We’re counting down to the Arouca vs Benfica Primeira Liga clash which kicks off very shortly, and the team sheets have just been announced.
Let’s look at the starting XI for Arouca which has been confirmed as follows:
Arouca
Ignacio de Arruabarrena #12
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Bas Kuipers #25
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
José Manuel Fontán Mondragón #3
Also known as Fontán
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Diogo Monteiro #6
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Geneva, Switzerland
Javier Sánchez de Felipe #15
Also known as Sánchez
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Getafe, Spain
Espen van Ee #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Taichi Fukui #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Hyun-ju Lee #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Ansan, Korea Republic
Näis Djouahra #7
Forward
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 26
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Alfonso Trezza #19
Forward
Height: 1.66m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Florida, Uruguay
Iván Martínez Gonzálvez #17
Also known as Barbero
Forward
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Roquetas de Mar, Spain
The starting line-up for Benfica has also been confirmed as:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Samuel Dahl
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Västerås, Sweden
António João Tavares Silva #4
Also known as Silva
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
Rui Pedro Ferreira da Silva #94
Also known as Silva
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Alexander Bah #6
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Årslev, Denmark
Richard Ríos
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 25
Leandro Barreiro
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 26
Andreas Schjelderup #21
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Bodø, Norway
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
Dodi Lukébakio
Forward
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Asse, Belgium
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