The time is edging ever-closer to the Rio Ave vs Benfica Primeira Liga match which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the team sheets are now available.
Let’s look at the starting eleven for Rio Ave which has been officially confirmed as:
Rio Ave
Cezary Miszta
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Poland
Nikos Athanasiou #3
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Greece
Andreas Ntoi
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Nelson Abbey #6
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: England
Jakub Brabec #32
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Czechia
Place of birth: Prague, Czechia
Francisco Petrasso #23
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
João Tomé Esteves Baptista #20
Also known as Tomé
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Brandon Aguilera #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Costa Rica
Place of birth: Naranjo, Costa Rica
Dario Špikić #18
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Croatia
Place of birth: Zagreb, Croatia
André Luiz Inácio da Silva #11
Also known as Luiz
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Clayton Fernandes Silva #9
Also known as Clayton
Forward
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Belo, Brazil
The team sheet line-up for Benfica has also been confirmed as follows:
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: 25
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Västerås, Sweden
Nicolás Otamendi #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
Amar Dedić
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 23
Place of birth: Zell am See, Austria
Fredrik Aursnes #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Leandro Barreiro
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 26
Heorhii Sudakov
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Brianka, Ukraine
Andreas Schjelderup #21
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Bodø, Norway
Gianluca Prestianni #25
Forward
Height: 1.65m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
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