List of Uruguayans - Sports

Sports

  • Sebastián Abreu "El Loco Abreu", football player, member of national team
  • Jose Andrade, former football player and member of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team.
  • Julio César Benítez Amodeo, Uruguayan football player, played 7 seasons in Barcelona FC from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
  • Esteban Batista, first Uruguayan to play in the NBA
  • José María Flores Burlón, boxer
  • Alfredo Evangelista, boxer
  • Diego Forlán, football player, member of national team and Internazionale (Italy).
  • Alcides Ghiggia, former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team.
  • Diego Godín, football player, member of national team and team Atlético de Madrid (Spain)
  • John Harley, played with C.U.R.C.C./Peñarol from 1909 until his retirement from football in 1920.
  • Marcelo Lipatin, football player, forward (C.D. Trofense)
  • Diego Lugano, football player, member of national team
  • Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, former football player.
  • Oscar Moglia, Olympic medal winning basketball player
  • Paolo Montero, former football player, member of the national team.
  • Fernando Muslera, football player, member of national team.
  • Jose Nasazzi, former football player, captain of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team.
  • Alvaro Recoba, football player. member of the national team.
  • Pedro Rocha, former football player, member of the national team.
  • Juan Schiaffino, former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team.
  • Luis Suárez, football player, member of national team and Liverpool Football Club.
  • Milton Wynants, Olympic Silver Medal winning cyclist
  • Enzo Francescoli, former football player, member of national team
  • Edinson Cavani, football player, member of national team and team Napoli
  • Obdulio Varela, former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team.

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