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	Diogo Costa
Defenders
João Cancelo	Nuno Mendes	Diogo Dalot
José Fonte	Pepe	Raphaël Guerreiro Goals: 1
Tiago Djaló	Cédric Soares	Gonçalo Inácio
Midfielders
João Moutinho	Danilo Pereira	Vitinha
Bernardo Silva	Matheus Nunes	William Carvalho
Bruno Fernandes	Otávio
Attackers
Cristiano Ronaldo Goals: 5, Assists: 1	Rafael Leão	Gonçalo Guedes
André Silva	Diogo Jota Goals: 1, Assists: 1	João Félix

#	Name	Age								A
Goalkeepers
	José Sá	29
1	Rui Patrício	34	360	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Diogo Costa	22
Defenders
	João Cancelo	27
25	Nuno Mendes	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	Diogo Dalot	23	101	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
6	José Fonte	38	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	Pepe	39	360	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	Raphaël Guerreiro	28	360	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Tiago Djaló	22
	Cédric Soares	30
	Gonçalo Inácio	20
Midfielders
8	João Moutinho	35	155	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Danilo Pereira	30	238	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Vitinha	22
10	Bernardo Silva	27	244	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Matheus Nunes	23
14	William Carvalho	29	139	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Bruno Fernandes	27	206	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Otávio	27
Attackers
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	37	360	4	4	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
	Rafael Leão	22
17	Gonçalo Guedes	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	André Silva	26	36	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	Diogo Jota	25	324	4	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
23	João Félix	22	35	1	0	1	0	3	0	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)