Patrícia Morais, Fátima Pinto, Tatiana Pinto, Diana Silva and Ana Borges for Portugal

The Portuguese female national team will see five Sporting CP players star in the Euro 2017 squad, taking place in the Netherlands on the 16th of July.

The five Alvalade ladies are Patrícia Morais (goalkeeper), Fátima Pinto (midfielder), Tatiana Pinto (midfielder), Diana Silva (forward) and Ana Borges (forward).

Squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Rute Costa (Sp. Braga), Patrícia Morais (SPORTING), Jamila Martins (Futebol Benfica)

Defenders: Carole (BV Cloppenburg/Germany), Matilde Fidalgo (Futebol Benfica), Mónica Mendes (FC Neunkirch/Switzerland), Sílvia Rebelo (Sp. Braga), Raquel Infante (Levante/Spain)

Midfielders: Amanda da Costa (Boston Breakers/United States), Andreia Norton (Sp. Braga), Cláudia Lima (Boavista), Cláudia Neto (Linköpings FC/Switzerland), Dolores Silva (Sp. Braga), Diana Gomes (Valadares Gaia), Tatiana Pinto (SPORTING), Fátima Pinto (SPORTING), Melissa Antunes (Sp. Braga), Vanessa Marques (Sp. Braga)

Forward: Ana Leite (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany), Ana Borges (SPORTING), Carolina Mendes (Grindavik FC/Iceland), Diana Silva (SPORTING), Jéssica Silva (Sp. Braga), Laura Luís (Sp. Braga), Suzane Pires (Santos/Brazil)

International shotstopper agrees deal

Sporting's female football team has added yet another heavy weight to their armoury, this time bringing the Portuguese international goalkeeper Patrícia Morais.

Joining Sporting after two years in France with FF Yzeure and ASPTT Albi, Morais is eager to get underway. "I played as a forward before I had a go in goal in a friendly game against USA", revealed the new signing.