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| Nickname(s) | Los Charrúas La Celeste (The Sky Blue One) La Garra Charrúa |
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| Association | Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) |
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
| Head coach | Óscar Tabárez
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| Asst coach | Celso Otero
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| Captain | Diego Godín |
| Most caps | Diego Forlán (112) |
| Top scorer | Luis Suárez (40) |
| Home Stadium | Estadio Centenario |
| FIFA code | URU |
| World Cup appearances | 12 (First in 1930) |
| Best result | Winners, 1930 and 1950 |
| Copa América appearances | 41 (First in 1916) |
| Best result | Winners, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011 |
 
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The Uruguay national football team is the national association football team of Uruguay and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association.
History
- Main article: History of the Uruguay national football team
FIFA World Cup history
- Main article: Uruguay FIFA World Cup history
FIFA World Cup
Copa América
- Main article: Uruguay Copa América history
Friendly matches 2013-14
- Main article: Uruguay friendly match history
Current squad
The following 23 players were named for the 2014 FIFA World Cup final squad.
Caps and goals, correct on 28 June 2014, subsequent to the match against Colombia.
| # | Pos | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| 1 | GK | Fernando Muslera | 16 June 1986 | 62 | 0 |  Galatasaray
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| 12 | GK | Rodrigo Muñoz | 22 January 1982 | 0 | 0 |  Libertad
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| 23 | GK | Martín Silva | 25 March 1983 | 4 | 0 |  Vasco da Gama
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| 2 | DF | Diego Lugano (Captain) | 2 November 1980 | 95 | 9 | Unattached | ||
| 3 | DF | Diego Godín | 16 February 1986 | 81 | 4 |  Atlético Madrid
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| 4 | DF | Jorge Fucile | 19 November 1984 | 43 | 0 | Nacional
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| 13 | DF | José Giménez | 20 January 1995 | 9 | 0 | Atlético Madrid B
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| 16 | DF | Maxi Pereira | 8 June 1984 | 93 | 3 |  Benfica
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| 19 | DF | Sebastián Coates | 7 October 1990 | 16 | 1 |  Liverpool
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| 22 | DF | Martín Cáceres | 7 April 1987 | 61 | 1 |  Juventus
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| 5 | MF | Walter Gargano | 23 July 1984 | 64 | 1 | Parma
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| 6 | MF | Álvaro Pereira | 28 November 1985 | 60 | 6 | São Paulo
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| 7 | MF | Cristian Rodríguez | 30 September 1985 | 77 | 8 | Atlético Madrid
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| 14 | MF | Nicolás Lodeiro | 21 March 1989 | 29 | 3 | Corinthians
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| 15 | MF | Diego Pérez | 18 May 1980 | 89 | 2 | Bologna
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| 17 | MF | Egidio Arévalo Ríos | 1 January 1982 | 59 | 0 |  UANL
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| 18 | MF | Gastón Ramírez | 2 December 1990 | 31 | 0 | Southampton
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| 20 | MF | Álvaro González | 29 October 1984 | 47 | 2 | Lazio
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| 8 | FW | Abel Hernández | 8 August 1990 | 14 | 7 | Palermo
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| 9 | FW | Luis Suárez 1. | 24 January 1987 | 79 | 40 | Barcelona
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| 10 | FW | Diego Forlán | 19 May 1979 | 112 | 36 |  Cerezo Osaka
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| 11 | FW | Christian Stuani | 12 October 1986 | 14 | 4 | Espanyol
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| 21 | FW | Edinson Cavani | 14 February 1987 | 66 | 22 |  Paris Saint-Germain
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- 1. On 26 June 2014, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned Luis Suárez for 9 international matches and 4 months of any football-related activity after he was found guilty of biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group stage match. He was also fined CHF100,000 (approx. £65,700/€82,000/US119,000). With Suárez banned, Uruguay lost their next match 0–2 to Colombia and were knocked out of the FIFA World Cup.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Uruguay squad in the past 12 months.
Current coaching staffAlumniFormer players
Managers
HonoursNote: The list above is for Senior and Olympic teams.
External links and references
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