{"id":11647,"date":"2026-03-23T01:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soccernoticias.com\/blog\/?p=11647"},"modified":"2026-03-25T00:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:27:42","slug":"paulinho-called-to-selecao-helps-replaces-leao-and-mora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soccernoticias.com\/blog\/paulinho-called-to-selecao-helps-replaces-leao-and-mora\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED SQUAD LIST: Paulinho, Ricardo Velho Called to Sele\u00e7\u00e3o, Helps Replaces Le\u00e3o, Mora, Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roberto Mart\u00ednez has made changes to the squad list for the upcoming friendlies against Mexico and the USA.<\/p>\n

Martinez called up Paulinho, a forward from Toluca, to replace two injured players. Rodrigo Mora from FC Porto and Rafael Le\u00e3o from AC Milan, who were released due to physical problems.<\/p>\n

Paulinho will join the team in Mexico, where Portugal will train before the first match against Mexico, which is scheduled for Saturday night.<\/p>\n

UPDATED SQUAD<\/strong><\/p>\n

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GK: <\/strong>Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 (Wolverhampton), Rui Silva (Sporting CP), Ricardo Velho (Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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D:<\/strong> Gon\u00e7alo In\u00e1cio (Sporting CP), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Tom\u00e1s Ara\u00fajo (Benfica), Ant\u00f3nio Silva (Benfica), Renato Veiga (Villarreal), Jo\u00e3o Cancelo (Barcelona), Matheus Nunes (Manchester City)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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M: <\/strong>Pedro Gon\u00e7alves (Sporting), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Vitinha (PSG), Jo\u00e3o Neves (PSG), Samuel Costa (Mallorca), R\u00faben Neves (Al Hilal), Mateus Fernandes (West Ham)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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F: <\/strong>Francisco Trinc\u00e3o (Sporting CP), Gon\u00e7alo Ramos (PSG), Ricardo Horta (SC Braga), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), Gon\u00e7alo Guedes (Real Sociedad), Francisco Concei\u00e7\u00e3o (Juventus), Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix (Al Nassr), Paulinho (Toluca).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roberto Mart\u00ednez has made changes to the squad list for the upcoming friendlies against Mexico and the USA. Martinez called up Paulinho, a forward from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccernoticias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Paulinho.jpg?fit=828%2C552&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdnh7s-31R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11637,"url":"https:\/\/www.soccernoticias.com\/blog\/martinez-announces-call-ups-for-mexico-and-usa-friendlies-for-late-march\/","url_meta":{"origin":11647,"position":0},"title":"Martinez Announces Call Ups for Mexico and USA Friendlies","author":"Psoccer","date":"March 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of Portugal\u2019s squad, announced by head coach Roberto Mart\u00ednez on Friday at Cidade do Futebol, for this month\u2019s friendlies against Mexico and the United States. 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