The soccer player Bruno Fernandes will wear the Portugal ‘8’ shirt during the 2022 World Cup, inheriting the number worn by the absent João Moutinho in the last five major international competitions, according to the list released this Tuesday by FIFA.
In the absence of the experienced Wolverhampton midfielder, who has been wearing the ‘8’ successively since Euro 2012, the Manchester United player, who will play in the second World Cup, will wear on his ‘back’ the number that has been used the most throughout Throughout his career, with the exception of the national team, where he was divided between ’16’, in Russia 2018, and ’11’, in Euro 2020.
In addition, of the 15 ‘resistant’ players in the Euro Cup played last year, 10 retain their ‘number’: Rui Patrício (1), Pepe (3), Rúben Dias (4), Raphaël Guerreiro (5), Cristiano Ronaldo ( 7), André Silva (9), Bernardo Silva (10), Danilo Pereira (13), William Carvalho (14), Rúben Neves (18).
João Cancelo, who ended up missing the continental competition due to the coronavirus infection, keeps the ’20’ he was assigned at the time, before being replaced by Diogo Dalot, who now has the ‘2’ that was Nelson Semedo.
In addition to Bruno Fernandes, Nuno Mendes, Palhinha and João Félix also changed their number. The Paris Saint-Germain full-back will use the number 19 that belonged to Pedro Gonçalves, the Fulham midfielder will use the number 6 of José Fonte and the Atlético Madrid striker inherits the number 11 from Bruno Fernandes.
Among the novelties on the list, goalkeeper José Sá inherited the number 12 from Anthony Lopes, Rafael Leão the number 15 from Rafa, Vitinha the number 16 from Renato Sanches -his teammate at Paris Saint-Germain-, João Mário the ’17’ of Gonçalo Guedes, Ricardo Horta the ’21’ of Diogo Jota, Diogo Costa the ’22’ of Rui Silva, Matheus Nunes the ’23’ of João Félix, António Silva the ’24’ of Sérgio Oliveira, Otávio the ’25’ by Nuno Mendes and Gonçalo Ramos the ’26’ by Palhinha.
The new ‘numbers’ will debut in the friendly against Nigeria, on Thursday, at 18:45, at the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon.
Portugal is part of group H of the World Cup, with its debut scheduled for November 24, against Ghana, before facing Uruguay, on November 28, and Paulo Bento’s South Korea, on December 2.
The 22nd edition of the World Cup starts on Sunday, with the duel between the host Qatar and Ecuador, for group A, and ends on December 18.
The numbers of the Portuguese players in the 2022 World Cup
1. rui patrick
two. Diogo Dalot
3. Pepe
Four. ruben days
5. Raphael Guerrero
6. João Paja
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Bruno Fernandes
9. andre silva
10 Bernardo Silva
eleven joao felix
12 Jose Sa
13 danilo pereira
14 Guillermo Carvalho
fifteen. Raphael Leon
sixteen. showcase
17 joao mario
18 ruben neves
19 nuno mendes
twenty Juan Cancelo
twenty-one ricardo horta
22 diogo costa
23 matthew nunes
24 antonio silva
25 octavio
26 gonzalo ramos
Source: TSF
