Aruba national under-20 football team

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Aruba
Association Arubaanse Voetbal Bond
Confederation CONCACAF
(North America)
Sub-confederation CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach Elvis Albertus
Home stadium Trinidad Stadium
FIFA code ARU
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FIFA ranking
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Highest120 (June 2014)
Lowest202 (February 2008)

The Aruba National Football team (Dutch, "Arubaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamento, "Seleccion Arubano di futbol" is the official football team under 20 of Aruba and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.

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History

Road to the 2015 Championship

During the 1st round of qualification they were placed in group 4 along with Grenada, and Dominica. Aruba defeated both team with 1-0 win to qualify to the final round. During the final round they were placed in group B along with Haiti, Dominican Republic and Saint Kitts and Nevis. They would beat the Dominican Republic and Saint Kitts and Nevis both with 2-1 win, unfortunately lose to Haiti with 2-1 defeat. They would get second in the group and face off against Cuba which they lost 2-1. Their goalkeeper Jean Marc Antersijn, would win the Golden Glove, and they would win the Fair Play Award. This would be their first time competing in the CONCACAF Championship. They were later placed in group A along with host Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago, Flag of Panama.svg  Panama, Flag of the United States.svg  United States, and Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala.

2015 Championship

On Aruba debut in the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship the team would find it difficult to win a single game in the tournament. The team would go on to lose 4 out of the 5 games, drawing with host Jamaica in a 0-0 scoreline in their final game.

Current squad

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Jahmani Eisden (2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 16)00 Flag of Aruba.svg Dakota
131 GK Samir Erasmus (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 18)00 Flag of Aruba.svg RCA

22 DF Anthony Maduro (2004-03-02) 2 March 2004 (age 18)00 Flag of Aruba.svg Estrella
142 DF José Robles (2003-10-28) 28 October 2003 (age 18)00Unknown
152 DF Nathan Solagnier (2004-08-29) 29 August 2004 (age 17)00Unknown
202 DF Basley Merveille (2005-03-02) 2 March 2005 (age 17)00Unknown

33 MF Ezekiel Frans (2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 18)00Unknown
43 MF Jaybrien Romano (2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 (age 17)00Unknown
63 MF Bernard Smolders (2004-05-26) 26 May 2004 (age 18)00 Flag of Aruba.svg River Plate Aruba
83 MF Milan Bouwer (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 19)00Unknown
93 MF Mishawn Molina (2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 (age 17)00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Excelsior
113 MF Ludgeneson de Cuba (2005-01-15) 15 January 2005 (age 17)00 Flag of Aruba.svg RCA
123 MF Bryaden Koolman (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 17)00 Flag of Aruba.svg Estrella
163 MF Quion Poppen (2005-04-15) 15 April 2005 (age 17)00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spartaan '20
183 MF Joey Franken (2005-04-11) 11 April 2005 (age 17)00 Flag of Germany.svg Portugal SV Witten

54 FW Kymani Nedd (2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 18)00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Excelsior
74 FW Terick Monsanto (2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 18)00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sparta Rotterdam
104 FW Jaydon Dania (2004-10-29) 29 October 2004 (age 17)00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg AFC '34
174 FW Javier Valerio (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 19)00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg VVV-Venlo
194 FW Evander Nedd (2005-12-28) 28 December 2005 (age 16)00 Flag of Aruba.svg RCA

See also

; Aruba U20 Team

Related Research Articles

References

  1. "Aruba National Team Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.