Five included for under-20 World Cup
03 May, 2017
Pedro Silva, Luís Maximiano, Pedro Empis, Miguel Luís and Pedro Delgado for Portugal
A total of five Sporting CP players will feature in the Portuguese under-20 squad for the coming World Cup, being held from the 20th of May to the 11th of June in South Korea.
Portugal is in Group C, along with Iran, Zambia and Costa Rica.
Squad list in full:
Goalkeepers: Pedro Silva (SPORTING), Diogo Costa (FC Porto) and Luís Maximiano (SPORTING);
Defenders: Pedro Empis (SPORTING), Diogo Dalot (FC Porto), Yuri Ribeiro (Benfica), Rúben Dias (Benfica), Jorge Fernandes (FC Porto) and Ferro (Benfica);
Midfielders: Pedro Rodrigues (Benfica), Florentino (Benfica), Gedson Fernandes (Benfica), Miguel Luís (SPORTING), Pedro Delgado (SPORTING), Xadas (Sp. Braga), Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica), Buta (Benfica) and Bruno Costa (FC Porto);
Forwards: Alexandre Silva (Vitória de Guimarães), José Gomes (Benfica) and André Ribeiro (Zurich).