OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 0
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URUGUAY<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Oriental Republic of Uruguay<br />
Population: 3.4 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 77 years<br />
GDP per person: $16000<br />
Capital city: Montevideo<br />
Association founded: 1900<br />
No. footballers / registered: 241,300 / 41,800<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 7<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 2 (Jun-12)<br />
Continental titles: 15 times Copa America winners<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 12 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966,<br />
1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1930, 1950<br />
Biggest win: 8-0 v Bolivia (1950)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-6 v Denmark (1986)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC v CONMEBOL<br />
play-off winners (v Jordan)<br />
Australia's record against Uruguay (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 9 4 1 4<br />
Under-20 8 2 2 4<br />
Under-17 7 2 4 1<br />
Group D<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Uruguay<br />
Population count (2011 census): 9200<br />
0.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 1.0 1.7 67.6 29.7<br />
Median age: 55.8 years<br />
Sex ratio: 91.0 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 11.1 83.6 5.4<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 93.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bossley Park (NSW),<br />
Fairfield (NSW), Hinchinbrook (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Japan W 4-2 Rifu<br />
06-09-13 Peru W 2-1 Lima<br />
10-09-13 Colombia W 2-0 Montevideo<br />
11-10-13 Ecuador L 0-1 Quito<br />
15-10-13 Argentina W 3-2 Montevideo<br />
13-11-13 Jordan W 5-0 Amman<br />
20-11-13 Jordan D 0-0 Montevideo<br />
05-03-14 Austria D 1-1 Klagenfurt<br />
30-05-14 Northern Ireland W 1-0 Montevideo<br />
04-06-14 Slovenia W 2-0 Montevideo<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 15<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – URUGUAY<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Fernando MUSLERA GK 16-06-86 / 27 190cm 58 (0) Galatasaray, Turkey<br />
2 Diego LUGANO DF 02-11-80 / 33 188cm 94 (9) West Bromwich Albion, England<br />
3 Diego GODIN DF 16-02-86 / 28 185cm 77 (3) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
4 Jorge FUCILE DF 19-11-84 / 29 177cm 42 (0) Porto, Portugal<br />
5 Walter GARGANO MF 23-07-84 / 29 168cm 63 (1) Parma, Italy<br />
6 Alvaro PEREIRA MF 28-11-85 / 28 182cm 57 (6) Sao Paulo, Brazil<br />
7 Cristian RODRIGUEZ MF 30-09-85 / 28 178cm 73 (8) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
8 Abel HERNANDEZ FW 08-08-90 / 23 186cm 12 (7) Citta di Palermo, Italy<br />
9 Luis SUAREZ FW 24-01-87 / 27 181cm 77 (39) Liverpool, England<br />
10 Diego FORLAN FW 19-05-79 / 35 181cm 110 (36) Cerezo Osaka, Japan<br />
11 Cristhian STUANI FW 12-10-86 / 27 186cm 10 (4) Espanyol, Spain<br />
12 Rodrigo MUNOZ GK 22-01-82 / 32 185cm 0 (0) Club Libertad, Paraguay<br />
13 Jose GIMENEZ DF 20-01-95 / 19 184cm 6 (0) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
14 Nicolas LODEIRO MF 21-03-89 / 25 173cm 26 (3) Botafogo, Brazil<br />
15 Diego PEREZ MF 18-05-80 / 34 176cm 89 (2) Bologna, Italy<br />
16 Maximiliano PEREIRA DF 08-06-84 / 30 173cm 90 (3) Benfica, Portugal<br />
17 Egidio AREVALO MF 01-01-82 / 32 168cm 55 (0) Monarcas Morelia, Mexico<br />
18 Gaston RAMIREZ MF 02-12-90 / 23 183cm 29 (0) Southampton, England<br />
19 Sebastian CO<strong>AT</strong>ES DF 07-10-90 / 23 196cm 15 (0) Club Nacional, Uruguay<br />
20 Alvaro GONZALEZ MF 29-10-84 / 29 175cm 43 (2) Lazio, Italy<br />
21 Edinson CAVANI FW 14-02-87 / 27 188cm 62 (21) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
22 Martin CACERES DF 07-04-87 / 27 178cm 57 (1) Juventus, Italy<br />
23 Martin SILVA GK 25-03-83 / 31 187cm 4 (0) Vasco da Gama, Brazil<br />
COACH: Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay) age 67 years<br />
Coach of Uruguay since 2006 (also 1988-1990)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 1990 & 2010 (Uruguay) Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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