Uruguay

History and achievements

The Uruguay national football team is one of the most titled teams in the world. The squad won more than 20 awards and it is a record. In the FIFA World Ranking the team gets in the top ten due to its high level of play.

It is an interesting fact that Uruguay is the smallest member country of South American Football Confederation but nevertheless the team won South American championship 15 times, taking the lead over such teams as Brazil and Argentina.

Alvaro Recoba, Diego Forlan, Paolo Montero are the superstars, who played for the team in different periods of time.

The Uruguay national football team won the very first World Cup in 1930 held in their home country. In 1950 the team won the World Cup again but after that it showed little success. The squad finished fourth in 1954, 1970 and 2010.

Oscar Tobarez is the head coach, Diego Forlan is the best goal-scorer (32) and the leader in the number of games, he played 85 games.

Now the team glitters with such players as Diego Forlan, Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani.

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Country team

№	Name and surname	Role	Ranking	Age	Weight	Height	Country
1	Luis Suárez	forward	7 346	38 years	81 kg	182 cm	Uruguay
2	Hernán Figueredo	midfielder	128	39 years	75 kg	179 cm	Uruguay
3	Abel Hernández	forward	110	34 years	73 kg	185 cm	Uruguay
4	Edinson Cavani	forward	70	38 years	74 kg	184 cm	Uruguay
5	Diego Laxalt	midfielder	54	32 years	66 kg	178 cm	Uruguay
6	Diego Lugano	defender	52	44 years	77 kg	188 cm	Uruguay
7	Diego Godin	defender	49	39 years	73 kg	185 cm	Uruguay
8	Diego Forlán	forward	39	45 years	75 kg	180 cm	Uruguay
9	Fernando Muslera	goalkeeper	36	38 years	80 kg	190 cm	Uruguay
10	Mauricio Pereyra	midfielder	21	35 years	63 kg	165 cm	Uruguay