The Argentina national team shirt numbers have been announced for the World Cup and Lionel Messi will wear the number 10 shirt for a record time.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his list of players for the World Cup and Lionel Messi will wear the number 10 shirt. Messi first wore the number 10 shirt at a World Cup in 2010 before reaching the final in 2014 in Brazil.

Lionel Messi wore the number 10 shirt in 2018 and in 2022 when Argentina won the World Cup. Messi will once more wear the number 10 shirt for a record fifth time.

No Argentine player has ever worn the number 10 shirt as many times as Lionel Messi will have worn it. Diego Maradona wore the number 10 shirt four times at a World Cup. Here are the shirt numbers:

1: Juan Musso
2: Leonardo Balerdi
3: Nicolás Tagliafico
4: Gonzalo Montiel
5: Leandro Paredes
6: Lisandro Martínez
7: Rodrigo De Paul
8: Valentín Barco
9: Julián Álvarez
10: Lionel Messi
11: Giovani Lo Celso
12: Gerónimo Rulli
13: Cristian Romero
14: Exequiel Palacios
15: Nicolás González
16: Thiago Almada
17: Giuliano Simeone
18: Nico Paz
19: Nicolás Otamendi
20: Alexis Mac Allister
21: José Manuel López
22: Lautaro Martínez
23: Emiliano Martínez
24: Enzo Fernández
25: Facundo Medina
26: Nahuel Molina

The Argentina national team will have eight players who will play in their first World Cup.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his list of 26 players for the World Cup and eight of the players will be taking part in their first one. Valentín Barco and Nico Paz, both 21 years old, are the youngest players in the team.

Giuliano Simeone who is 23 and José Manuel López, who is 25 years old, will also take part in their first World Cup with Argentina. Facundo Medina and Leonardo Balerdi, both at 27 years old will also play in their first World Cup with Argentina.

After missing the 2022 World Cup because of injury, Nicolás González at 28 years old will be with Argentina and Juan Musso, at 32 years old, who also missed the 2022 World Cup because of injury will be with Lionel Scaloni’s team.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni cut 27 players for the World Cup.

Lionel Scaloni announced his list of players for the World Cup and 27 players did not make the team. Scaloni cut three goalkeepers, nine defenders, seven midfielders and eight forwards.

Scaloni cut the following players:

Walter Benitez
Facundo Cambeses
Santiago Beltran
Agustin Giay
Nicolas Capaldo
Kevin Mac Allister
Lucas Martinez Quarta
Marcos Senesi
German Pezzella
Lautaro Di Lollo
Zaid Romero
Gabriel Rojas
Maximo Perrone
Guido Rodriguez
Anibal Moreno
Milton Delgado
Alan Varela
Ezequiel Fernandez
Nicolas Dominguez
Emiliano Buendia
Franco Mastantuono
Tomas Aranda
Alejandro Garnacho
Claudio Echeverri
Gianluca Prestianni
Santiago Castro
Mateo Pellegrino

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni announced his team for the World Cup and there are nine players with a chance to make it that have been cut.

Marcos Senesi of Bournemouth and Emiliano Buendía of Aston Villa both did not make the Argentina national team for the World Cup. Marcos Acuña, who won the World Cup in 2022 does not make it because of fitness issues.

Franco Mastantuono of Real Madrid, Gianluca Prestianni of Benfica, Matías Soulé of AS Roma, Agustín Giay of Palmeiras, Máximo Perrone of Como and Nicolás Capaldo of Hamburger SV also did not make the World Cup.