Liverpool's Darwin Núñez achieves a feat that no other Uruguayan star has achieved in 96 years, including Luis Suárez
Darwin Núñez's scoring streak for Uruguay has seen him equal the legendary Héctor Scarone.
He Liverpool The striker is in the United States playing in the America Cupwith Uruguay currently at the top of Group C.
Marcelo Bielsa's side thrashed Bolivia 5-0 on Friday, with Nunez scoring alongside Manchester United's Facundo Pellister and Tottenham's Rodrigo Bentancur.
As a result, the Liverpool star has now scored in seven consecutive games for his country.
He has scored goals against Costa Rica, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, Bolivia and Argentina before making history again against Bolivia this week.
No Uruguayan player has achieved that since the country's emblematic star, Scarone, did it between 1927 and 1928.
Scarone – who played for Barcelona During that time – he was considered one of the best players in the world in that period.
He scored 31 goals in 51 games for the South Americans.
Núñez, meanwhile, has 18 goals in all competitions for Liverpool this season.
Your international teammate, Luis Suarezwho also played for Liverpool, may be the country's top scorer with 68 goals, but even he hasn't been as frequent as he is now.
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Suárez had not played for Uruguay since the end of the 2022 World Cup, but a year later he returned for the United States 2026 qualifiers.
And for the Copa América he wore the number 9, which was in Núñez's possession.
Leaving the number of a national hero vacant earned him praise from Suárez. “He, with the humility that he has, a very good kid, said 'no Luis, you are No. 9, I'm going to respect you when you're not there if I'm going to grab it from you.' '”.
Suárez came on for Núñez in the second half against Bolivia in the 83rd minute, and Bentancur scored his fifth goal six minutes later.
Uruguay last won the Copa América in 2011. La Celeste and Argentina have dominated the competition with 15 titles each.
