Big name, big talent? Argentina call up Gladbach starlet
His team became champions of the U17 Bundesliga, and Güner—a left winger who can play on both flanks—was named the best player.
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He has also already been called up to the German U15, U16, and U17 national teams.
But now the Argentine national team also wants to court the young talent: U17 coach Diego Placente has included the young player—whose first name holds special significance for the Argentine public—in the current squad that will prepare for the upcoming U17 World Cup in Qatar this November.
Argentine through his grandmother
Armando Güner has an Argentine grandmother, which allowed him to obtain Argentine citizenship and thus be eligible to play for the 'Albiceleste'—the national team once defended by his famous namesake Diego Armando.
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His mother is of German-Argentine descent, his father, Adalet Güner, is Turkish and the sporting director of fourth-division club KFC Uerdingen. Can Armando was also born in Krefeld in 2008.
Thanks to his father, Can Armando is also eligible to play for the Turkish national team—so the young player has several options.
According to current FIFA regulations, a player may play for the national team of his choice, provided there is verifiable ancestry and he has not played a competitive match for another nation after the age of 21. So Armando Güner still has a few years to make a final decision.
In the U17 team of Borussia Mönchengladbach, Can Armando Güner played 44 matches, scored 26 goals, and provided 11 assists. In the current season, in which he is already playing for the club's U19 team, he has scored twice in four matches.
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For now, the young player will travel to Buenos Aires to train with the Argentine U17 national team at the training center in Ezeiza—with the goal of securing a permanent spot in the squad for the World Cup.
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