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unusual facts about Uruguay national football team


Super Formation Soccer 94

Using two special codes, the player will have access to the special/hidden teams which didn't take part in the 1994 World Cup: England, Wales, Uruguay, Denmark and France.


1901 in association football

May 16 – Uruguay and Argentina both play their first ever international match, when they meet in Montevideo.

1929 South American Championship

The 1928 edition was postponed due to the participation of Chile, Uruguay and Argentina in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Uruguay and Argentina won gold and silver respectively.

Carlos Eduardo Peruena Rodríguez

Carlos Peruena (born March 13, 1955 in Florida) was a Uruguayan football defender who played for the Uruguay national team in Copa América 1975.

Celso Otero

Celso Otero Quintás (born February 1, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football goalkeeper from Uruguay, who obtained one official cap for the Uruguay national football team: on August 7, 1988 in a friendly against Colombia (1-2) in Bogotá.

César Farías

On June 14, 2008, Farías debuted in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers with a 1–1 draw against Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario of Montevideo.

Chacabuco, Buenos Aires

Probably the most famous resident of Chacabuco was Daniel Passarella who featured in both of Argentina's FIFA World Cup wins in 1978 and 1986 and went on to manage the national team as well as Uruguay and River Plate.

Dieter Burdenski

Looking for decent goalkeepers to someday succeed ageing Sepp Maier in the West Germany goal, Helmut Schön turned his attention to the Werder Bremen man in 1977, handing Burdenski his first of altogether 12 caps in a friendly in Montevideo against Uruguay.

Fernando Muslera

On 19 July 2011, Galatasaray officially announced the signing of Fernando Muslera from Lazio on a 5-year contract while he was on duty in the Copa América with Uruguay.

Jim Finney

Later he was selected as one of the English referees at the 1966 World Cup, gaining some notoriety there for his handling of the Uruguay versus West Germany quarter-final in which he sent off Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.

José Oscar Herrera

José Oscar Herrera Corominas (born June 17, 1965 in Tala) is a former Uruguayan international footballer who played 56 times for the Uruguay national team.

Juan Arango

In the 2007 edition held in his country, he helped the national team finish first in the group stage, and scored in the quarterfinals against Uruguay, but in a 1–4 defeat.

Luis Carlos Perea

Perea participated in four Copa América finals, and netted his first international goal in the 1993 Copa América, in the 88th minute of the quarterfinal match against Uruguay (1–1 after 120 minutes, penalty shootout win).

Maximiliano Pereira

An Uruguayan international since 26 October 2005 in a friendly loss in Mexico, Pereira quickly became a regular for the country, and represented it at the 2007 Copa América.

A Uruguayan international on more than 90 occasions, Pereira represented the nation at the 2010 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.

Miguel Bossio

Miguel Angel Bossio Bastianini (born February 10, 1960 in Montevideo) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who obtained a total number of thirty international caps for his national team.

Sálvio Spínola Fagundes Filho

Following the retirement of fellow countryman Carlos Eugênio Simon he finally secured his maiden Copa América appointment in 2011, where he went on to officiate the final between Uruguay and Paraguay.

Santos Iriarte

Victoriano Santos Iriarte (November 2, 1902 — 10 November 1968), nicknamed "El Canario" (The Canary), was an Uruguayan football forward, member of the Uruguay national team that won the first ever World Cup in 1930, and of Racing Club de Montevideo at the club level.


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