Sergio Aguero celebrates his birthday at bowling alley in California as Argentina continue build-up to Copa America

Sergio Aguero showed he's as big a fan of strikes off the football field as he is on it, as he celebrated his 28th birthday at a bowling alley.

Aguero and his Argentina team-mates took time out from training ahead of their Copa America campaign to visit the alley near their base at San Jose State University, with a team including three Premier League-based players coming out on top.

Manchester United goalkeeper Sergio Romero, tricky Tottenham winger Erik Lamela, Everton's aggressive centre back Ramiro Funes Mori and Augusto Fernandez of Atletico Madrid triumphed and were presented with commemorative pins.

Sergio Aguero is presented with a birthday cake by his Argentina team-mates during a day out near San Jose.


Aguero was then presented with a birthday cake by his international colleagues, with the whole trip documented on the players' various social media accounts.

Missing from the group was Barcelona star Lionel Messi, who has been giving evidence at his tax fraud case in Spain this week.

Argentina are due to kick-off their Copa America challenge against Chile in Santa Clara, California on Monday before flying 1,843 miles to Chicago, Illinois to take on Panama four days later.

A further 1,735-mile trek to Seattle, Washington follows for their final Group D game against Bolivia at CenturyLink Field on June 14.