MONTEVIDEO (AFP)
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was one of three over-age players
included in the 18-man Uruguay squad for the Olympic Games that
was announced here on Monday.
Coach Oscar Washington Tabarez has also named prolific Napoli
striker Edinson Cavani and Palermo's Egidio Arevalo Rios as
players over the age of 23 in the squad that will compete in
Group A alongside Great Britain, Senegal and the United Arab
Emirates.
Other familiar faces include Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates,
Ajax midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro and Palermo attacker Abel
Hernandez.
Uruguay, who won last year's Copa America and finished fourth at
the 2010 World Cup, will face the United Arab Emirates in their
opening game on July 26.
Uruguay famously won football gold at the 1924 Summer Games in
Paris and again four years later in Amsterdam.
Uruguay squad
Goalkeepers: Martin Campana (Cerro Largo), Leandro Gelpi
(Penarol)
Defenders: Sebastian Coates (Liverpool/ENG), Diego Polenta
(Genoa/ITA), Ramon Arias (Defensor Sporting), Alexis Rolin
(Nacional), Emiliano Albin (Penarol).
Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo Rios (Palermo/ITA), Nicolas Lodeiro
(Ajax/NED), Matias Aguirregaray (Palermo/ITA), Gaston Ramirez
(Bologna/ITA), Maximiliano Calzada (Nacional), Diego Rodriguez
(Defensor Sporting)
Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool/ENG), Edinson Cavani
(Napoli/ITA), Abel Hernandez (Palermo/ITA), Jonathan
Urretaviscaya (Vitoria Guimaraes/POR), Tabare Viudez (Nacional)
Stand-by: Alejandro Silva (Fenix), Marcelo Silva (Penarol),
Federico Pintos (Defensor Sporting), Martin Rodriguez (Wanderers)
