It’s almost time for the Benfica vs Farense Primeira Liga clash which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the players have now been announced.
Let’s look at the starting XI for Benfica which has been officially confirmed as:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Samuel Dahl
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Västerås, Sweden
Álvaro Carreras #3
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Ferrol, Spain
António João Tavares Silva #4
Also known as António Silva
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Nicolás Otamendi #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fredrik Aursnes #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Renato Júnior Luz Sanches #85
Also known as Renato Sanches
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Orkun Kökçü #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Haarlem, Netherlands
Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Kocaeli, Turkey
Ángel Di María #11
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
The team sheet line-up for Farense has also been confirmed as follows:
Farense
Mário Ricardo Silva Velho #33
Also known as Ricardo Velho
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Derick Theodoro Santos Poloni #31
Also known as Derick Poloni
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Osasco, Brazil
Tomás Aresta Branco Machado #5
Also known as Tomás Ribeiro
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Artur Jorge Marques Amorim #4
Also known as Artur Jorge
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Braga, Portugal
David Samuel Custódio Lima #28
Also known as Pastor
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brasília, Brazil
Claudio Falcão Santos #29
Also known as Claudio Falcão
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Aquidauana, Brazil
José Carlos Natário Ferreira #8
Also known as Ze Carlos
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Ângelo Pelegrinelli Neto #6
Also known as Ângelo Neto
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Junqueirópolis, Brazil
Miguel Pedro Miranda Oliveira #93
Also known as Miguel Menino
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Almada, Portugal
Marcos Paulo Mesquita Lopes #20
Also known as Rony Lopes
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Belém, Brazil
António Manuel Fernandes Mendes #9
Also known as Tomané
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
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