Football is the most popular sports in Uruguay. It has won twice the World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950. The credit for it goes to the
footballers of Uruguay. Uruguay also has been the winner of gold medals in the Olympic Games that took place in 1924 and 1928
Diego Forlan is a well known Uruguayan football player who is a talented striker. Walter Pandiani is one of the most well known
footballers of Uruguay who has got a very successful career in the Spanish domestic competition. Gustavo Poyet is known to be a goal scoring mid-fielder. Alvaro Recoba plays in the forward.
Some of the footballers in Uruguay who have played in the Olympic Games are as follows:
- Enzo Francescoli
- Jose Andrade
- Pedro Cea
- Pedro Petrone
- Hector Castro
- Alvaro Gestido
- Santos Urdinaran
- Jose Nasazzi
- Pedro Arispe
- Andres Mazali
Alvaro Recoba presently is a player of the Italian club team known as Inter Milan. Sebastian Viera and Diego Forlan play for Villareal Spanish team. Some of the international football players of Uruguay are:
- Julio Abbadie
- Jorge Fucile
- Diego Perez
- Mario Regueiro
- Luis Barbat
- Wilmar Cabrera
