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Uruguay national football team

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Uruguay
Nickname(s)La Celeste (The Sky Blues)
AssociationAUF
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachMarcelo Bielsa
CaptainFederico Valverde
Most capsDiego Godín (126)
Top scorerLuis Suárez (55)
FIFA codeURU
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current11 -- (21 December 2023)
Highest2 (July 2011)
Lowest55 (December 1998)
First international
 Uruguay 2–3 Argentina 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)[note 1][3]
Biggest win
 Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia 
(Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 0–6 Argentina 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)
World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1930)
Best resultChampions (1930, 1950)
Copa América
Appearances45 (first in 1916)
Best resultChampions (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011)
Confederations Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1997)
Best resultFourth place (1997, 2013)
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's football[4]
Olympic games[4]
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam Team
Websiteauf.com.uy

Uruguay national football team is the national football team of Uruguay. They won the World Cup in 1930 and 1950. Also, they won the Olympics football championship in 1924 and 1928. Recently, Uruguay won the 2011 Copa América, playing against Paraguay in the final.

Player records

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As of 21 November 2023, after the match against Bolivia[5]
Players in bold are still active with Uruguay.

Most appearances

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Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Diego Godín 161 8 2005–2022
2 Luis Suárez 138 68 2007–present
3 Edinson Cavani 136 58 2008–present
4 Fernando Muslera 133 0 2009–present
5 Maxi Pereira 125 3 2005–2018
6 Martín Cáceres 116 4 2007–present
7 Diego Forlán 112 36 2002–2014
8 Cristian Rodríguez 110 11 2003–2018
9 Diego Lugano 95 9 2003–2014
10 Egidio Arévalo 90 0 2006–2017

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Luis Suárez (list) 68 138 0.49 2007–present
2 Edinson Cavani 58 136 0.43 2008–present
3 Diego Forlán 36 112 0.32 2002–2014
4 Héctor Scarone 31 51 0.61 1917–1930
5 Ángel Romano 28 69 0.41 1913–1927
6 Óscar Míguez 27 39 0.69 1950–1958
7 Sebastián Abreu 26 70 0.37 1996–2012
8 Pedro Petrone 24 28 0.86 1923–1930
9 Fernando Morena 22 53 0.42 1971–1983
Carlos Aguilera 22 64 0.34 1982–1997
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References

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  1. ↑ "Historia del Fútbol Uruguayo" at Deportes en Uruguay
  2. ↑ "Historias, curiosidades y estadísticas de la Selección, tras sus "primeros" 900 partidos", El Gráfico, 4 July 2012
  3. ↑ Pelayes, Héctor Darío (24 September 2010). "ARGENTINA-URUGUAY Matches 1902–2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 After 1988, the tournament has been restricted to squads with no more than 3 players over the age of 23, and these matches are not regarded as part of the national team's record, nor are caps awarded.
  5. ↑ "Uruguay – Record International Players". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the first match ever recorded by both, Argentina and Uruguay sides, was played on 16 May 1901, this is not considered an official game due to the match not being organized by Uruguay's Football Association but by Albion FC in its home field, "Paso del Molino". The Uruguayan team had nine players from that club and the remainder from Nacional.[1] Argentina won the match by 3-2.[2]

Other websites

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