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Panama: World Cup 2018 squad

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 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด
Jose Calderon Keeper 32 31 0 Chorillo ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Alex Rodriguez Keeper 27 6 0 San Francisco ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Michael Murillo Right back 22 22 2 New York Red Bulls ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Fidel Escobar Centre back 23 23 1 New York Red Bulls ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Harold Cummings Centre back 26 52 0 San Jose Earthquakes ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Adolfo Machado Centre back 33 76 1 Houston Dynamo ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Roman Torres (c) Centre back 32 111 10 Seattle Sounders ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Felipe Baloy Centre back 37 102 3 Municipal๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น
Luis Ovalle Left back 29 25 0 Olimpia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Erick Davis Left back 27 38 0 Dunajska Streda ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Anibal Godoy Midfielder 28 89 2 San Jose Earthquakes ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Gabriel Gomez Midfielder 34 144 12 Atletico Bucaramanga ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด
Ricardo Avila Midfielder 21 5 0 Gent II ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Jose Luis Rodriguez Midfielder 19 2 0 Gent II ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Armando Cooper Midfielder 30 98 7 Universidad de Chile ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Edgar Barcenas Midfielder 24 29 0 Tapachula ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Valentin Pimentel Midfielder 27 23 1 Plaza Amador ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Ismael Diaz Forward 21 11 2 Deportivo Fabril ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Blas Perez Forward 37 118 43 Municipal ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น
Gabriel Torres Forward 29 72 14 Huachipato ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Abdiel Arroyo Forward 24 33 5 Alajuelense ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Luis Tejada Forward 36 105 43 Sport Boys ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช

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

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

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Uruguay: World Cup 2018 squad

Uruguay is in Group A alongside Russia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

The following 23 players have been selected by Uruguay’s head coach Oscar Tabarez for the 2018 World Cup:

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Fernando Muslera Keeper 31 97 0 Galatasaray ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Martin Silva Keeper 35 11 0 Vasco Da Gama ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Martin Campana Keeper 29 1 0 Independiente ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Maxi Pereira Right back 34 125 3 FC Porto๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
Guillermo Varela Right back 25 3 0 Penarol ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Martin Caceres Centre back 31 76 4 Lazio ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Sebastian Coates Centre back 27 30 1 Sporting Lisbon ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
Jose Maria Gimenez Centre back 23 42 5 Atletico Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Diego Godin (c) Centre back 32 116 8 Atletico Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Gaston Silva Left back 24 17 0 Independiente ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Lucas Torreira Midfielder 22 3 0 Sampdoria ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Matias Vecino Midfielder 26 22 1 Inter Milan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Rodrigo Bentancur Midfielder 25 35 6 Juventus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Nahitan Nandez Midfielder 22 12 0 Boca Juniors ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Cristian Rodriguez Midfielder 32 105 11 Penarol ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ
Carlos Sanchez Midfielder 33 36 1 Monterrey ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Diego Laxalt Midfielder 25 6 0 Genoa ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Giorgian De Arrascaeta Midfielder 24 14 2 Cruzeiro ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
Cristhian Stuani Forward 31 41 5 Girona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Jonathan Urretaviscaya Forward 28 4 0 Monterrey ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Luis Suarez Forward 31 98 51 FC Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Edinson Cavani Forward 31 101 42 PSG๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Maxi Gomez Forward 21 5 0 Celta Vigo ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 
Potential Uruguay starting XI (4-4-2):

Muslera โ€“ Varela, Gimenez, Godin, Caceres – Nandez, Vecino, Bentancur, De Arrascaeta – Suarez, Cavani

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Croatia: World Cup 2018 squad

Croatia is in Group D alongside Argentina, Iceland and Nigeria.

Croatia’s head coach Zlatko Dalic has released the official list of players who will travel to Russia for the 2018 World Cup.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Danijel Subasic Keeper 33 38 0 AS Monaco ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Lovre Kalinic Keeper 28 11 0 Gent ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Dominik Livakovic Keeper 23 1 0 Dinamo Zagreb๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท
Sime Vrsaljko Right back 26 35 0 Atletico Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Vedran Corluka Centre back 32 99 4 Lokomotiv Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Tim Jedvaj Centre back 22 12 0 Bayer Leverkusen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Duje Caleta-Car Centre back 21 1 0 Red Bull Salzburg ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Domagoj Vida Centre back 29 59 2 Besiktas ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Dejan Lovren Centre back 28 39 2 Liverpool ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ivan Strinic Left back 30 43 0 AC Milan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Josip Pivaric Left back 29 19 0 Dynamo Kyiv๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Filip Bradaric Midfielder 26 4 0 Rijeka ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท
Marcelo Brozovic Midfielder 25 35 6 Inter Milan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Milan Badelj Midfielder 29 38 1 Fiorentina ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Ivan Rakitic Midfielder 30 92 14 FC Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Luka Modric (c) Midfielder 32 106 12 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mateo Kovacic Midfielder 24 41 1 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Ivan Perisic Forward 29 66 18 Inter Milan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Ante Rebic Forward 24 16 1 Eintracht Frankfurt ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Andrej Kramaric Forward 26 31 9 Hoffenheim ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Mario Mandzukic Forward 32 83 30 Juventus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Marko Pjaca Forward 23 16 1 Juventus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Nikola Kalinic Forward 30 42 15 AC Milan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

 
Potential Croatia starting XI (4-2-3-1):

Subasic โ€“ Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic โ€“ Brozovic, Rakitic – Kramaric, Modric, Perisic – Mandzukic

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Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2018 squad

Saudi Arabia is in Group A alongside Russia, Uruguay and Egypt.

The final Saudi Arabia squad for the 2018 World Cup has been released on June 4th by Spanish head coach Juan Antonio Pizzi.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Yasser Al Mosailem Keeper 34 32 0 Al-Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mohammed Al-Owais Keeper 26 6 0 Al-Ahli๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Abdullah Al-Mayouf Keeper 31 11 0 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mohammed Al-Breik Right back 25 11 1 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Ali Al Bulaihi Centre back 28 4 0 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Osama Hawsawi (c) Centre back 34 135 7 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Omar Hawsawi Centre back 32 42 3 Al-Nassr ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Motaz Hawsawi Centre back 26 17 0 Al-Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mansoor Al-Harbi Left back 30 40 1 Al-Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Yasser Al-Shahrani Left back 26 37 0 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri Midfielder 32 36 0 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Abdullah Otayf Midfielder 25 16 1 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Salman Al-Faraj Midfielder 28 43 3 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mohamed Kanno Midfielder 23 6 1 Al-Hilal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Taisir Al-Jassim Midfielder 33 132 19 Al-Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Housain Al-Mogahwi Midfielder 30 18 1 Al-Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Abdullah Al-Khaibari Midfielder 21 5 0 Al-Shabab ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Hattan Bahebri Midfielder 25 5 0 Al-Shabab ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Yahya Al-Shehri Midfielder 27 57 8 Leganes๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Salem Al-Dawsari Midfielder 26 33 4 Villarreal ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Fahad Al-Muwallad Midfielder 23 45 10 Levante ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Forward 31 40 28 Al-Nassr ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Muhannad Assiri Forward 31 18 4 Al-Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 
Potential Saudi Arabia starting XI (4-5-1):

Al-Mayouf โ€“ Al-Shahrani, Om. Hawsawi, Os. Hawsawi, Al-Harbi โ€“ Al-Shehri, Al-Faraj, Otayf, Al-Jassim, Al-Muwallad – Al-Sahlawi

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Russia: World Cup 2018 squad

Russia is in Group A alongside Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Head coach Stanislav Cherchesov has selected his official squad for Russia’s home World Cup, and the hosts will hope the roster will be good enough after they suffered injuries to key guys like Kokorin, Vasin, Dzhikiya or Kambolov.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Igor Akinfeev (c) Keeper 32 106 0 CSKA Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Vladimir Gabulov Keeper 34 10 0 Club Brugge ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Andrey Lunyov Keeper 26 3 0 Zenit St Petersburg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Igor Smolnikov Right back 29 27 0 Zenit St Petersburg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Mario Fernandes Right back 27 5 0 CSKA Moscow๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Sergei Ignashevich Centre back 38 122 8 CSKA Moscow๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Andrei Semyonov Centre back 29 6 0 Akhmat Grozny๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Vladimir Granat Centre back 31 12 1 Rubin Kazan ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ilya Kutepov Centre back 24 7 0 Spartak Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Fyodor Kudryashov Left back 31 19 0 Rubin Kazan ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Yuri Gazinskiy Midfielder 28 6 0 FC Krasnodar ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Roman Zobnin Midfielder 24 12 0 Spartak Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Aleksandr Samedov Midfielder 33 48 7 Spartak Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Daler Kuzyayev Midfielder 25 6 0 Zenit St Petersburg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Aleksandr Yerokhin Midfielder 28 17 0 Zenit St Petersburg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Yuri Zhirkov Midfielder 34 84 2 Zenit St Petersburg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Denis Cheryshev Midfielder 27 11 0 Villarreal ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Aleksandr Golovin Midfielder 22 19 2 CSKA Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Alan Dzagoev Midfielder 27 57 9 CSKA Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Anton Miranchuk Midfielder 22 6 0 Lokomotiv Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Aleksey Miranchuk Forward 22 18 4 Lokomotiv Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Artem Dzyuba Forward 29 23 11 Arsenal Tula ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Fyodor Smolov Forward 28 32 12 FC Krasnodar ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

 
Potential Russia starting XI (3-5-2):

Akinfeev โ€“ Granat, Kutepov, Kudryashov โ€“ Samedov, Golovin, Kuzyaev, Zobnin, Zhirkov – Dzyuba, Smolov

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