Ten footballers to watch out for at Paris Olympics

Euro 2024 and nan Copa America whitethorn beryllium over, but location is still immoderate breathtaking world shot to travel astatine nan Olympic Games.

The Paris 2024 action starts connected Wednesday, pinch matches taking spot successful 7 cities crossed France. Both nan men's and women's finals will beryllium played successful Paris astatine Parc des Princes.

Men's Olympic squads are made up of under-23s players, pinch up to 3 overage players allowed, while women's squads person nary property restrictions.

From Lionel Messi to Alex Morgan, Ronaldinho to Ellen White, immoderate of nan world's biggest names person played shot astatine nan Olympics complete nan years.

But who are nan large names to look retired for astatine Paris 2024? BBC Sport takes a look.

Fresh from their Copa America triumph, Argentina are nan favourites to triumph nan men's golden badge successful Paris.

Along pinch Nicolas Otamendi and Geronimo Rulli, Manchester City guardant Julian Alvarez is 1 of Argentina's 3 overage players successful nan squad arsenic Javier Mascherano looks to coach nan state to their 3rd golden medal.

The 24-year-old scored 11 goals successful 36 appearances for Pep Guardiola's broadside past play arsenic they won a 4th successive Premier League title.

Alvarez will miss City's pre-season circuit of nan United States and nan Community Shield lucifer against Manchester United, which takes spot nan time aft nan golden badge match.

Brazil's all-time starring goalscorer Marta will bid farewell to world shot aft captaining her state successful Paris.

The 38-year-old is readying to discontinue from nationalist squad duty, but aft winning a metallic badge astatine Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, she wants 1 past changeable astatine nan gold.

In Tokyo, Marta made history by becoming nan first footballer to people successful 5 consecutive Olympic Games.

She scored 5 goals successful 13 NWSL games for Orlando Pride past play and Brazil head Arthur Elias said "she's playing well, she deserved to beryllium connected this list" for Paris 2024.

Thierry Henry has selected Alexandre Lacazette to skipper France astatine their location Games.

"We each person nan aforesaid ambition, to spell each nan measurement and triumph a medal," nan 33-year-old said. "The truth that it’s a location Games is really going to motivate us."

The Lyon guardant hasn't played for his state since 2017 but scored 22 goals successful 35 games for nan Ligue 1 nine past season, showing he is still successful bully form.

Sevilla's Loic Bade is different overage inclusion, on pinch Crystal Palace guardant Jean-Philippe Mateta, who is nan only Premier League subordinate successful nan squad.

Kylian Mbappe, who had hoped to beryllium portion of nan squad arsenic an overage player, is not involved, external - arsenic his caller nine Real Madrid did not want immoderate of their players taking portion astatine nan Games.

Spain person ne'er had a women's squad astatine nan Olympics earlier but they caput to Paris arsenic 1 of nan favourites.

The reigning world champions person mislaid only doubly successful 14 matches since beating England successful past August's World Cup final.

Montse Tome's squad is packed pinch superstars, but each eyes will beryllium connected Aitana Bonmati, a subordinate known for stepping up successful nan biggest moments.

After winning nan Nations League pinch Spain and nan quadruple pinch Barcelona this season, tin nan 26-year-old adhd different golden badge to her collection?

Achraf Hakimi is different large sanction subordinate to person been cleared to correspond his state astatine nan Olympics.

The 25-year-old will miss Paris St-Germain's pre-season preparations arsenic Morocco hole to play astatine a summertime Games for nan eighth time.

While Hakimi missed 2 penalties successful a pre-tournament friends against French broadside Villefranche, he will beryllium keen to lead nan Atlas Lions to nan last astatine Parc des Princes.

Tarik Sektioui's broadside qualified for Paris 2024 by winning nan 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Boss Herve Renard said legendary defender Wendie Renard - nary narration - was "unanimously" selected arsenic France's skipper for nan location Olympics.

The 34-year-old Lyon defender will correspond France astatine a 3rd Games aft doing truthful astatine London 2012 and Rio 2016.

Renard has 160 caps for France but is yet to triumph a awesome honour for her country.

The hosts will dream to onshore a spot connected nan podium pinch stars specified arsenic Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Grace Geyoro and Eugenie Le Sommer successful their ranks.

Along pinch Alex Baena, Fermin Lopez is 1 of 2 players from Spain's Euro 2024-winning squad heading to nan Olympics.

The 21-year-old winger only featured erstwhile for Luis de la Fuente's broadside successful Germany but joins Barcelona team-mates Pau Cubarsi and Eric Garcia successful nan Olympic squad.

Lopez had a breakout first play successful La Liga, scoring 11 goals successful each competitions for Xavi's side.

Lopez and Baena are looking to make history by becoming nan first outfield players to triumph some nan Euros and Olympic golden successful nan aforesaid summer.

At nan property of 19, Linda Caicedo is already recognised arsenic 1 of nan champion prospects successful women's football.

The Real Madrid guardant was 1 of nan breakout stars of nan 2023 World Cup - astatine 18 years and 153 days, she became nan second-youngest South American subordinate to people a extremity successful nan history of nan tournament, down only nan legendary Marta.

Her wonderment extremity against Germany successful nan group shape was voted arsenic nan champion of nan tourney and nominated for nan Puskas award.

Caicedo, who has been nan poster woman for nan emergence of women's shot successful Colombia, could play astatine nan Under-20 Women's World Cup connected location ungraded later successful August.

Former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita will skipper Guinea arsenic they make only their 2nd quality astatine an Olympics.

The Champions League victor had a mediocre first play successful nan Bundesliga pinch Werder Bremen, playing conscionable 5 times because of wounded and suspension.

The 29-year-old is 1 of nan biggest names astatine nan Games and will dream to adhd to his tally of 11 goals for his country.

Barbra Banda became nan second-most costly women's footballer successful history erstwhile she joined Orlando Pride from Chinese nine Shanghai Shengli successful March.

Banda, 24, has justified her value tag since joining nan NWSL outfit, and became nan first subordinate successful nan history of nan section to people 11 goals successful their first 11 games.

The NWSL's apical scorer is heading to France pinch Zambia for her 2nd Olympic Games.

In Tokyo, nan Copper Queens’ skipper became nan first subordinate successful Olympic history to people back-to-back hat-tricks - doing truthful successful nan group shape against nan Netherlands and China.