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Rodolfo Rodríguez (lifting the trophy) was Uruguay's most capped player from 1985 to 2011. Ángel Romano (70 caps, 28 goals) was Uruguay's most capped player from 1923 to 1985. Luis Suárez (143 caps, 69 goals) is Uruguay's all-time leading goal scorer. Fernando Muslera (133 caps) is Uruguay's all-time most capped goalkeeper.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career 1: Diego Godín: 161: 8: 2005–2022 2: Luis Suárez: 142: 69: 2007–present 3 Edinson Cavani: 136: 58: 2008–2022 Fernando Muslera
Club Nacional de Football was the first criollo team of Uruguay. Club football in Uruguay is dominated by two big Montevideo clubs, Peñarol and Nacional, which compete in the AUF Championships (Primera División). [13] Peñarol have won the tournament 51 times (including titles by its predecessor, CURRC) and Nacional 49 times, since it began ...
This category contains past and present players of the senior Uruguay national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Uruguayan men's footballers .
Nasazzi is regarded by many as Uruguay's greatest ever football player. [5] He was known as El Gran Mariscal ("The Great Marshal "), and had already won the gold medal at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games , [ 6 ] as well as the South American Championship in 1923 , 1924 , and 1926 , by the time of the first World Cup .
A soccer player from Uruguay was stretchered off the pitch in a neck brace after he and an American rival crashed into each other head-first during a Copa America match on Monday.
Uruguay, population 3.4 million, has won more Copa América titles than Brazil and more World Cups than England. It is once again among men's international soccer's top 10 teams.
Uruguay striker Luis Suárez defended his teammates’ decision to enter the stands following a 1-0 loss to Colombia in the Copa America semifinals, saying the action was necessary to defend ...