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Diego Forlán is the first player to win 100 caps for Uruguay. He was also country's most capped player from 2011 to 2016. 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.
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
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 .
Despite not being at his peak he managed to be one of Uruguay's best players as they won the 1930 World Cup. At the end of the tournament he was selected in the All-Star team. [9] [19] [20] In 1994, he was selected by France Football as number ten in their World Cup Top-100. [21] A plaque was placed at the Estadio Centenario in honour of his ...
Uruguay is a country with a population that does not exceed more than three and a half million, [11] and features a large concentration of professional football teams in the city of Montevideo. The two biggest club teams in the country's Primera División are Peñarol , the continuation of CURCC [ note 2 ] , and Nacional , founded in 1899 as a ...
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 .
Hugo Rivero – former football player [5] Diego Rossi – football player, forward; Juan Schiaffino – former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team; Luis Suárez – football player, member of national team and Atlético Madrid; Obdulio Varela – former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team
Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela (Spanish pronunciation: [oβˈðuljo βaˈɾela]; September 20, 1917 — August 2, 1996) was a Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popularly known as the Maracanazo.