Argentinos Juniors

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Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the most important football teams of South America by FIFA. It is one of the eight Argentine first division teams that have won the Copa Libertadores. The continental trophy was won in the club's first entry to the contest, in 1985. The club also has the nickname "El Semillero del Mundo" (The World's Seedbed) and is renowned for producing talented players through their youth system. The most notable example would be Diego Maradona, who played for the club between 1976 and 1981. Their stadium, "Estadio Diego Armando Maradona" is named after him. Other notable players who started their career at the club include Juan Román Riquelme, Claudio Borghi, Sergio Batista, Fernando Redondo, Esteban Cambiasso, and Alexis Mac Allister.

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