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The Paraguay national under-17 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship.
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| Association | Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol | ||
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| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach |  Gerardo Gonzalez Aquino | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Defensores del Chaco | ||
| FIFA code | PAR | ||
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| First international | |||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1999) | ||
| Best result | Quarterfinals (1999, 2019) | ||
| South American U-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1986) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up  (1999) | ||
The under-17 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents.
The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 1999 World Cup held in New Zealand, when Paraguay reached the quarterfinals and finished in 5th place. Their best performance at the South American level came in the 1999 tournament in Uruguay when they finished in second place, along with two third-place finishes in 2001 and 2017 as well as three fourth-place finishes in 1988, 1997 and 2015.
In 2001, el team were crowned champions of the Milk Cup after defeating Manchester United 6–0.[1]
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FIFA U-17 World Cup
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South American Under-17 Football Championship
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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
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Head coach: Gustavo Morínigo
The following 21 players were named to the squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil from October 26 – November 17, 2019.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| GK | Antonio González | 2 January 2002 (aged 17) | Cerro Porteño | |
| DF | Santiago Ocampos | 22 January 2002 (aged 17) |  Beitar Jerusalem | |
| DF | Rodrigo Melgarejo | 23 May 2002 (aged 16) |  Atlético Morelia | |
| DF | Gastón Benítez | 21 May 2002 (aged 16) |  Athletico Paranaense | |
| DF | Rolando Ortiz | 19 August 2002 (aged 16) | Olimpia | |
| MF | Wilder Viera | 4 March 2002 (aged 17) | Cerro Porteño | |
| MF | Rodrigo López | 29 March 2002 (aged 16) | Libertad | |
| MF | Fabrizio Peralta | 2 August 2002 (aged 16) | Flamengo | |
| FW | Diego Duarte | 8 April 2002 (aged 16) | Olimpia | |
| MF | Fernando Ovelar | 6 January 2004 (aged 15) | Cerro Porteño | |
| MF | Junior Noguera | 8 May 2002 (aged 16) | Cerro Porteño | |
| GK | Ángel González | 4 February 2003 (aged 16) | Libertad | |
| DF | Basilio Duarte | 1 November 2002 (aged 16) | Cerro Porteño | |
| DF | Ulises González | 15 January 2002 (aged 17) | Unattached | |
| MF | Diego Torres | 14 October 2002 (aged 16) |  Gent | |
| MF | Matías Segovia | 4 January 2003 (aged 16) | Guaraní | |
| MF | Junior Quiñonez | 11 February 2002 (aged 17) | Libertad | |
| FW | Diego Acosta | 12 November 2002 (aged 16) | Atlético Mineiro | |
| FW | Fernando Presentado | 28 June 2002 (aged 16) | Nacional | |
| DF | Fabio Barrios | 19 September 2002 (aged 16) | Olimpia | |
| GK | Diego Aranda | 2 March 2002 (aged 17) | Sol de América |
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