Luis Suarez has been included in Uruguay's final 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup™ as he continues his recovery from a knee operation.
The in-form Liverpool striker underwent keyhole surgery on 22 May after damaging the meniscus in his left knee and immediately doubts were cast on whether he would be fit for the World Cup. However, Uruguay remain cautiously optimistic that Suarez, who is said to be progressing well following the operation, will be able to feature in Brazil and on Saturday the 27-year-old was confirmed in coach Oscar Tabarez's squad for the finals.
It remains to be seen when Suarez will be able to return to action, though, with Uruguay kicking off their World Cup campaign against Costa Rica in just over two weeks. England and Italy are the other two teams in a tough-looking Group D.
The two players who have been cut from Tabarez's 25-man provisional squad are Palmeiras midfielder Sebastian Eguren and Lanus defender Alejandro Silva.
Uruguay squadGoalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray/TUR), Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama/BRA), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad/PAR)
Defenders: Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion/ENG), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Jose Maria Gimenez (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Martin Caceres (Juventus/ITA), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica/POR), Jorge Fucile (Porto/POR), Sebastian Coates (Nacional/URU).
Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo Rios (Morelia/MEX), Walter Gargano (Parma/ITA), Diego Perez (Bologna/ITA), Alvaro Gonzalez (Lazio/ITA), Alvaro Pereira (San Pablo/BRA), Cristian Rodríguez (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Gaston Ramirez (Southampton/ENG), Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo/BRA)
Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool/ENG), Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Diego Forlan (Cerezo Osaka/JPN), Cristian Stuani (Espanyol/ESP, Abel Hernandez (Palermo/ITA)
* Squad lists are only official once they have been confirmed and published by FIFA on 5 June at 12:00 CET.
FIFA World Cup Historical Facts Golden Boots
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Year
|
Champion
|
Golden
Boot
|
Golden
Ball
|
2010
|
Spain
|
Thomas
Müller (5)
|
Diego
Forlán
|
2006
|
Italy
|
Miroslav
Klose (5)
|
Zinedine
Zidane
|
2002
|
Brazil
|
Ronaldo
(8)
|
Oliver
Kahn
|
1998
|
France
|
Davor
Šuker (6)
|
Ronaldo
|
1994
|
Brazil
|
O.
Salenko,H. Stoichkov (6)
|
Romário
|
1990
|
West
Germany
|
Salvatore
Schillaci (6)
|
Salvatore
Schillaci
|
1986
|
Argentina
|
Gary
Lineker (6)
|
Diego
Maradona
|
1982
|
Italy
|
Paolo
Rossi (6)
|
Paolo
Rossi
|
1978
|
Argentina
|
Mario
Kempes (6)
|
Mario
Kempes
|
1974
|
West
Germany
|
Grzegorz
Lato (7)
|
Johan
Cruijff
|
1970
|
Brazil
|
Gerd
Müller (10)
|
Pelé
|
1966
|
England
|
Eusébio
(9)
|
Bobby
Charlton
|
1962
|
Brazil
|
Vavá,Garrincha,Ivanov,Albert,Je…
|
Garrincha
|
1958
|
Brazil
|
Just
Fontaine (13)
|
Didi
|
1954
|
West
Germany
|
Sándor
Kocsis (11)
|
Ferenc
Puskás
|
1950
|
Uruguay
|
Ademir
|
Zizinho
|
1938
|
Italy
|
Leônidas
(7)
|
Leônidas
|
1934
|
Italy
|
Oldřich
Nejedlý (5)
|
Giuseppe
Meazza
|
1930
|
Uruguay
|
Guillermo
Stábile (8)
|
José
Nasazzi
|
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