division of the club Millonario, but also wore the red and white jersey since the youth categories. The lower divisions of River Plate, also known as "El Semillero" has always been the most fruitful of Argentina, the most important and also the one with the greatest success. Historically it is considered as the best soccer training school of the Americas and one of the best in the world. Ballon d'Or winners Two players from the River Plate academy won the Ballon d'Or. Note: flags indicate national team they played for so the Ballon was awarded to European players only: Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959, 1989 Super Ballon d'Or) Omar Sívori (1961) River Plate players ranked among the 50 best footballers in South America in the 20th century (according to a ranking made by IFFHS); Note: the ranking only includes River Plate players emerged from the youth academy: Notable players who emerged from the River Plate Academy Pablo Aimar Matías Almeyda Norberto Alonso Julián Álvarez Leonardo Astrada Claudio Caniggia Amadeo Carrizo Fernando Cavenaghi Hernán Crespo Andrés D'Alessandro Martín Demichelis Ramón Díaz Alfredo Di Stéfano Radamel Falcao Enzo Fernández Marcelo Gallardo Gonzalo Higuaín Juan José López Ángel Labruna Erik Lamela Félix Loustau Oscar Más Javier Mascherano Reinaldo Merlo Gonzalo Montiel José Manuel Moreno Carlos Morete Mateo Musacchio Ermindo Onega Daniel Onega Ariel Ortega Exequiel Palacios Adolfo Pedernera Germán Pezzella Guido Rodríguez Néstor Rossi Javier Saviola Omar Sívori Santiago Solari Norberto Yácono FIFA World Cup winners Norberto Alonso (1978) Ubaldo Fillol (1978) Leopoldo Luque (1978) Oscar Ortiz (1978) Daniel Passarella (Captain 1978, DNP 1986) Héctor Enrique (1986) Nery Pumpido (1986) Oscar Ruggeri (1986) Franco Armani (2022) Notable managers Marcelo Gallardo is the club's most successful manager of all-time, with thirteen titles. Gallardo (appointed in 2014) is the current manager and under his direction, River Plate has won most of its international championships. Domestic titles won include three Copa Argentina (2015–16, 2016–17 and 2018–19) and two Supercopa Argentina (2017, 2019). He has been specially successful in the international scene, having won two Copa Libertadores (2015, 2018), one Copa Sudamericana (2014), three Recopa Sudamericana (2015, 2016, 2019), and one Suruga Bank Championship (2015). Several of these championship wins included memorable victories against archrivals Boca Juniors. Ramón Díaz had three tenures on River Plate (1995–2000, 2001–02, and 2012–14), being the club's most successful manager in the domestic scene, having achieved six Primera División titles (1996–97 Torneo