The
2021 Copa América
The 2021 Copa América was the 47th edition of the Copa América, the international men's football championship organised by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament took place in Brazil from 13 June to 10 July 2021. The tour ...
was an international
football
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tournament held in
Brazil from 13 June to 10 July 2021. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 28 players, including at least three goalkeepers, an increase over the usual number of 23 players allowed. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
On 22 March 2021, during a virtual meeting of its Council,
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
confirmed adjustments in the tournament regulations, several of these related to the player rosters, taking into account the conditions imposed by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Initially the ten national teams were required to register a provisional list with up to fifty players and then a final list of 23 players. However, on 28 May 2021, CONMEBOL decided to increase the provisional list up to sixty players and the final list up to 28 players at the request of some national associations.
Each national team had to submit its provisional list of up to fifty players to CONMEBOL by 27 April 2021, 18:00
PYT (
UTC−4) (Regulations Article 25) and could also register up to ten additional players until 1 June. Taking into consideration the fact that matchdays 7 and 8 of
CONMEBOL's FIFA World Cup qualifiers were played only a few days before the start of the tournament, the final list of up to 28 players per national team could be submitted to CONMEBOL by 10 June 2021, 12:00
PYT (
UTC−4), three days prior to the opening match of the tournament. All players in the final selection must not have been excluded from the provisional list (Regulations Article 27).
Despite the increase of players in the final lists, teams could still only name a maximum of 23 players on the match list for each tournament fixture (of which twelve were substitutes).
Once the final lists were registered, teams were only permitted to make replacements in cases of serious injuries up to 24 hours before their first match. Teams were also permitted to replace an injured goalkeeper with another at any time during the tournament (Regulations Article 28). In addition, any player with positive
PCR PCR or pcr may refer to:
Science
* Phosphocreatine, a phosphorylated creatine molecule
* Principal component regression, a statistical technique
Medicine
* Polymerase chain reaction
** COVID-19 testing, often performed using the polymerase chain r ...
tests for
SARS-CoV-2 could be replaced before and during the tournament (Regulations Article 30). All substitutes had to have the approval of the CONMEBOL Medical Commission and the replacement players did not need to be in the provisional list.
Before starting the
final stage of the tournament, teams were able to replace a total of three players from their final list, with the replacement players coming from the provisional list (Regulations Article 29).
The final lists were published by CONMEBOL on 10 June 2021.
The age listed for each player is as of 13 June 2021, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.
Group A
Argentina
Head coach:
Lionel Scaloni
Lionel Sebastián Scaloni (; born 16 May 1978) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who currently coaches the Argentina national team. A versatile player, he operated as a right-back or right midfielder.
Born in Puj ...
Argentina announced their final squad of 28 players on 11 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed.
Bolivia
Head coach:
César FarÃas
César Alejandro FarÃas Acosta (born 7 March 1973) is a Venezuelan football manager, currently in charge of Ecuadorian club Aucas.
FarÃas is known for having coached Deportivo Táchira, Mineros de Guayana, Deportivo Anzoátegui and the Ve ...
Bolivia
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announced their final squad of 27 players on 10 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed.
Uruguay
Head coach:
Óscar Tabárez
Uruguay announced their final squad of 26 players on 10 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed.
Chile
Head coach:
MartÃn Lasarte
MartÃn Bernardo Lasarte Arróspide (born 20 March 1961) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender, most recently the manager of the Chile national team.
He represented five teams in his country, and also had a three-and-a-hal ...
Chile announced their final squad of 28 players on 10 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed. After the team's last group stage match, defender
Guillermo Maripán
Guillermo Alfonso Maripán Loaysa (; born 6 May 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as centre-back for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Chile national team.
Club career Universidad Católica
Maripán made his debut for Universidad Católica p ...
withdrew injured and was replaced by
Diego Valencia
Diego MartÃn Valencia Morello (born 14 January 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Atromitos, on loan from Salernitana, and the Chile national football.
Club career
Early years
As a ...
on 27 June.
Paraguay
Head coach:
Eduardo Berizzo
Paraguay announced their final squad of 28 players on 10 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed.
Group B
Brazil
Head coach:
Tite
Brazil announced their final squad of 24 players on 9 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed. After the team's second group stage match, defender
Felipe withdrew injured and was replaced by
Léo Ortiz on 26 June.
Colombia
Head coach:
Reinaldo Rueda
Reinaldo Rueda Rivera (born 16 April 1957) is a Colombian Association football, football coach.
When he was the coach of the Colombia national under-20 football team, Colombia U-20 team, they finished 3rd at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championsh ...
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
announced their final squad of 28 players on 10 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed. After the team's first match,
Yairo Moreno
Yairo Yesid Moreno BerrÃo (born 4 April 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or left-back for CategorÃa Primera A club Independiente MedellÃn and the Colombia national team.
Club career Independiente Medellà ...
left the squad on 13 June due to injury.
Juan Ferney Otero
Juan Ferney Otero Tovar (born 26 May 1995) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Spanish Segunda División club Sporting de Gijón.
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tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and was replaced by
Frank Fabra
Frank Yusty Fabra Palacios (born 22 February 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors and the Colombia national team.
He began his career with Envigado, debuting ...
on 15 June.
Venezuela
Head coach:
José Peseiro
Venezuela's 49-man provisional list was announced on 12 and 13 May 2021. The final squad of 28 players was announced on 10 June 2021. On 12 June 2021, CONMEBOL and the
Venezuelan Football Federation reported that eleven members of its delegation, eight of them footballers, had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Consequently, fifteen additional players were called up to join the squad. Midfielder and captain
Tomás Rincón
Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández (; born 13 January 1988) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or full-back for Venezuela national team, which he captains.
Club career Early career
Rincón began his ca ...
and goalkeeper
Rafael Romo
Rafael Enrique Romo Pérez (born February 25, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Universidad Católica.
Career
Romo started his career at 17 years old, playing in old Venezuelan goalkeeper Gilberto A ...
tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and were replaced by
Francisco La MantÃa
Francisco Andrés La Mantia Pipaón is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A Lyga club Riteriai.
Club career
On February 2023 he signed with Lithuanian club Riteriai. On 3 March 2023 he made debut in A Lyga aga ...
and
Luis Romero respectively on 12 June. After the team's first match, defender
Jhon Chancellor and midfielder
Jhon Murillo tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and were replaced by
José Manuel Velázquez and
Jan Carlos Hurtado
Jan Carlos Hurtado Anchico (born 5 March 2000) is a Venezuelan association football, footballer of Colombian descent who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Red Bull Bragantino on loan from ...
respectively.
Ecuador
Head coach:
Gustavo Alfaro
Gustavo Julio Alfaro (born 14 August 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former player who manages the Ecuador national football team.
Although Alfaro had a short career as a footballer, he was captain of the Atlético de Rafaela, when th ...
Ecuador announced their final squad of 28 players on 9 June 2021. A provisional list was not revealed. After the team's last group stage match, midfielder
Damián DÃaz withdrew after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and was replaced by
Carlos Gruezo on 29 June.
Peru
Head coach:
Ricardo Gareca
Peru's 50-man provisional list was announced on 27 April 2021, and was expanded to 60 players on 1 June 2021. The final squad of 26 players was announced on 10 June 2021.
Statistics
Age
All ages are set to 13 June 2021, the opening day of the tournament.
Players
*Oldest:
Claudio Bravo ()
*Youngest:
Julio Enciso ()
Goalkeepers
*Oldest: Claudio Bravo ()
*Youngest:
Rubén Cordano ()
Captains
*Oldest: Claudio Bravo ()
*Youngest:
Gustavo Gómez
Gustavo Raúl Gómez Portillo (; born 6 May 1993) is a Paraguayan footballer who currently plays as a defender for and captains the Brazilian Serie A club Palmeiras and the Paraguay national team.
Club career
Lanús
Gómez is considered one ...
()
Player representation
By club
Clubs are ordered alphabetically: first by country, then by club name.
By club nationality
Nations in bold are represented by their national teams in the tournament.
By club confederation
References
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squads
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