We’re counting down to the Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica Primeira Liga match which is scheduled to start shortly, and the players have now been announced.
Let’s look at the starting eleven for Sporting Lisbon which has been confirmed as follows:
Sporting Lisbon
Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva
Also known as Silva
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Maia, Portugal
Maximiliano Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Gonçalo Bernardo Inácio #25
Also known as Inácio
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Ousmane Diomande #26
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Ivory Coast
Place of birth: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Eduardo Filipe Quaresma Vieira #72
Also known as Quaresma
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Barreiro, Portugal
Morten Hjulmand
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Denmark
Hidemasa Morita
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Takatsuki, Japan
Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves #8
Also known as Gonçalves
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Vidago, Portugal
Francisco António Machado Mota Trincão #17
Also known as Trincão
Forward
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Geny Catamo #10
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Mozambique
Place of birth: Maputo, Mozambique
Luis Suárez #97
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 28
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
Nicolás Otamendi
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 38
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
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
Gianluca Prestianni #25
Forward
Height: 1.65m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Franjo Ivanović
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Croatia
Place of birth: Schwaz, Austria
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