Muslera or Viera...Italian last name????

Question:are these italian last names?

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This is what I found on www.ancestry.com
Vierra Name Meaning and History
Origin unidentified; possibly a respelling of Spanish Viera.
I couldn't find anything in relation to the other name at all. Normally there is a little bit of text about these "unique" names but there wasn't even an hint about Muslera.

yep

Muslera is Spanish.

Viera according to ancestry.com:
Galician and Spanish: possibly a variant spelling of Vieira. In Spain the surname is found mainly in the island of Tenerife.

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www.ancestry.com--VIERA MEANING:

Galician and Spanish: possibly a variant spelling of Vieira. In Spain the surname is found mainly in the island of Tenerife.

Vieira Name Meaning and History
1.religious byname from Portuguese "vieria" ‘"scallop"’ (Late Latin "veneria", a derivative of the name of Venus; the goddess was often depicted riding on a scallop). The scallop was a symbol of the pilgrim who had been to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
2. habitational name from any of numerous minor places called Vieiria.

Civil War Service Records
Name: Augustus Vieira
COMPANY: F
UNIT: 14 Illinois Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Corporal
Allegiance: Union

www.familysearch.org
The surname MUSLERA is listed, and is found primarily in Uruguay (S. America), and Spain.
Juaquin Muslera--born About 1732 S Cosme De Tornon, Villaviciosa, Oviedo, Spain is an early listing.

Viera alternate spellings include VIEIRA ; VIERRA; VIRO; VARY; VEARY; VAREY; VERY; van. der Viera;?VERA; DE VERA ; DE LA VARA; &VIEYRA .
The name is found in Mexico, American Samoa , Brasil,
Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Bermuda, Germany, Netherlands,
Estonia USSR, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, England, Philippines, India, South Africa, Portugal, Canada, USA (various states), and the Azores Islands.
With one of the varied spellings, the earliest listing is
Manuel VIEIRA--b.Abt. 1577 , Madeira, Portugal.

Muslera and Viera... they are former Nacional goalkeepers.

Saludos desde Uruguay!