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The 33 of Uruguay.
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01
JA
Juan Alberto Schiaffino 21 caps (Uruguay) · 8 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, AC Milan · FIFA World Cup 1950The Maracanã fell quiet in the 66th minute on 16 July 1950, when he met Ghiggia's cross and put Uruguay level against a Brazil side already being called champions.
CM1946–1958
02
Luis Suárez 143 caps (Uruguay) · 69 goals · AFC Ajax, LiverpoolIn the final minute of extra time in Johannesburg on 2 July 2010 he stopped Adiyiah's header on his own goal line with both hands, walked off with a red card, and was gone when Gyan's penalty hit the crossbar.
ST2007–2024
Luis Suárez 143 caps (Uruguay) · 69 goals · AFC Ajax, LiverpoolIn the final minute of extra time in Johannesburg on 2 July 2010 he stopped Adiyiah's header on his own goal line with both hands, walked off with a red card, and was gone when Gyan's penalty hit the crossbar.
ST2007–2024
03
EF
Enzo Francescoli 73 caps (Uruguay) · 17 goals · Club Atlético River Plate, Racing Club de FranceZinedine Zidane watched him at Marseille from 1989, named his first son Enzo, and years later told Francescoli's own son that he had learned his skills from the Uruguayan.
CM1982–1997
04
Héctor Scarone 52 caps (Uruguay) · 31 goals · Club Nacional de Football, FC Barcelona · FIFA World Cup 1930Tito Borjas shouted "Tuya, Héctor" in the Olympic final replay in Amsterdam on 13 June 1928, and the pass became the goal that beat Argentina 2-1 for gold.
SS1917–1930
Héctor Scarone 52 caps (Uruguay) · 31 goals · Club Nacional de Football, FC Barcelona · FIFA World Cup 1930Tito Borjas shouted "Tuya, Héctor" in the Olympic final replay in Amsterdam on 13 June 1928, and the pass became the goal that beat Argentina 2-1 for gold.
SS1917–1930
05
José Leandro Andrade 34 caps (Uruguay) · C.A. Bella Vista, Club Nacional de Football · FIFA World Cup 1930Paris gave him his name in 1924, when he became the first black footballer to appear in the Olympic tournament and left the city calling him la Maravilla Negra.
RB1923–1930
José Leandro Andrade 34 caps (Uruguay) · C.A. Bella Vista, Club Nacional de Football · FIFA World Cup 1930Paris gave him his name in 1924, when he became the first black footballer to appear in the Olympic tournament and left the city calling him la Maravilla Negra.
RB1923–1930
06
José Nasazzi 41 caps (Uruguay) · C.A. Bella Vista, Club Nacional de Football · FIFA World Cup 1930When Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo on 30 July 1930, he was the man handed the Jules Rimet trophy, the first captain in history to hold it.
RB1923–1937
José Nasazzi 41 caps (Uruguay) · C.A. Bella Vista, Club Nacional de Football · FIFA World Cup 1930When Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo on 30 July 1930, he was the man handed the Jules Rimet trophy, the first captain in history to hold it.
RB1923–1937
07
José Santamaría 20 caps (Uruguay) · Club Nacional de Football, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
CB1952–1962
José Santamaría 20 caps (Uruguay) · Club Nacional de Football, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
CB1952–1962
08
Obdulio Varela 45 caps (Uruguay) · Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, Club Atlético Peñarol · FIFA World Cup 1950After Friaça put Brazil ahead at the Maracanã on 16 July 1950, Varela tucked the ball under his arm and walked to referee George Reader to argue an offside he later admitted never existed, buying the minutes it took the stadium to fall silent. Uruguay won that final 2-1, and El Negro Jefe had already been named best player of the 1942 South American Championship, adding six Uruguayan titles with Peñarol.
CB1939–1954
Obdulio Varela 45 caps (Uruguay) · Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, Club Atlético Peñarol · FIFA World Cup 1950After Friaça put Brazil ahead at the Maracanã on 16 July 1950, Varela tucked the ball under his arm and walked to referee George Reader to argue an offside he later admitted never existed, buying the minutes it took the stadium to fall silent. Uruguay won that final 2-1, and El Negro Jefe had already been named best player of the 1942 South American Championship, adding six Uruguayan titles with Peñarol.
CB1939–1954
09
Diego Forlán 112 caps (Uruguay) · 36 goals · Club Atlético Independiente, Villarreal CFOn 2 July 2010 in Johannesburg, with Uruguay a goal down to Ghana in the quarter-final, Forlán bent a free kick over the wall and into the corner, and Uruguay went through on penalties.
SS2002–2014
Diego Forlán 112 caps (Uruguay) · 36 goals · Club Atlético Independiente, Villarreal CFOn 2 July 2010 in Johannesburg, with Uruguay a goal down to Ghana in the quarter-final, Forlán bent a free kick over the wall and into the corner, and Uruguay went through on penalties.
SS2002–2014
11
Edinson Cavani 136 caps (Uruguay) · 58 goals · Palermo, SSC NapoliBoth Uruguay goals against Portugal on 30 June 2018 were his, a far-post header from Suárez's cross and a one-touch curler on the break, and he left the pitch injured with his arm around Cristiano Ronaldo's shoulder.
ST2008–2024
Edinson Cavani 136 caps (Uruguay) · 58 goals · Palermo, SSC NapoliBoth Uruguay goals against Portugal on 30 June 2018 were his, a far-post header from Suárez's cross and a one-touch curler on the break, and he left the pitch injured with his arm around Cristiano Ronaldo's shoulder.
ST2008–2024
12
Federico Valverde 73 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Uruguay) · 9 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Deportivo de A Coruña, Real Madrid Club de FútbolUruguayans call him El Pajarito, the little bird, and in March 2026 he put three past Manchester City at the Bernabéu, finishing with a flicked volley that was voted the Champions League goal of the season.
CM2017–
Federico Valverde 73 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Uruguay) · 9 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Deportivo de A Coruña, Real Madrid Club de FútbolUruguayans call him El Pajarito, the little bird, and in March 2026 he put three past Manchester City at the Bernabéu, finishing with a flicked volley that was voted the Champions League goal of the season.
CM2017–
13
PC
Pedro Cea 26 caps (Uruguay) · 13 goals · Centro Atletico Lito, C.A. Bella Vista · FIFA World Cup 1930Yugoslavia led inside four minutes of the 1930 semi-final, so he equalised and kept going, finishing with three goals in a 6-1 win on 27 July.
RM1923–1932
14
Pedro Petrone 28 caps (Uruguay) · 24 goals · Club Nacional de Football, ACF Fiorentina · FIFA World Cup 1930Uruguay's 7-0 opening rout of Yugoslavia in Paris in 1924 was the day Europe met Artillero, a nineteen-year-old centre forward who scored in it and finished the tournament as its leading marksman.
ST1923–1930
Pedro Petrone 28 caps (Uruguay) · 24 goals · Club Nacional de Football, ACF Fiorentina · FIFA World Cup 1930Uruguay's 7-0 opening rout of Yugoslavia in Paris in 1924 was the day Europe met Artillero, a nineteen-year-old centre forward who scored in it and finished the tournament as its leading marksman.
ST1923–1930
15
Alcides Ghiggia 12 caps (Uruguay) · 4 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, AS Roma · FIFA World Cup 1950Eleven minutes from the end on 16 July 1950 he cut in off the right and drove low past Moacir Barbosa at the near post, and the 173,850 inside the Maracanã went silent.
LM1950–1959
Alcides Ghiggia 12 caps (Uruguay) · 4 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, AS Roma · FIFA World Cup 1950Eleven minutes from the end on 16 July 1950 he cut in off the right and drove low past Moacir Barbosa at the near post, and the 173,850 inside the Maracanã went silent.
LM1950–1959
16
Ángel Romano 69 caps (Uruguay) · 28 goals · Club Nacional de Football, Central Uruguay Railway Cricket ClubIn 1913 he crossed the Río de la Plata to Boca Juniors, the first big international transfer South American football had seen, then returned to Nacional and stayed until 1930, finishing with 164 goals in 388 games.
LM1911–1927
Ángel Romano 69 caps (Uruguay) · 28 goals · Club Nacional de Football, Central Uruguay Railway Cricket ClubIn 1913 he crossed the Río de la Plata to Boca Juniors, the first big international transfer South American football had seen, then returned to Nacional and stayed until 1930, finishing with 164 goals in 388 games.
LM1911–1927
17
Héctor Castro 25 caps (Uruguay) · 18 goals · Club Nacional de Football, Estudiantes de La Plata · FIFA World Cup 1930The forearm he lost to an electric saw at thirteen gave him the name Montevideo used ever after, El Manco, and he struck Uruguay's fourth in the 89th minute of the first World Cup final on 30 July 1930.
ST1923–1935
Héctor Castro 25 caps (Uruguay) · 18 goals · Club Nacional de Football, Estudiantes de La Plata · FIFA World Cup 1930The forearm he lost to an electric saw at thirteen gave him the name Montevideo used ever after, El Manco, and he struck Uruguay's fourth in the 89th minute of the first World Cup final on 30 July 1930.
ST1923–1935
18
LM
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 36 caps (Uruguay) · Racing Club de Montevideo, Clube Atlético MineiroIn the Guadalajara semi-final of June 1970 Pelé sold him the dummy every highlight reel still shows, ran around him and shot wide, and Mazurkiewicz enjoyed reminding people afterwards that the ball never went in.
GK1965–1974
19
Óscar Míguez 39 caps (Uruguay) · 27 goals · Sud América, Club Atlético PeñarolAgainst Sweden in the 1950 final pool, Uruguay were behind until Míguez scored twice in the last fifteen minutes to turn it into a 3-2 win, one of five goals he took from four games at that tournament.
ST1950–1958
Óscar Míguez 39 caps (Uruguay) · 27 goals · Sud América, Club Atlético PeñarolAgainst Sweden in the 1950 final pool, Uruguay were behind until Míguez scored twice in the last fifteen minutes to turn it into a 3-2 win, one of five goals he took from four games at that tournament.
ST1950–1958
20
Fernando Morena 53 caps (Uruguay) · 22 goals · Club Atlético River Plate, Club Atlético PeñarolSeven goals in one afternoon against Huracán Buceo in July 1978 gave him a Uruguayan record, and he closed that season on 36 league goals.
ST1971–1983
Fernando Morena 53 caps (Uruguay) · 22 goals · Club Atlético River Plate, Club Atlético PeñarolSeven goals in one afternoon against Huracán Buceo in July 1978 gave him a Uruguayan record, and he closed that season on 36 league goals.
ST1971–1983
21
Lorenzo Fernández 31 caps (Uruguay) · Club Atlético Capurro, River Plate Football Club · FIFA World Cup 1930Moved forward from centre-half to stand in for Pedro Cea against Peru on 11 November 1929, the Galician-born Fernández scored three in a 4-1 win, then went back to holding the middle of the field.
CDM1925–1935
Lorenzo Fernández 31 caps (Uruguay) · Club Atlético Capurro, River Plate Football Club · FIFA World Cup 1930Moved forward from centre-half to stand in for Pedro Cea against Peru on 11 November 1929, the Galician-born Fernández scored three in a 4-1 win, then went back to holding the middle of the field.
CDM1925–1935
22
Luis Cubilla 38 caps (Uruguay) · 11 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, Club Atlético River PlateUruguay led the 1970 semi-final for twenty-five minutes because Cubilla scored past Brazil in Guadalajara on 17 June, and only Clodoaldo's goal just before the interval pulled the eventual champions level.
CM1959–1974
Luis Cubilla 38 caps (Uruguay) · 11 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, Club Atlético River PlateUruguay led the 1970 semi-final for twenty-five minutes because Cubilla scored past Brazil in Guadalajara on 17 June, and only Clodoaldo's goal just before the interval pulled the eventual champions level.
CM1959–1974
23
Pedro Rocha 52 caps (Uruguay) · 17 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, São PauloAt the Bernabéu on 26 October 1966 he opened the scoring from the penalty spot as Peñarol beat Real Madrid 2-0 to complete a 4-0 aggregate in the Intercontinental Cup.
CAM1961–1974
Pedro Rocha 52 caps (Uruguay) · 17 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, São PauloAt the Bernabéu on 26 October 1966 he opened the scoring from the penalty spot as Peñarol beat Real Madrid 2-0 to complete a 4-0 aggregate in the Intercontinental Cup.
CAM1961–1974
24
VR
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade 42 caps (Uruguay) · Central Español, Club Atlético Peñarol · FIFA World Cup 1950He was the man on Zizinho at the Maracanã on 16 July 1950, and when Friaça put Brazil in front it was Rodríguez Andrade who went to Obdulio Varela to tell him the goal had been offside, with close to 200,000 people in the stands. Uruguay won that final, and he made FIFA's All-Star team at both the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, added the 1956 South American Championship and two Uruguayan titles with Peñarol.
CB1947–1957
25
Roque Máspoli 38 caps (Uruguay) · Nacional, Liverpool Montevideo · FIFA World Cup 1950On 16 July 1950 he stood in front of nearly 200,000 people at the Maracanã, conceded once, and watched Uruguay come back to beat Brazil 2-1 and carry the World Cup out of Rio.
GK1945–1955
Roque Máspoli 38 caps (Uruguay) · Nacional, Liverpool Montevideo · FIFA World Cup 1950On 16 July 1950 he stood in front of nearly 200,000 people at the Maracanã, conceded once, and watched Uruguay come back to beat Brazil 2-1 and carry the World Cup out of Rio.
GK1945–1955
27
WM
William Martínez 54 caps (Uruguay) · Club Nacional de Football, Racing Club de Montevideo · FIFA World Cup 1950
LB1950–1965
28
DL
Diego Lugano 95 caps (Uruguay) · Plaza Colonia, São PauloThe 21st-minute goal he scored in San José on 14 November 2009 settled the play-off first leg against Costa Rica and sent Uruguay to a World Cup they would finish fourth in.
CB2003–2014
29
Fernando Muslera 137 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Uruguay) · Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, SS LazioTwo saves in the Soccer City shootout on 2 July 2010, from John Mensah and Dominic Adiyiah, sent Uruguay to their first World Cup semi-final in forty years.
GK2009–
Fernando Muslera 137 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Uruguay) · Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, SS LazioTwo saves in the Soccer City shootout on 2 July 2010, from John Mensah and Dominic Adiyiah, sent Uruguay to their first World Cup semi-final in forty years.
GK2009–
30
JC
Julio César Abbadie 26 caps (Uruguay) · 14 goals · Club Atlético Peñarol, Genoa CFCBasel, 19 June 1954: the right winger they called El Pardo scored twice in the 7-0 destruction of Scotland, then took a knock against England in the quarter-final and missed the semi against Hungary.
RM1952–1965
31
PB
Pablo Bengoechea 43 caps (Uruguay) · 6 goals · Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, Sevilla
CM1986–1997
32
Ildo Maneiro 33 caps (Uruguay) · 3 goals · Club Nacional de Football, Olympique LyonnaisManeiro scored Uruguay's first goal of the 1970 World Cup against Israel in Puebla on 2 June, in a campaign that ended with fourth place in Mexico.
LM1970–1979
Ildo Maneiro 33 caps (Uruguay) · 3 goals · Club Nacional de Football, Olympique LyonnaisManeiro scored Uruguay's first goal of the 1970 World Cup against Israel in Puebla on 2 June, in a campaign that ended with fourth place in Mexico.
LM1970–1979
33
Martín Cáceres 116 caps (Uruguay) · Recreativo de Huelva, ACF FiorentinaArgentina were at home in Santa Fe on 16 July 2011 when Cáceres walked up for Uruguay's fifth penalty of the shootout and buried it, ending the hosts' tournament at 5-4 and sending Uruguay towards the trophy.
LB2007–2022
Martín Cáceres 116 caps (Uruguay) · Recreativo de Huelva, ACF FiorentinaArgentina were at home in Santa Fe on 16 July 2011 when Cáceres walked up for Uruguay's fifth penalty of the shootout and buried it, ending the hosts' tournament at 5-4 and sending Uruguay towards the trophy.
LB2007–2022
About this XI
Uruguay's pool is led by Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Luis Suárez and Enzo Francescoli. The 33 covers 3 goalkeepers, 9 defenders, 13 midfielders and 8 forwards, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1910s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.
Left out, and why
A 33 is a set of decisions, and these are the players who lost their place in the last revision of Uruguay's list. Every one of them has a case.
- Paolo MonteroThe place went to Pedro Petrone.
- Álvaro RecobaThe place went to Héctor Castro.
- Egidio Arévalo RíosThe place went to Ángel Romano.
- Diego PérezThe place went to Federico Valverde.
Disagree? That is the point. Settle it in the duels above.
Who is the greatest Uruguay footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Juan Alberto Schiaffino. Its first five careers: Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Luis Suárez, Enzo Francescoli, Héctor Scarone, José Leandro Andrade. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.
How were these 33 Uruguay players chosen?
The collection covers every position across Uruguay's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
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