carlos Arias	(1956-08-26)26 August 1956 (aged 32)		Bolívar
3	3MF	Carlos Borja	(1956-12-25)25 December 1956 (aged 32)		Bolívar
4	3MF	Marco Etcheverry	(1970-09-26)26 September 1970 (aged 18)		Destroyers
5	2DF	Marco Ferrufino	(1963-04-25)25 April 1963 (aged 26)		Bolívar
6	2DF	Ricardo Fontana	(1950-10-17)17 October 1950 (aged 38)		The Strongest
7	4FW	Arturo García	(1965-05-14)14 May 1965 (aged 24)		Oriente Petrolero
8	2DF	Eligio Martínez	(1955-07-21)21 July 1955 (aged 33)		The Strongest
9	3MF	José Milton Melgar	(1959-09-20)20 September 1959 (aged 29)		Bolívar
10	4FW	Roly Paniagua	(1966-11-14)14 November 1966 (aged 22)		Blooming
11	4FW	Álvaro Peña	(1966-09-11)11 September 1966 (aged 22)		Blooming
12	1GK	Marco Antonio Barrero	(1962-01-26)26 January 1962 (aged 27)		Bolívar
13	2DF	Miguel Rimba	(1967-11-01)1 November 1967 (aged 21)		Bolívar
14	2DF	Rómer Roca	(1966-07-01)1 July 1966 (aged 23)		Oriente Petrolero
15	2DF	Marciano Saldías	(1966-04-25)25 April 1966 (aged 23)		Oriente Petrolero
16	4FW	Fernando Salinas	(1962-06-12)12 June 1962 (aged 27)		Bolívar
17	4FW	Erwin Sánchez	(1969-10-19)19 October 1969 (aged 19)		Bolívar
18	3MF	Francisco Takeo	(1966-05-13)13 May 1966 (aged 23)		Destroyers
19	2DF	Eduardo Villegas	(1964-03-29)29 March 1964 (aged 25)		The Strongest
20	4FW	Ramiro Castillo	(1966-03-27)27 March 1966 (aged 23)		Argentinos Juniors

Chile

Head Coach: Orlando Aravena

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Roberto Rojas	(1957-08-08)8 August 1957 (aged 31)		São Paulo
2	2DF	Patricio Reyes	(1957-11-27)27 November 1957 (aged 31)		Deportes La Serena
3	4FW	Patricio Yáñez	(1961-01-20)20 January 1961 (aged 28)		Real Betis
4	2DF	Leonel Contreras	(1961-08-30)30 August 1961 (aged 27)		Deportes La Serena
5	2DF	Hugo González	(1963-03-11)11 March 1963 (aged 26)		Colo-Colo
6	3MF	Jaime Pizarro	(1964-03-02)2 March 1964 (aged 25)		Colo-Colo
7	3MF	Héctor Puebla	(1955-07-10)10 July 1955 (aged 33)		Cobreloa
8	3MF	Raúl Ormeño	(1958-06-21)21 June 1958 (aged 31)		Colo-Colo
9	4FW	Juan Carlos Letelier	(1959-05-20)20 May 1959 (aged 30)		Deportes La Serena
10	3MF	Juan Covarrubias	(1961-01-15)15 January 1961 (aged 28)		Cobreloa
11	2DF	Fernando Astengo	(1960-01-08)8 January 1960 (aged 29)		Grêmio
12	1GK	Marco Cornez	(1957-10-15)15 October 1957 (aged 31)		Universidad Católica
13	3MF	Jaime Vera	(1963-03-25)25 March 1963 (aged 26)		OFI Crete
14	2DF	Jorge Carrasco	(1960-11-03)3 November 1960 (aged 28)		Huachipato
15	3MF	Juvenal Olmos	(1962-10-04)4 October 1962 (aged 26)		Universidad Católica
16	4FW	Osvaldo Hurtado	(1957-11-02)2 November 1957 (aged 31)		Charleroi
17	3MF	Jaime Ramírez	(1967-03-03)3 March 1967 (aged 22)		Unión Española
18	2DF	Alejandro Hisis	(1962-02-16)16 February 1962 (aged 27)		OFI Crete
19	4FW	Lukas Tudor	(1969-02-21)21 February 1969 (aged 20)		Universidad Católica
20	1GK	Oscar Wirth	(1955-11-05)5 November 1955 (aged 33)		Independiente Medellín

Ecuador

Head Coach: Dušan Drašković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Carlos Morales	(1965-06-12)12 June 1965 (aged 24)		Barcelona
2	2DF	Jimmy Izquierdo	(1961-05-28)28 May 1961 (aged 28)		Barcelona
3	2DF	Hólger Quiñónez	(1962-08-18)18 August 1962 (aged 26)		Barcelona
4	2DF	Wilson Macías	(1965-09-30)30 September 1965 (aged 23)		Filanbanco
5	3MF	Kléber Fajardo	(1965-01-01)1 January 1965 (aged 24)		Emelec
6	2DF	Luis Capurro	(1961-05-01)1 May 1961 (aged 28)		Emelec
7	3MF	Pietro Marsetti	(1964-11-21)21 November 1964 (aged 24)		LDU Quito
8	3MF	Alex Aguinaga	(1968-07-09)9 July 1968 (aged 20)		Deportivo Quito
9	2DF	Byron Tenorio	(1966-06-14)14 June 1966 (aged 23)		El Nacional
10	3MF	Hamilton Cuvi	(1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (aged 29)		Filanbanco
11	4FW	Nelson Guerrero	(1962-09-12)12 September 1962 (aged 26)		LDU Quito
12	1GK	Víctor Mendoza	(1963-08-24)24 August 1963 (aged 25)		Aucas
13	2DF	Claudio Alcívar	(1966-07-15)15 July 1966 (aged 22)		Barcelona
14	4FW	Ney Raúl Avíles	(1964-02-17)17 February 1964 (aged 25)		Emelec
15	3MF	Enrique Verduga	(1964-01-19)19 January 1964 (aged 25)		Emelec
16	3MF	Julio César Rosero	(1964-06-11)11 June 1964 (aged 25)		El Nacional
17	4FW	Carlos Muñoz	(1967-10-24)24 October 1967 (aged 21)		Filanbanco
18	3MF	Tulio Quinteros	(1963-05-04)4 May 1963 (aged 26)		Barcelona
19	3MF	Hermen Benítez	(1961-05-04)4 May 1961 (aged 28)		El Nacional
20	2DF	Jimmy Montanero	(1960-08-24)24 August 1960 (aged 28)		Barcelona

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	1GK	Javier Zeoli	(1962-05-02)2 May 1962 (aged 27)		Danubio
2	2DF	Nelson Gutiérrez	(1962-04-13)13 April 1962 (aged 27)		Lazio
3	2DF	Hugo De León	(1958-02-27)27 February 1958 (aged 31)		Nacional
4	2DF	José Herrera	(1965-06-17)17 June 1965 (aged 24)		Peñarol
5	3MF	José Perdomo	(1965-01-05)5 January 1965 (aged 24)		Peñarol
6	2DF	Alfonso Domínguez	(1965-09-24)24 September 1965 (aged 23)		Peñarol
7	4FW	Antonio Alzamendi	(1956-06-07)7 June 1956 (aged 33)		Logroñés
8	3MF	Gabriel Correa	(1968-01-13)13 January 1968 (aged 21)		Peñarol
9	4FW	Enzo Francéscoli	(1961-11-12)12 November 1961 (aged 27)		Racing Club Paris
10	3MF	Ruben Paz	(1959-08-08)8 August 1959 (aged 29)		Racing Club
11	4FW	Ruben Sosa	(1966-04-25)25 April 1966 (aged 23)		Lazio
12	1GK	Jorge Seré	(1961-07-09)9 July 1961 (aged 27)		Nacional
13	2DF	Daniel Revelez	(1959-09-30)30 September 1959 (aged 29)		Nacional
14	2DF	José Pintos Saldanha	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 25)		Nacional
15	3MF	Santiago Ostolaza	(1962-07-10)10 July 1962 (aged 26)		Nacional
16	4FW	Sergio Martínez	(1969-02-15)15 February 1969 (aged 20)		Defensor Sporting
17	4FW	Carlos Aguilera	(1964-09-21)21 September 1964 (aged 24)		Peñarol
18	3MF	Ruben Pereira	(1968-01-28)28 January 1968 (aged 21)		Danubio
19	4FW	Ruben da Silva	(1968-04-11)11 April 1968 (aged 21)		Danubio
20	3MF	Pablo Bengoechea	(1965-06-27)27 June 1965 (aged 24)		Sevilla
21	1GK	Oscar Ferro	(1967-03-02)2 March 1967 (aged 22)		Peñarol
22	3MF	Edison Suarez	(1966-11-06)6 November 1966 (aged 22)		Danubio

External links

• 1989 Copa América squads at RSSSF