We are building up to the Benfica vs Chaves Primeira Liga game which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the team sheets are in.
First off, the starting XI for Benfica which has been officially confirmed as:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Tomás Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
Nicolás Otamendi
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alexander Bah #6
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Årslev, Denmark
Fredrik Aursnes
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís #61
Also known as Florentino
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lobito, Angola
João Pedro Gonçalves Neves #87
Also known as João Neves
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Tavira, Portugal
Ángel Di María
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
David Neres Campos #7
Also known as David Neres
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Arthur Mendonça Cabral #9
Also known as Arthur Cabral
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Campina Grande, Brazil
Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Silva #27
Also known as Rafa Silva
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Barreiro, Portugal
The team sheet line-up for Chaves has also been confirmed as follows:
Chaves
Hugo de Souza Nogueira #1
Also known as Hugo Souza
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.96m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Ygor Nogueira De Paula #3
Also known as Ygor Nogueira
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Itaperuna, Brazil
Vasco Herculano Fernandes Salgado #13
Also known as Vasco Fernandes
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Olhão, Portugal
Júnior Pius #40
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Eman, Nigeria
Rui Filipe Caetano Moura #27
Also known as Carraça
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Folgosa da Maia, Portugal
Dário Cassia Luís Essugo #14
Also known as Dário Essugo
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Ricardo Martins Guimarães #21
Also known as Guima
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 28
Place of birth: Aveiro, Portugal
Rúben Tiago Rodrigues Ribeiro #20
Also known as Rúben Ribeiro
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Ramalde, Portugal
Raphael Gregório Gusso
Also known as Raphael Guzzo
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Bernardo Martins Sousa #7
Also known as Benny
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Treixedo - Santa Comba Dão, Portugal
Héctor Hernández Marrero
Also known as Héctor
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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