The youngster started out at a local amateur side named Deportivo Lujan but impressed the coaches of River Plate when on a trial ... with his countryman Lionel Messi. Echeverri is an attacking ...

It didn’t work out as Veron flopped in a red shirt, but Gabriel Heinze ... Juan Riquelme and Lionel Messi. In Buenos Aires, River Plate is a hotspot for generating young stars that move on ...