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Uruguay is in Group A alongside Russia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

The following 23 players have been selected by Uruguay’s head coach Oscar Tabarez for the 2018 World Cup:

Player	Position	Age	Caps	Goals	Club
Fernando Muslera	Keeper	31	97	0	Galatasaray 🇹🇷
Martin Silva	Keeper	35	11	0	Vasco Da Gama 🇧🇷󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Martin Campana	Keeper	29	1	0	Independiente 🇦🇷
Maxi Pereira	Right back	34	125	3	FC Porto󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇹
Guillermo Varela	Right back	25	3	0	Penarol 🇺🇾󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Martin Caceres	Centre back	31	76	4	Lazio 🇮🇹
Sebastian Coates	Centre back	27	30	1	Sporting Lisbon 🇵🇹
Jose Maria Gimenez	Centre back	23	42	5	Atletico Madrid 🇪🇦
Diego Godin (c)	Centre back	32	116	8	Atletico Madrid 🇪🇦󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Gaston Silva	Left back	24	17	0	Independiente 🇦🇷
Lucas Torreira	Midfielder	22	3	0	Sampdoria 🇮🇹
Matias Vecino	Midfielder	26	22	1	Inter Milan 🇮🇹
Rodrigo Bentancur	Midfielder	25	35	6	Juventus 🇮🇹
Nahitan Nandez	Midfielder	22	12	0	Boca Juniors 🇦🇷
Cristian Rodriguez	Midfielder	32	105	11	Penarol 🇺🇾
Carlos Sanchez	Midfielder	33	36	1	Monterrey 🇲🇽
Diego Laxalt	Midfielder	25	6	0	Genoa 🇮🇹
Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Midfielder	24	14	2	Cruzeiro 🇧🇷
Cristhian Stuani	Forward	31	41	5	Girona 🇪🇦󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Jonathan Urretaviscaya	Forward	28	4	0	Monterrey 🇲🇽
Luis Suarez	Forward	31	98	51	FC Barcelona 🇪🇦
Edinson Cavani	Forward	31	101	42	PSG󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇫🇷󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Maxi Gomez	Forward	21	5	0	Celta Vigo 🇪🇦

 
Potential Uruguay starting XI (4-4-2):

Muslera – Varela, Gimenez, Godin, Caceres – Nandez, Vecino, Bentancur, De Arrascaeta – Suarez, Cavani

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