Botafogo’s midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro and Internacional’s forward Diego Forlán have been called up by Oscar Tabárez for the preliminary list for the Confederations Cup.
Uruguay are in Group B, along with Spain, Nigeria and Tahiti. Brazil are in Group A along with Mexico, Italy and Japan.
They finished in fourth place in the last World Cup and won Copa América in 2011.
Full Uruguayan squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Muslera (Galatasaray-TUR), Silva (Olímpia-PAR), Muñoz (Libertad-PAR), Castillo (Danúbio-URU)
DEFENDERS: Scotti (Nacional-URU), Valdez (Peñarol-URU), Lugano (Málaga-ESP), Godin (Atlético Madrid-ESP), Coates (Liverpool-ING), Cáceres (Juventus-ITA), Aguirregaray (Peñarol-URU), Maxi Pereira (Benfica-POR), Álvaro Pereira (Internazionale-ITA)
MIDFIELDERS: Alejandro Silva (Olímpia-PAR), Alvaro González, (Lazio-ITA), Arévalo Rios (Palermo-ITA), Diego Pérez (Bologna-ITA), Gargano (Internazionale-ITA), Eguren (Libertad-PAR), Cristian Rodríguez (Atlético MadriD-ESP), Ramírez (Southampton-ING), Lodeiro (Botafogo), Castro (Real Sociedad-ESP)
FORWARDS: Suárez (Liverpool-ENG), Cavani(Napoli-ITA), Abel Hernández (Palermo-ITA), Forlán (Internacional), Stuani (Espanyol-ESP)
