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2.2 Top scorers. 3 All-time head-to-head record. ... Below is a list of all matches Uruguay have played against FIFA recognised teams. [3] [4] ...
Juan Alberto Schiaffino – widely regarded as the best player Uruguay has ever produced, and one of the best players in history of the game. He won the 1950 FIFA World Cup with his national team. Luis Suárez – is the all-time top scorer for Uruguay where he won the 2011 Copa América.
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish [ˈliɣa pɾofesjoˈnal de pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon], English: First Division Professional League, local: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon], First Division), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uruguay organized by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
Fernando Morena Belora (born 2 February 1952) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker.His most known nicknames were "Nando"(abridged form of Fernando) and "Potrillo" (Colt, although young stallion is a better translation in this case), and he is the all-time top goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 230 goals in 244 games. [1]
In the second round, they played South Korea, defeating them 2–1 with star striker Luis Suárez scoring a brace and earning Uruguay a spot in the quarter-finals for the first time since 1970. Against Ghana, the match finished 1–1, forcing the game into extra-time.
Atilio García has the record of being top scorer in most seasons, with 8 (7 of them consecutively). [2] [3] [4] On the other hand, Fernando Morena holds the record of most goals scored in one season (36 in 1978). [5] Fernando Morena (here pictured in 1974) is the all-time topscorer of Primera División
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. José Nasazzi (40 caps) led Uruguay to victory at the 1924 Olympics, 1928 Olympics and the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Obdulio Varela (45 caps, 9 goals) led Uruguay to victory at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
He became his country's top scorer at the age of 26, when he scored twice against Tahiti in a FIFA Confederations Cup group match in June 2013. [3] Suárez scored eleven goals during Uruguay's qualification campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making him joint top scorer with Robin van Persie during qualification. [4]