Carlos Aguilera (Uruguayan footballer)

For the Spanish footballer, see Juan Carlos Aguilera. For the Uruguayan director, see Carlos Aguilera (theater director).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguileraand the second or maternal family name is Nova.

Carlos Aguilera

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alberto Aguilera Novas
Date of birth	(1964-09-21) 21 September 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1982	River Plate Montevideo	45	(19)
1983–1984	Nacional	43	(16)
1985	Independiente Medellín	30	(19)
1986–1987	Racing Club	11	(1)
1987–1988	Tecos	34	(9)
1988–1989	Peñarol	24	(11)
1989–1992	Genoa	96	(33)
1992–1994	Torino	37	(12)
1994–1999	Peñarol	70	(15)
Total		390	(135)
International career
1982–1997	Uruguay	64	(22)
Medal record Representing   Uruguay Copa America Winner 1983 Runner-up 1989 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Aguilera Nova (born 21 September 1964) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented Uruguay at an international level, earning a total of 64 caps.

Club career

Aguilera began his career playing for River Plate Montevideo, from 1980 to 1982. From 1983 to 1985 he played in Club Nacional de Football, then passed to Independiente Medellín (1985), returned to Nacional (1986), Racing Club of Argentina (1986), again in Nacional (1987), and Tecos of Mexico (1987–88). In 1988, he went to Europe to play for Italian clubs Genoa C.F.C. (1989–92), and then A.C. Torino (1992–94). He returned to C.A. Peñarol in 1994, where he played until 1999, finishing a brilliant career. Whilst at Genoa he memorably scored two goals at Anfield to knock Liverpool out of the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. ^[1]

In his second phase with Peñarol, he was Uruguayan Champion in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1999.

International career

Aguilera also played for the Uruguay national team, which won the Copa América in 1983. He represented Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup level in 1986, in Mexico, and 1990, in Italy.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	1982	3	0
	1983	13	5
	1984	7	2
	1985	13	8
	1986	3	2
	1989	10	4
	1990	6	1
	1993	9	0
	1997	1	1
Total		65	23

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aguilera goal.

List of international goals scored by Carlos Aguilera

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 September 1983	Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–1	2–1	1983 Copa América	[3]
2	26 September 1983	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel	1–0	2–2	Friendly	[4]
3				2–2
4	13 October 1983	National Stadium of Peru, Lima, Peru	Peru	1–0	1–0	1983 Copa América	[5]
5	4 November 1983	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil	Brazil	1–1	1–1	1983 Copa América	[6]
6	19 September 1984	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Peru	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[7]
7	3 October 1984	National Stadium of Peru, Lima, Peru	Peru	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[8]
8	29 January 1985	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	East Germany	1–0	3–0	Friendly	[9]
9	14 February 1985	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Finland	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[10]
10	24 February 1985	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Colombia	1–0	3–0	Friendly	[11]
11	10 March 1985	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Ecuador	1–0	2–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[12]
12	28 April 1985	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	1–1	1–2	Friendly	[13]
13	26 May 1985	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	1–1	4–1	Friendly	[14]
14				4–1
15	1 June 1985	Osaka, Japan	Malaysia	–	6–0	Friendly	[15]
16	2 February 1986	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Canada	1–0	3–1	Friendly	[16]
17	7 February 1986	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	United States	–	1–1	Friendly	[17]
18	22 April 1989	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy	Italy	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[18]
19	3 May 1989	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Ecuador	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[19]
20				3–1
21	14 June 1989	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Bolivia	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[20]
22	25 April 1990	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	1–0	3–3	Friendly	[21]
23	16 November 1997	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado, Uruguay	Ecuador	5–2	5–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[22]

References

1. "Liverpool - Genoa". UEFA . Retrieved 4 July 2017.
2. "Carlos Aguilera". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
3. "Venezuela vs. Uruguay". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
4. "Israel vs. Uruguay". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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15. "Uruguay vs. Malaysia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
16. "Uruguay vs. Canada". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
17. "USA vs. Uruguay". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
18. "Italy vs. Uruguay". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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20. "Uruguay vs. Bolivia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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22. "Uruguay vs. Ecuador". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 June 2025.