Wealth of Alvalade faces feature in under-21 Euro 2017 qualifier win

The national under-21 team beat Norway 3-1 in a Euro 2017 qualifier this week, with Alvalade's Rúben Semedo finding the back of the net with a 59th minute header.

Also in action were Sporting CP's Iuri Medeiros (on loan to Boavista), Daniel Podence and Carlos Mané (on loan to Stuttgart), while Domingos Duarte (on loan to Belenenses) and Tobias Figueiredo (on loan to Nacional) were introduced off the bench.

Rúben Semedo, Francisco Geraldes and Daniel Podence joined by several players currently on loan

The national under-21 team will face Norway (24th of March at 18h15, in Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril) and Germany (28th of May at 18h00, in Stuttgart) in preparation for the 2017 European Championships. 

Podence on target and Rúben Semedo, Tobias Figueiredo and Francisco Geraldes handed starts against Hungary

Portugal drew 3-3 against Hungary in Thursday afternoon, on the second to last encounter of the under-21 Euro 2017 qualifiers.

Sporting's central defensive pair of Rúben Semedo and Tobias Figueiredo started at the back, while Francisco Geraldes and Daniel Podence, the latter also finding the back of the net, featured further up the park.

Acquisition of economic rights of from Quality Football Ireland Limited

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has acquired the percentages of the economic rights of Carlos Chaby and Tobias Figueiredo from the fund Quality Football Ireland Limited, corresponding to 50% of each player, for a total investment of 2,000,000.00€.

With these acquisitions, Sporting SAD now holds the full (100%) economic rights of both players.

Rui Jorge names squad of 23 for Euro 2017 qualifiers

Rúben Semedo, Gelson Martins, Iuri Medeiros, Carlos Mané, Francisco Geraldes and Tobias Figueiredo all feature in the latest Portuguese under-21 squad list.

Rui Jorge's squad will face Israel (2nd of September) and Greece (6th of September) in a pair of Euro 2017 qualifiers.

Squad list in full:

Goalkeepers:

André Moreira (Atlético Madrid)

Bruno Varela (V. Setúbal)

Joel Pereira (Manchester United)

Defenders:

Edgar Ié (Villarreal)

Fernando Fonseca (FC Porto)

Paulo Henrique (P. Ferreira)

Rúben Semedo (Sporting)

Simão Azevedo (Sp. Braga)

Tobias Figueiredo (on loan from Sporting CP to Nacional)

Yuri Ribeiro (Benfica)

Midfielders:

André Horta (Benfica)

Bruno Fernandes (Sampdoria)

Francisco Geraldes (on loan from Sporting CP to Moreirense)

João Carvalho (Benfica)

Rúben Neves (FC Porto)

Tomás Podstawski (FC Porto)

Forwards:

Carlos Mané (Sporting)

Diogo Jota (Atlético Madrid)

Gelson Martins (Sporting)

Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica)

Gonçalo Paciência (FC Porto)

Iúri Medeiros (Sporting)

Ricardo Horta (Sp. Braga)

Tobias Figueiredo, Ricardo Esgaio and Carlos Mané to feature for Portugal in Rio 2016

Rui Jorge announced his squad list for the football competition in the coming Rio 2016 Olympic Games this week. Three Sporting players feature: Ricardo Esgaio, Carlos Mané and Tobias Figueiredo (who is currently with Nacional da Madeira on loan."

Speaking about the squad, Rui Jorge revealed the difficulties faced in putting together a list: "When we picked 35 players, we did so thinking we could put together an ideal squad for the Olympics. With some clubs saying no, we only got 11 of those 35. That has really limited us."

Portugal will play in Group D, along with Argentina, Honduras and Algeria.

Squad list in full:

Goalkeepers: Bruno Varela (V. Setúbal) and Joel Pereira (Manchester United).

Defenders: Edgar Ié (Villarreal), Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting), Tobias Figueiredo (Nacional) and Tiago Ilori (Liverpool).

Midfielders: André Martins (free agent), Bruno Fernandes (Udinese), Fábio Sturgeon (Belenenses), Francisco Ramos (Chaves), Sérgio Oliveira (FC Porto), Tiago Silva (Feirense) and Tomás Podstawski (FC Porto).

Forwards: Carlos Mané (Sporting), Gonçalo Paciência (FC Porto), Nuno Santos (V. Setúbal) and Salvador Agra (Nacional).

Player loaned to Nacional da Madeira for the coming season

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with Clube Desportivo Nacional – Futebol, SAD for the loan of the player Tobias Figueiredo for the 2016/17 season, with no option for a permanent transfer.

Sporting SAD wishes Tobias Figueiredo the best of personal and professional success.

Tobias, Jefferson, Naldo and William

Sporting's Medical Department has released the following clinical update on the first team:

Tobias: specialised training

Jefferson: muscle injury in the right calf - in treatment

Naldo: muscle injury in the right thigh - in treatment

William: trauma to the left foot - in treatment

Tobias Figueiredo

Tobias Figueiredo has undergone an arthroscopy on his right knee in Hospital CUF - Descobertas. The operation was undertaken by Dr. Pedro Pessoa and went as planned.

The player is expected to be out of action for 6 weeks.

First team injury news

- Tobias Figueiredo: twist to the right knee. In treatment;

- William Carvalho: myalgia in the left thigh. In treatment;

- Bruno Paulista: muscle injury in right thigh. Conditional training;

- Bryan Ruiz: shock to left knee. In treatment.