Steven Ramos participated wearing the shirt of the Argentine national team under 17 years old in preparation for participating in the World Cup for juniors.
The player nicknamed Kiki is the first black-skinned player to represent one of the age groups of the Argentine national team in 53 years.
The 17-year-old, born in Haiti, plays in the right and left winger position for the Argentine club Vélez Sarsfield and scored 12 goals, which attracted the attention of Diego Placente, the technical director of the juniors' national team.
And the young 17-year-old player participated in the friendly victory over Ecuador with a score of 2-1 in the framework of preparation for participation in the World Cup under 17 years old at the end of the current year in Qatar.
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And Kiki became the first player born in Haiti to represent the Argentine national team, as his family traveled to Argentina when he was 9 months old following the devastating earthquake that struck the country in 2010.
And according to the Spanish newspaper "Marca", if he played an official match with the juniors' national team, Ramos would be the first foreign player to play a match wearing the Tango shirt since the Paraguayan Heriberto Correa who participated with the Argentine shirt in 1973 and who coincidentally was a player for Vélez at that time.
And in the event that he represents the first Argentine national team, he would be the fourth black-skinned player to play for the Tango after Alejandro de los Santos, José Ramos Delgado, and Héctor Baley.
And the Argentine national team is in a group that includes Australia, Denmark, and Mozambique in the World Cup for juniors, which will be held in Qatar during the months of November and December next.
And the Argentine national team has not previously won the title of the World Cup under 17 years old, as the best position was third in the editions of 1991, 1995, and 2003.
And the Tango juniors' national team bid farewell to the 2025 edition, which was held in Qatar last year, from the round of 32 at the hands of Mexico on penalties.
