Uruguay national football team facts for kids
| Nickname(s) | La Celeste (The Sky Blues) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Association | AUF | ||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Óscar Tabárez | ||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Diego Godín | ||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Diego Godín (126) | ||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Luis Suárez (55) | ||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | URU | ||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||||||||
| Current | 7  (7 February 2019) |
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| Highest | 2 (July 2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 55 (December 1998) | ||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||
 Uruguay 2–3 Argentina  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||
Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia  (Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay 0–6 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902) |
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Website | auf.com.uy | ||||||||||||||||
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.
Most appearances
- As of 20 November 2018
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Diego Godín | 2005– | 125 | 8 |
| Maxi Pereira | 2005– | 125 | 3 | |
| 3 | Diego Forlán | 2002–2014 | 112 | 36 |
| 4 | Cristian Rodríguez | 2003– | 109 | 11 |
| Edinson Cavani | 2008– | 109 | 46 | |
| 6 | Luis Suárez | 2007– | 106 | 55 |
| 7 | Fernando Muslera | 2009– | 105 | 0 |
| 8 | Diego Lugano | 2003–2014 | 95 | 9 |
| 9 | Egidio Arévalo Ríos | 2006–2017 | 90 | 0 |
| 10 | Diego Pérez | 2001–2014 | 89 | 2 |
Top scorers
- As of 20 November 2018
| # | Player | Career | Goals | Caps |
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| 1 | Luis Suárez | 2007– | 55 | 106 |
| 2 | Edinson Cavani | 2008– | 46 | 109 |
| 3 | Diego Forlán | 2002–2014 | 36 | 112 |
| 4 | Héctor Scarone | 1917–1930 | 31 | 52 |
| 5 | Ángel Romano | 1913–1927 | 28 | 69 |
| 6 | Óscar Míguez | 1950–1958 | 27 | 39 |
| 7 | Sebastián Abreu | 1996–2012 | 26 | 70 |
| 8 | Pedro Petrone | 1923–1930 | 24 | 29 |
| 9 | Carlos Aguilera | 1982–1997 | 22 | 64 |
| Fernando Morena | 1971–1983 | 22 | 53 |
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Notes
Images for kids
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Uruguay before its first match (official) v Argentina, July 1902
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The team that beat Argentina in the final match of the 1930 FIFA World Cup to win Uruguay's first FIFA World Cup
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The team that beat Brazil in the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup to win Uruguay's second FIFA World Cup
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Rodolfo Rodríguez raises the Mundialito trophy won in January 1981
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Uruguay - Saudi Arabia match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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Uruguay at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, wearing the light blue shirt they have worn since 1910
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Uruguay national team fans at 2014 FIFA World Cup
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