Is Uruguay the irrefutable proof that population size doesn't mean shit in determining how good at football a country is? With a population of 3.5 million, they have so many world class players, 2 world cups and 15 Copa Americas, ahead of Argentina with 14 and Brazil with 8, even though they dwarf Uruguay in population size.
It makes me think there are so much more potential out there in either Brazil and Argentina that we never got to see due to them not being scouted or trained properly to become professional players.
Even in big countries the bulk of the talent usually comes from a few regions that have the necessary resources and human capital to develop it. For instance if Rio de Janeiro was its own country it would likely win a world cup or two, if you look up the players that have been born there throughout history, and Rio de Janeiro is of the size of Netherlands.
Angel Gutierrez
Uruguay is full kinetic in football. It's like New Zealand in rugby, but NZ still wins rugby World Cups because there's few contenders than Uruguay in football.
Jace Torres
>2 world cups They have 4.
Joshua Nelson
>England >55 millions ++ >1 World Cup* What happened?
Gabriel Howard
Being good at povertyball isn't a lottery, it's about training manlets that are nothing special by themselves.
Carson Jackson
>literally a wild province of argentina
>surprised they are good at football
lol
Parker Myers
So people in Rio behave like Texas in the US?
Henry Green
There still is a massive correlation between population and number of quality footballers produced
Xavier Rivera
this
Isaac Bailey
I wonfer which brazilian states would qualify for a world cup if we disintegrated
Zachary Howard
Things get streamlined when you have a small population in a democratic system. They are very much centralized in terms of population so culturally and politically the nation is very much on the same page unlike huge nations where people from different regions differ dramatically in opinion.
Christian Lee
>everything near Argentina is property of Argentina. Falklands are British lad.
Nathaniel Flores
Their first world cup doesn't count because of excessive refball.
Jace Murphy
Most of their international titles are from the era of part-time banana planters.
Ethan Adams
It's literally a brazilian province, tho
If we haven't given then independence we would have 7 WC's by now
Chase Long
Why did Uruguay win then tho?
Landon Robinson
4 stars u dumb tea slurper
we have 2 titles which are more recent than the last one argentina got and no one thinks of them as dinos >ynr the argentinosaur
We invented: Football Rugby Cricket Tennis Hockey Ice Hockey Badminton Polo Table Tennis Baseball Basketball (Canada was British colony) Thoroughbred Horse Racing Water Polo Rounders Tiddlywinks
And because of this, we created the 'Home Nations' rules, meaning that you can nab players if they have 2 generational links to one of the separate nations, with Irish players being able to choose either Northern Ireland or South Island instead. In short, too much split between them.
Daniel Allen
Rio, São Paulo and maybe Bahia and Minas. The south too if they were a single country.
Dylan Taylor
Shut up monkeycarioca
Lincoln Stewart
thinking about it, are Dida, Rivaldo and Dani Alves the only world class players which came from the northeast?
Chase Green
Are those cavemen?
Adam Perry
It's squad vs squad, your best XI vs my best XI. Total population is not indicative of quality, never was.
You should know it is all about development. There could be plenty of talent, but unless they are trained correctly with good management, they will not get anywhere. This is the case for most nations since they can't afford it, especially in Africa.
Elijah King
winning bayernwinslol with a midtable club is based as fuck. Bigger achievement than europa league
Nathaniel Scott
Uruguay bases its economy on football players and cows
Caleb Jenkins
>Netherlands
HAHAHAHSHSHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sebastian Allen
Hulk, Juninho Pernambucano and that Cebolinha guy.
Daniel Thomas
>2 World Cups 4 world championships m9
Noah Collins
I don't know how they manage to bring competent teams every single time, I guess history and traditions play a huge role on making a huge part of the population interested in football, increasing the chances of producing better players and tacticians. Despite some arrogant uruguayians, I truly respect their work and efforts.
Jaxson Barnes
They have the highest IQ in latinamerica. That helps a lot.
Uruguay really is whiter but those statistics are all kinds of wrong between countries since they're mostly self-reported, genetic studies show some different pictures.
Im tired of this MUH3MILLION.EXE meme When football started as a sport, countries like Uruguay and England were the first ones who have pro-players. And guess what. The 2 WC and 8 out 15 Copa America titles of Uruguay were won before 1950. As soon the other countries around started to get their own leagues and pro-players, Uruguay slowly started to sink, and win less and less titles. In 1970 when is considered modern football started with players actually becoming athletes, where physical condition became more relevant that actual skills, Uruguay already won 11 titles, and then only got 4 titles in 50 years. Not to mention if you check uruguayan famous international players, 80-90% of them are fowards, and the rest in the best case escenario get to play in Argentina, Brasil, or some low tier team in Europe.
Brayden Jenkins
>Table Tennis Isn't that chinese?
William Torres
>only got 4 titles in 50 years. you only got 2 titles since like forever. keep coping.
Carson Lewis
Here comes the disgusting mutt trying to force is fairy tale
Asher Richardson
South Brazil is white
Julian Long
nobody said we are in the same level just sayin you havent been a football superpower since forever
Jordan Brown
I was very charmed by Uruguay's performance in the 2018 wc. It's a shame Laxalt doesn't play as well for Milan, he really impressed me that tournament.
Justin Brooks
Uruguay (more exactly Montevideo) got professional football in 1930s
Uruguayan championship was basicly Montevideo city championship until 1999
