Category: Uruguay
Book Review – Uruguay: Football’s First Global Power 1918-1930
By Marcus Haydon
As increased popularity and professionalism saw football start to outgrow the Olympic Games in the 1920s, momentum gathered for th [...]
Uruguay World Cup Review: Disappointment From Start To Finish
By Louis Smith.
Uruguay were the only South American team not to make it out of the group stage, in what was a very disappointing campaign from La [...]
Gus Poyet On Spurs, Chelsea, Copa America Success With Uruguay And Managerial Experience
An interview with Gus Poyet, by Callum McFadden for WFi.
Let’s start with your most recent role in Korea with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. You manage [...]
8 Wonderkids To Look Out For In The 2025 Uruguayan Primera
By Tom Robinson.
Peñarol were the big domestic winners in 2024, winning both the Apertura and Clausura titles and making a historic run to the Libe [...]
Uruguayan Primera División Young Players To Watch In 2024
By Tom Robinson.
2023 was a year to remember for Uruguayan football. The arrival of Marcelo Bielsa breathed fresh air into the national team and a [...]
Uruguayan Primera Young Players To Watch In 2023
By Tom Robinson.
The 2023 Uruguayan Primera season kicked off at the start of February with Nacional looking to defend their title. El Bolso will fac [...]
Ecuador Exit With Heads Held High – Uruguay Have Hearts Broken
Louis Smith takes a look at how South American teams have fared at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, beginning with the two sides who exited at the group s [...]
Graeme Souness On Management, TV Work, And The Scotland Job
An interview with Graeme Souness, by Callum McFadden for WFi.
You are now a pundit following a successful playing career at the elite level of [...]
7 Uruguayan Primera Players To Watch In 2022
By Tom Robinson.
The Uruguayan Apertura is already up and running and, as ever, promises to showcase a disproportionately high number of exciting y [...]
By The Blood Of Abdon – A Nacional Story
By Akash Anurag.
On the midnight of March 4, 1918, celebrations were at fever pitch in the Nacional half of Montevideo. Earlier, on March 3, they h [...]