Estadio Charrúa is a

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in the Carrasco neighborhood of

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, used mostly for

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and

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matches. Property of the

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, it is currently leased to the

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and

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after an agreement signed in 2012.CONTRATO DE CONCESION DE USO
at URU (archived, 14 Dec 2012) The stadium holds 14,000 people. Estadio Charrúa has been a frecquent venue of several teams such as the

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, Uruguay women's national football team, Peñarol Rugby and

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History

Originally planned and built as a football venue in 1984, in 2006 it was re-built thanks to a

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project called GOAL.Estadio Charrúa
at Fifa.com Local club

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

attempted to acquire the stadium in 1993, but those negotiations did not prosper. The club made a new attempt in 2001 with a project that included its expansion to 30,000 spectators with an investment of

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8 million. With a period of concession of 30 years, refurbishments also included new press boxes, dressing rooms, and parking lot. Nevertheless the Montevideo Neighborhood Council rejected the project due to "the negative impact for the area (...) the deterioration of the quality of life of the residents and the devaluation of their patrimony". In December 2012 the Municipality of Montevideo signed a contract of concession with both bodies, Uruguayan Rugby Union (URU) and Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) for ten years. The URU used the stadium for its headquarters, its high performance training center, and as the regular home of its national teams, most notably the senior men's team. Since 2013 the stadium has hosted

matches, and has also hosted ''Charrúas'' (American football national team of Uruguay) matches, and even concerts. The name ''Charrúa'' refers to

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. In football, the stadium is the home venue for

matches since 2020, when the team moved from

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Events

Football

The stadium was one of three venues for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, hosting all matches of Group A and D, plus semi-finals, third place and final. Estadio Charrúa also hosted all the matches of 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship.

Rugby

After the agreement signed in 2012, Estadio Charrúa became the frecquent venue of the Uruguay national team, having hosted several

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and test matches. The stadium has also been

's home venue for their games at the Super Rugby Americas since its first edition in 2020. 2015 Rugby World Cup - Repechage qualifier - Uruguay vs Russia - d

2015 Rugby World Cup - Repechage qualifier - Uruguay vs Russia - d

Concerts

Some artists that performed at Estadio Charrúa were

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Joan Manuel Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa (; born 27 December 1943) is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. He is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages. Serrat's lyrical style h ...

and

Joaquín Sabina Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature st ...

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No Te Va Gustar No Te Va Gustar, also known by their initials NTVG (English: You Won't Like It), are a rock band from Uruguay. The members are: Emiliano Brancciari (vocals and guitar), Guzmán Silveira (bass and backup vocals), Diego Bartaburu (drums), Gonza ...

La Vela Puerca La Vela Puerca is a Uruguayan rock band formed in Montevideo, Uruguay, in December 1995. Its founders and current members are Sebastián Teysera (lead vocals, frontman and main songwriter), Sebastián Cebreiro (vocals, songwriter), Nicolás Lieu ...

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

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,Estrella adolescente en el Charrúa
17 Jan 2012 at Infonegocios and

Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. Known for his int ...

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