Pato, also called juego del pato, is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball. Since 1953 it has been the national sport of Argentina.
The Basque Country national football team represents the Basque Country in football. It selects players from the Basque Country autonomous community, Navarre and the French Basque Country and is organised by the Basque Football Federation. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore only allowed to play friendly matches against FIFA or non-FIFA affiliated teams.
The practice of sports in Argentina is varied due to the population's diverse European origins and the mostly mild climate. Association football is the most popular discipline and other sports played both professionally and recreatively athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, handball, mountaineering, mountain biking, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, rugby union, sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Argentine achievements can be found in team sports such as association football, basketball, field hockey and rugby union, and individual sports such as boxing, golf, tennis and rowing. Pato, the national sport, is not very popular.
Reynaldo Parks Pérez is a Costa Rican former football defender.
José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias is a retired football central defender and manager.
Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquín is a former Guatemalan football defender who last played for Deportivo Marquense in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala and was also a member of the Guatemala national team. On 12 September 2012 he was banned from play for life due to allegations of match-fixing.
Roberto López Ufarte is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Luis García Conde is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo is a Spanish retired football player and manager.
The 1958 European Cup final was a football match which took place at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, on 28 May 1958. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and AC Milan of Italy. Real Madrid won 3–2 after extra time to claim their third European Cup in a row.
Gamadiel Adrián García Sánchez is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Moisés Xavier García Orellana is a Salvadoran professional footballer.
Alberto Abdiel Quintero Medina is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays for Peruvian club Cienciano and the Panama national team as a winger.
There is a significant Argentine diaspora in Mexico. According to the 2010 census, there were 13,696 registered Argentine citizens living in Mexico, an increase from the 6,465 registered in the 2000 census. Argentine immigrants constitute the second largest community of South Americans in Mexico and the fifth largest immigrant community overall.
Since 1912, the Spanish football club Athletic Bilbao has had an unwritten rule whereby the club will only sign players who were born in the Basque Country or who learned their football skills at a Basque club. On occasion, youth players have also been invited to join due to ancestral links to the region, but no senior players have been signed based on Basque heritage alone.
The 2019 South American U-17 Championship is an international association football tournament held in Peru from 21 March to 14 April 2019. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.
The 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament was an international association football tournament held in Colombia from 18 January to 9 February 2020. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.
The 2021 Copa América was an international football 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.
