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Panama is in Group G alongside England, Belgium and Tunisia.

The following 23 players have been selected by Panama’s head coach Hernan Dario Gomez for the nation`s first ever World Cup:

Player	Position	Age	Caps	Goals	Club
Jamie Penedo	Keeper	36	131	0	Dinamo Bucharest 🇷🇴
Jose Calderon	Keeper	32	31	0	Chorillo 🇵🇦
Alex Rodriguez	Keeper	27	6	0	San Francisco 🇵🇦
Michael Murillo	Right back	22	22	2	New York Red Bulls 🇺🇸
Fidel Escobar	Centre back	23	23	1	New York Red Bulls 🇺🇸
Harold Cummings	Centre back	26	52	0	San Jose Earthquakes 🇺🇸
Adolfo Machado	Centre back	33	76	1	Houston Dynamo 🇺🇸
Roman Torres (c)	Centre back	32	111	10	Seattle Sounders 🇺🇸
Felipe Baloy	Centre back	37	102	3	Municipal󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇹
Luis Ovalle	Left back	29	25	0	Olimpia 🇭🇳
Erick Davis	Left back	27	38	0	Dunajska Streda 🇸🇰
Anibal Godoy	Midfielder	28	89	2	San Jose Earthquakes 🇺🇸
Gabriel Gomez	Midfielder	34	144	12	Atletico Bucaramanga 🇨🇴
Ricardo Avila	Midfielder	21	5	0	Gent II 🇧🇪
Jose Luis Rodriguez	Midfielder	19	2	0	Gent II 🇧🇪
Armando Cooper	Midfielder	30	98	7	Universidad de Chile 🇨🇱
Edgar Barcenas	Midfielder	24	29	0	Tapachula 🇲🇽
Valentin Pimentel	Midfielder	27	23	1	Plaza Amador 🇵🇦
Ismael Diaz	Forward	21	11	2	Deportivo Fabril 🇪🇦󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Blas Perez	Forward	37	118	43	Municipal 🇬🇹
Gabriel Torres	Forward	29	72	14	Huachipato 🇨🇱
Abdiel Arroyo	Forward	24	33	5	Alajuelense 🇨🇷󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Luis Tejada	Forward	36	105	43	Sport Boys 🇵🇪

 
Potential Panama starting XI (4-5-1):

Penedo – Murillo, Torres, Baloy, Davis – Barcenas, Godoy, Gomez, Cooper, Rodriguez – Torres

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