page_title: Cristhian Stuani
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Cristhian Stuani / International career
caption_attribution_description: Freundschaftliches Länderspiel Österreich - Uruguay am 5. März 2014 in Klagenfurt: Christian Stuani
context_page_description: Cristhian Ricardo Stuani Curbelo is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Girona and the Uruguay national team.
  He started out at Danubio, being bought by Reggina in 2008. He went on to spend the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, in representation of several clubs, most notably with Espanyol; he signed with Middlesbrough from England in 2015 and, two years later, joined Girona.
  Stuani made his debut for Uruguay in 2012 and appeared for the nation at two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments. He also holds an Italian passport.
context_section_description: Stuani made his senior debut for Uruguay on 14 November 2012, in a friendly match with Poland (3–1 away win). On 10 September of the following year, he scored his first international goal, helping to a 2–0 home victory against Colombia for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. On 13 November 2013, he netted the Charrúas' second in their 5–0 win in Jordan for the playoffs first leg, finishing Nicolás Lodeiro's cross at close range.
  Stuani was selected by manager Óscar Tabárez for the finals in Brazil. He scored in both of Uruguay's warm-up matches for the tournament, the only goal of the game against Northern Ireland after coming on at half-time for Diego Forlán, and the second in a 2–0 win over Slovenia. He made his tournament debut on 14 June, starting in a 1–3 loss to Costa Rica in Fortaleza, and added a further three bench appearances in a round-of-16 exit.
  Stuani was named in Uruguay's squad the following year, as they attempted to defend their continental crown at the 2015 Copa América. He made two substitute appearances in Group B, in a quarter-final finish.
  Stuani was included in the final 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. His first match in the competition took place on 30 June, when he replaced Edinson Cavani (who had scored twice) for the final 16 minutes of the 2–1 round-of-16 victory over Portugal. He started in the next match due to injury to the same teammate, and played 59 minutes in the 0–2 defeat against France.
caption: Stuani in action against Austria in 2014
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