Alvaro Recoba - International Appearances


The outstanding Uruguayan player obtained 69 international caps with his National Team, making him the most capped player in activity for his country. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Name  :  Alvaro Alexander Recoba  
Born  :  17/03/1976 
Country: Uruguay 
Caps  :  69 (W28-D19-L22- GF94-GA79- % 54.34) 
Goals :  11 (0.16 per match)  
Age First Cap : 18 yr 307 d   18/01/1995  vs  Spain    	2-2 
Age Last  Cap : 31 yr 115 d   10/07/2007  vs  Brazil    	2-2 
National Team Career :  12 yr 173 d    

Caps   Date       Venue             Opponent      Score    Competition

 1   18.01.1995   La Coruņa         Spain          2-2     			 
 2   01.02.1995   San Diego         Mexico         0-1     
 3   17.07.1996   Beijing           China          1-1
 4   25.08.1996   Osaka             Japan	   3-5 
 5   12.11.1996   Santiago          Chile          0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 6   12.01.1997   Montevideo        Argentina      0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 7   08.06.1997   Montevideo        Colombia       1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 8   12.06.1997   Sucre             Peru           0-1     Copa America        
 9   15.06.1997   Sucre             Venezuela      2-0     Copa America       
10   18.06.1997   La Paz            Bolivia        0-1     Copa America
11   10.09.1997	  Lima		    Peru	   1-2	   World Cup Qualifier	 
12   12.10.1997	  Buenos Aires	    Argentina	   0-0	   World Cup Qualifier 
13   13.12.1997   Riyadh	    UAE		   2-0	   Confederations Cup	
14   15.12.1997	  Riyadh	    Czech Republic 2-1	   Confederations Cup	
15   17.12.1997   Riyadh	    South Africa   4-3 	   Confederations Cup	
16   19.12.1997	  Riyadh	    Australia      0-1	   Confederations Cup	
17   21.12.1997	  Riyadh	    Czech Republic 0-1	   Confederations Cup	
18   18.08.1999   Montevideo        Costa Rica     5-4      
19   12.10.1999   Montevideo        Ecuador        0-0
20   17.02.2000   Maldonado 	    Hungary        2-0	 
21   29.03.2000   Montevideo        Bolivia        1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
22   26.04.2000   Asuncion          Paraguay       0-1     World Cup Qualifier
23   03.06.2000   Montevideo        Chile          2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
24   28.06.2000   Rio de Janeiro    Brazil         1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
25   18.07.2000   Montevideo        Venezuela      3-1     World Cup Qualifier 
26   25.07.2000   Montevideo        Peru           0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
27   03.09.2000   Montevideo        Ecuador        4-0     World Cup Qualifier 
28   08.10.2000   Buenos Aires      Argentina      1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
29   28.02.2001   Koper  	    Slovenia       2-0    
30   28.03.2001   Montevideo        Paraguay       0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
31   24.04.2001   Santiago          Chile          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
32   01.07.2001   Montevideo        Brazil         1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
33   14.08.2001	  Maracaibo         Venezuela      0-2     World Cup Qualifier
34   04.09.2001   Lima              Uruguay        2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
35   07.10.2001   Montevideo        Colombia       1-1     World Cup Qualifier
36   07.11.2001   Quito             Ecuador        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
37   14.11.2001	  Montevideo        Argentina      1-1     World Cup Qualifier
38   20.11.2001   Melbourne	    Australia      0-1     World Cup Qualifier
39   25.11.2001   Montevideo        Australia      3-1     World Cup Qualifier
40   27.03.2002   Riyadh            Saudi Arabia   2-3 
41   17.04.2002   Milan		    Italy	   1-1	  
42   12.05.2002   Washington DC	    USA            1-2
43   16.05.2002   Shenyang          China          2-0	
44   01.06.2002	  Ulsan  	    Denmark        1-2     World Cup    
45   05.06.2002	  Busan             France 	   0-0     World Cup  
46   11.06.2002   Suwon       	    Senegal  	   3-3     World Cup  
47   28.03.2003   Tokyo 	    Japan	   2-2
48   08.06.2003   Seoul 	    South Korea	   2-0
49   30.07.2003   Montevideo  	    Peru	   1-0
50   20.08.2003   Florence   	    Argentina	   2-3	
51   07.09.2003	  Montevideo	    Bolivia	   5-0	   World Cup Qualifier
52   10.09.2003	  Asuncion          Paraguay	   1-4	   World Cup Qualifier	
53   15.11.2003   Montevideo        Chile          2-1	   World Cup Qualifier
54   19.11.2003   Curitiba          Brazil	   3-3	   World Cup Qualifier 
55   31.03.2004	  Montevideo	    Venezuela	   0-3	   World Cup Qualifier		 		 	 	
56   06.06.2004   Barranquilla      Colombia	   0-5     World Cup Qualifier 	
57   05.09.2004   Montevideo        Ecuador        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
58   17.11.2004   Montevideo        Paraguay       1-0     World Cup Qualifier
59   17.08.2005   Gijon	            Spain          0-2	 
60   04.09.2005   Montevideo 	    Colombia 	   3-2	   World Cup Qualifier 
61   08.10.2005   Quito	            Ecuador	   0-0     World Cup Qualifier 			
62   12.10.2005	  Montevideo	    Argentina 	   1-0	   World Cup Qualifier 	 
63   12.11.2005   Montevideo	    Australia 	   1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
64   16.11.2005   Sydney	    Australia	   0-1 (1) World Cup Qualifier   
65   24.03.2007   Seoul  	    South Korea	   2-0  
66   02.06.2007   Sydney	    Australia	   2-1 	 	
67   03.07.2007	  Merida 	    Venezuela 	   0-0	   Copa America	 			 
68   07.07.2007   San Cristobal     Venezuela      4-1 	   Copa America 	
69   10.07.2007	  Maracaibo	    Brazil	   2-2 (2) Copa America  

	     	
(1) Uruguay lost 2-4 on penalties
(2) Uruguay lost 4-5 on penalties


Total Record: 

Matches     Won   Draw  Lost   For Against  Points   Percentage 
   69        28    19    22       94-79       75       54.34

 

Types of Matches 

World Cup Qualifier     36
Friendlies		19	
Copa America         	 6     
Confederations Cup	 5		
World Cup  		 3	
									
Total caps           69


Goals
Cap  3	          1 goal
Cap  4		  2 goals
Cap  9            1 goal 
Cap 11            1 goal
Cap 15            1 goal 
Cap 20	          1 goal	
Cap 34            1 goal
Cap 46            1 goal
Cap 62	          1 goal 
Cap 66		  1 goal   

Total	         11 goals





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Last updated: 7 Sep 2007

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