Buenos Aires, Argentina (My Sportsbook) - Olympic hero Carlos Tevez has been left off of Argentina's squad for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Venezuela.

Tevez, the 20-year-old striker who led Argentina to Olympic gold in Athens, has struggled this season while playing for Boca Juniors. He has just three goals in 15 games and Boca is winless in its last six matches.

Striker Hernan Crespo and defender Facundo Quiroga have withdrawn from the squad due to injury.

Defenders Gabriel Heinze and Walter Samuel will miss the Venezuela match due to suspension, and captain Roberto Ayala is still out with a knee injury.

Jose Pekerman's team is currently second in the South American qualifying, just one point behind Brazil. Venezuela is sixth with 13 points from 10 matches.

The complete Argentine roster is:

GOALKEEPERS:

Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors)

Leo Franco (Atletico Madrid)

DEFENDERS:

Gonzalo Rodriguez (Villarreal)

Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza)

Fabricio Coloccini (AC Milan)

Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen)

MIDFIELDERS:

Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan)

Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan)

Juan Pablo Sorin (Cruzeiro)

Lionel Scaloni (Deportivo Coruna)

Maxi Rodriguez (Espanyol)

Andres D'Alessandro (Wolfsburg)

Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal)

Luis Gonzalez (River Plate)

Javier Mascherano (River Plate)

STRIKERS:

Javier Saviola (Monaco)

Luciano Figueroa (Cruz Azul)

Luciano Galletti (Real Zaragoza)

Cesar Delgado (Cruz Azul)

Santiago Solari (Real Madrid)