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Argentina's 2008 Olympic men's soccer champions: Where are they now?

Argentina definitely have pedigree when it comes to men's Olympic football, having won gold twice in the past two decades.

Four years after their first triumph at the summer games in Athens in 2004, the Albiceleste sent a truly formidable squad to defend their title in 2008. Argentina's Beijing Olympic roster was verging on the ridiculous as the young Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria all took part alongside comparatively older heads such as Juan Roman Riquelme and Javier Mascherano.

As per Olympic selection rules, each nation had to submit a squad of 18 players under the age of 23, with a maximum of three "over-age" players, plus an optional 19th slot for an extra goalkeeper if required.