This Tuesday, the Portuguese team announced the 26 called up by coach Roberto Martínez for Euro 2024, which will be played between June 14th and July 14th, in Germany. At 39 years old, striker Cristiano Ronaldo was selected once again.
𝗢𝗦 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗦 for the #EURO2024. 🇵🇹🫡 #SharingThePassion pic.twitter.com/wpi9VMZfj2
— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) May 21, 2024
In addition to the greatest scorer in the history of Portugal, the other highlights of the squad are: Rúben Dias and Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Rafael Leão (Milan) and João Félix (Barcelona).
The list also includes two naturalized Portuguese Brazilians: defender Pepe, from Porto, and midfielder Otávio, from Al-Nassr.
Before the tournament, Portugal will play three friendlies, against Finland, Croatia and Ireland. The first of them will be on June 4th, at 3:45 pm (Brasília time), at the Alvalade Stadium, in Lisbon.
Check out the full list of those called up:
Goalkeepers
- Diogo Costa (Porto)
- Jose Sa (Wolverhampton)
- Rui Patrício (Rome)
Defenders
- António Silva (Benfica)
- Danilo Pereira (PSG)
- Diogo Dalot (Mannchester United)
- Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting)
- João Cancelo (Barcelona)
- Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton)
- Nuno Mendes (PSG)
- Pepe (Porto)
- Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Midfielders
- Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
- João Neves (Benfica)
- João Palhinha (Fulham)
- Otávio (Al Nassr)
- Rúben Neves (Al-Hilal)
- Vitinha (PSG)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Attackers
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr)
- Diogo Jota (Liverpool)
- Francisco Conceição (Porto)
- Gonçalo Ramos (PSG)
- João Félix (Barcelona)
- Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton)
- Rafael Leao (Milan)
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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