Luis Suarez, now playing for Gremio Porto Alegre, in Brazil, and Edinson Cavani, for his part, in Argentina at Boca Juniors, the two attackers are the top scorers in the history of the Uruguayan selection, with respectively 68 and 58 goals scored .
Both 36, they wore the Celeste shirt at the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups, but their names did not appear in the list published Monday by the Uruguayan federation for Friday’s meetings in Montevideo against Chile and Tuesday, September 12 in Quito against Ecuador.
Two other Uruguayan veterans are absent from this list, Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, 37, injured, and Sporting defender Sebastian Coates, 32, also not selected.
Qualifying matches in the South American zone for the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada, begin on Thursday.