A legend of the Uruguayan national team has announced his retirement

A Uruguayan football legend ended his outstanding career wearing the light blue shirt. At 37 years old, Fernando Muslera He announced this Thursday through social networks his international retirement after playing in the last four World Cups and the Copa América five times.

The 2011 Copa América, its big success

Legguard, already He is still active in the ranks of Turkish Galatasaray, He played 133 games for the national team of Uruguay since his debut with Óscar Washington Tabárez in October 2009 against Ecuador (1-2 win) and assisted them. win the Copa América in 2011 beat Paraguay in the final (3-0) in Buenos Aires.

In this tournament he stood in the quarterfinal match against host Argentina, Leo Messi stopping Carlos Tevez’s shot in the penalty shootout.

The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) thanked Muslera on its social media channels with a video showing some of his best moments, including the penalty shootout winner against Ghana in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals.

Hero in the 2010 World Cup

Legguard stopped the pitches of John Mensah and Dominic Adiyiah to give Uruguay a 4-2 shootout win and a place in the semi-finals against the Netherlands, which they won 3-2.

“Thank you very much! You did it, ‘Nando’, Your name is in the rich history of Uruguayan football,” highlighted the AUF.

Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in June 1986, Muslera made his professional debut in 2004 with Montevideo Wanderers. He then played for Nacional de Montevideo, Lazio and since 2011 he has been a member of the Galatasaray squad.

Only Cavani has surpassed him in World Cups

Although in Qatar World Cup 2022 He didn’t add minutes due to owning the Sergio RochetWith 16 games, Muslera is the second Uruguayan player with the most appearances in World Cup history after Edinson Cavani.