The time is edging ever-closer to the Tondela vs Benfica Primeira Liga clash which is scheduled to start shortly, and the players have now been announced.
We can reveal that the starting eleven for Tondela which is confirmed as follows:
Tondela
Bernardo Caltabiano Parise #31
Also known as Fontes
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.96m
Weight: 92kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Emmanuel Maviram #60
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Jos, Nigeria
Brayan Medina #20
Defender
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 23
Christian Marques #4
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Uster, Switzerland
Roberto de Jesus Machado #2
Also known as Bebeto
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Lagarto, Brazil
Rodrigo Conceição #27
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Porto, Portugal
Yaya Sithole #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 26
Nationality: South Africa
Place of birth: Durban, South Africa
Joe Hodge #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ireland
Place of birth: Manchester, England
Cícero Clébson Alves Santana #97
Also known as Cícero
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Penaforte, Brazil
Makan Aïko
Forward
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 25
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Paris, France
Jordan Siebatcheu #29
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 29
Nationality: USA
Place of birth: Washington, D.C. , USA
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
António João Tavares Silva #4
Also known as Silva
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Daniel Banjaqui #48
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Age: 17
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lisboa, Portugal
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: 20
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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