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Ben Hayward

Footballers who won Olympic gold medals

Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero celebrate with their gold medals after Argentina's victory over Nigeria in the final of the men's football tournament at the Beijing Olympics in August 2008.

Football has been a part of the Olympics since 1900 – four years after the inaugural Games in Athens.

Club sides represented their nations in the 1900 and 1904 editions, with national teams participating between 1908 and 1964.

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