Uruguay National Football Team: Men's national association football team representing Uruguay
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.
| Nickname(s) | La Celeste (The Sky Blues) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Association | AUF | |||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Marcelo Bielsa | |||||||||||||||||
| Captain | José María Giménez | |||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Diego Godín (126) | |||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Luis Suárez (55) | |||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | URU | |||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current | 11 -- (21 December 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 2 (July 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 55 (December 1998) | |||||||||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||||||||
 Uruguay 2–3 Argentina  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||||||||||
Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia  (Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay 0–6 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902) | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1930) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1930, 1950) | |||||||||||||||||
| Copa América | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 45 (first in 1916) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| Confederations Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1997) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Fourth place (1997, 2013) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Website | auf.com.uy | |||||||||||||||||
Player records
- As of 21 November 2023, after the match against Bolivia
- Players in bold are still active with Uruguay.
Most appearances
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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| 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
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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| 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 |
Related pages
References
Notes
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2014-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- FIFA profile Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
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