Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Uruguay's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arthur Albiston | Scotland | 1 |
| Charlie Nicholas | Scotland | 1 |
| David Narey | Scotland | 1 |
| Davie Cooper | Scotland | 1 |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1 |
| Gordon Strachan | Scotland | 1 |
| Graeme Sharp | Scotland | 1 |
| Jim Leighton | Scotland | 1 |
| Jorge Burruchaga | Argentina | 1 |
| Jorge Valdano | Argentina | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 20 Oct 1983 | v Peru | 1–1 | 49′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Copa América 1983 · Semi-final |
| 4 Sep 1983 | v Venezuela | 3–0 | 29′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Copa América 1983 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 16 Jun 1986 | v Argentina | 0–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16 |
| 13 Jun 1986 | v Scotland | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 20 Oct 1983 | v Peru | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Copa América 1983 · Semi-final |
| 4 Sep 1983 | v Venezuela | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Copa América 1983 · Group stage |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.