Fernando Muslera

Club

Estudiantes de La Plata

Position

Goalkeeper

Nationality

Uruguay

Date of birth

1986-06-16

Birthplace

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

190 cm

Weight

183 lbs

Shirt number

1

Signing / transfer fee

€6.75m

Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol (Spanish: ; born 16 June 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Estudiantes and the Uruguay national team.

Muslera began his career at Montevideo Wanderers and Nacional, moving to Lazio in 2007 where he won the 2009 Coppa Italia final. In 2011, he was signed by Galatasaray for a fee of around €12 million, where he has since won honours which include eight Süper Lig titles, five Turkish Cups and six Turkish Super Cups.

A full international from 2009 to 2022, Muslera earned over 130 caps for Uruguay. He played in five Copa América tournaments, winning the title in 2011, and played every minute in goal for Uruguay as the country's undisputed number one in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cups, helping his nation to fourth place in the 2010 edition.