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Luis Suarez
y Felipe Carballo will enter a privileged list of Uruguayan soccer players who have known how to wear both the National like the Guild in his professional career. Now that one has signed an agreement and the other only has to sign, they will be the sixth and seventh Uruguayan to play for both teams. In addition, an eighth can be added to this list if the northern team achieves its goal of hiring the white goalkeeper Sergio Rochet.
There is a certain connection between the tricolor casts and they already have a history traced by sharing several footballers. Atilio Investigate, champion of the Libertadores 1971 with Nacional, was part of Gremio between 1971 and 1980. There he won two championships. Just two months ago, the 74-year-old former defender was part of the presentation of the new Porto Alegre team jersey for its 119th anniversary, which honored Uruguay with its light blue color.
Hugo de Leon He is another of those who defended and stood out in both teams as a player and DT. The now historic tricolor took its first steps on the field in albo and then went to Gremio, to later return to La Blanqueada.
With Nacional he won two Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup, one South American Recopa and one Interamerican Cup, added to the six Uruguayan Championships achieved, the first three as a player and the others as a coach.
As DT of the Porto Alegre team, he achieved a Libertadores and an Intercontinental, both in 1983. After that, he never worked as a coach again. Currently, at the age of 64, he continues to support the tricolor on his social networks.
Sebastian Abreu, idol of the Uruguayan team, knew how to be a Nacional footballer in three different periods (2001, 2003 and 2004-2005) and was directed by De León. With the Uruguayan tricolor he won the Apertura in 2003 and the First Division Championship in 2001 and 2005. El Loco also had his passage through Gremio, although his stay was short: he played seven games and scored one goal. At this moment, at the age of 46, he heads the coaching staff of the Peruvian team César Vallejos.
The former striker is on the list Richard Morales. The 47-year-old from Pedrense arrived at Nacional in 1999, a club with which he won the Uruguayan Championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In addition to winning two PreLibertadores Leagues in 1999 and 2007. The following year, in 2008, he joined Gremio for one season . The last team he defended was Fénix.
Jorge Oyarbide, who died on November 14, 2013, completes the list. The right winger won the Uruguayans 1963 and 1966 with Nacional and the Gaucho Championship with Gremio in 1968.
All the Uruguayans who passed through Gremio
The list of those who only added minutes with the Porto Alegre tricolor is broader, because there are a total of 15 Uruguayans who wore the Gremio shirt.
Marcelo Lipatin
Obdulio Trasante
Maximilian Rodriguez
Sergio Orteman
Gonzalo Sorondo
Christian Rodriguez
braian rodriguez
Pablo Hernandez
Walter Corbo
Claudio Milar
