Portugal National Football Team

Governing body Federação Portuguesa de Futebol Affiliated 1923 Stadium Estádio Nacional (37,593 seats) Manager Fernando Santos

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Goalkeepers
José Sá	Rui Patrício	Anthony Lopes
Defenders
José Fonte	Pepe	Raphaël Guerreiro
Rúben Dias	Domingos Duarte	Luís Carlos
Midfielders
Sérgio Oliveira	João Moutinho	Danilo Pereira
Rúben Neves	Bernardo Silva	Renato Sanches
Bruno Fernandes	João Palhinha Goals: 1
Attackers
Cristiano Ronaldo Goals: 1
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Attackers
André Silva	Diogo Jota Goals: 3
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Attackers
João Félix
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#	Name	Age								A
Goalkeepers
	José Sá	28	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0
	Rui Patrício
	Anthony Lopes	30	270	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Defenders
	José Fonte	37	180	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	1	0
	Pepe	38
	Raphaël Guerreiro	27
	Rúben Dias	23	270	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	1	0
	Domingos Duarte	26	90	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0
	Luís Carlos	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0
Midfielders
	Sérgio Oliveira	28	76	3	1	2	1	2	0		0	0	0
	João Moutinho	34	46	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
	Danilo Pereira	29	90	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Rúben Neves	24	177	2	2	0	2	1	0		0	0	0
	Bernardo Silva	26	246	3	3	0	2	0	0		1	0	0
	Renato Sanches	23	107	2	1	1	0	2	0		0	1	0
	Bruno Fernandes	26	134	2	1	1	1	1	0		0	2	0
	João Palhinha	25	24	3	0	3	0	3	1		0	0	0
Attackers
	Cristiano Ronaldo	36	270	3	3	0	0	0	1		0	1	0
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		27	49	2	0	2	0	3	0		0	0	0
		26	252	3	3	0	1	0	0		1	0	0
		18	198	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0
		27	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0
Attackers
	André Silva	25	75	1	1	0	1	2	0		0	0	0
	Diogo Jota	24	153	2	2	0	2	1	3		0	1	0
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		21	112	2	1	1	1	2	0		2	0	0
Attackers
	João Félix	21	61	3	1	2	1	2	0		0	0	0
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		29	90	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0

Portugal enters this tournament led by none other than the current Ballon D'Or holder. Cristiano Ronaldo will try to lead the Portuguese side to their best performance in a World Cup, in order to erase their poor form from 2014 and to cement their legacy as the best generation of players in that country.

The stakes will be higher than ever for Portugal, since they get to this tournament as the reigning UEFA Euro champions, and this summer's test will be a good way to find out if their victory in the European competition was only a matter of luck.

Coach's objective

Fernando Santos will try to replicate what Spain did in 2008 and 2010, where La Roja won the UEFA Euro and the FIFA World Cup respectively. A Seleçao Das Quinas has never finished above third place. Will they make it happen this time around?

New faces

Coach Santos added new blood to a veteran team with the addition of rising talents in Portugal's Primeira Liga. Benfica's Ruben Dias and Porto's Sergio Oliveira were included in the preliminary list, and both have a good chance of making the 23-man list.

Veterans

Most of Portugal's players are over 30 years, and needless to say, Cristiano Ronaldo is the team's reference, leader, and captain. Curiously enough, the oldest players in this team are a couple of center backs: Bruno Alves (36) and Pepe (35).

Major absences

Fábio Coentrão asked not to be called up for the 2018 World Cup, but the major absence in this team is that of Renato Sanches. The 2016 UEFA Euro Young Player of the Tournament failed to impress after that competition, failing to impress at Bayern Munich and Swansea. In addition, both Barcelona players André Gomes and Nelson Semedo were also excluded from Portugal's World Cup team.

Full squad list

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes (Olympique Lyonnais/France), Beto (Goztepe SK/Turkey), Rui Patricio (Sporting CP)

Defenders: Bruno Alves (Rangers/Scotland), Cedric (Southampton/England), Jose Fonte (Dalian Aerbin/China PR), Mario Rui (Napoli/Italy), Pepe (Besiktas/Turkey), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund/Germany), Ricardo (Porto), Ruben Dias (Benfica)

Midfielders: Adrien Silva (Leicester City/England), Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP), Joao Mario (West Ham United/England), Joao Moutinho (Monaco/France), Manuel Fernandes (Lokomotiv Moscow/Russia), William (Sporting CP) 

Strikers: Andre Silva (AC Milan/Italy), Bernardo Silva, (Manchester City/England), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Spain), Gelson Martins (Sporting CP), Goncalo Guedes (Valencia/Spain), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas/Turkey)