Benfica, Sporting stars in Cape Verde squad
MBABANE – The Cape Verde national team yesterday announced their 26-member squad to face Sihlangu.
The squad was published on the Cape Verde Football Association website www.fcf.cv.
“The technical team led by Bubista called up 26 players, with emphasis on the debuts of defender Ivanildon Fernandes from FC Vizela (Portugal), midfielder David Tavares from FC Famalicão (Portugal). Also returning are goalkeeper Vozinha and winger Willy Semedo,” further read the press release.
The squad also includes the like of Benfica star Gilson Tavares and Sporting Lisbon striker Jovane Cabral.
The squad only has two players who play in Africa and these are goalkeeper Keven Ramos, who plays for CS Mindelense and Edilson Borges who plies his trade at FAR Rabat in Morocco.
Notably, a majority of the players play in Europe, as recently reported by this publication.
On March 24 (Friday), the Tubaroes Azulis will host Eswatini for the third round of Group B in the game to be played at the National Stadium at 3pm.
CAPE VERDE FIINAL SQUAD::
GOALKEEPERS: Josimar Dias ‘Vozinha’ – AS Trencin (Slovakia), Keven Ramos ‘Ken’ – CS Mindelense (Cape Verde), Dylan Silva – B SAD (Portugal)
DEFENDERS: Ianique Tavares ‘Stopira’ – Fehervar (Hungary), Edilson Borges ‘Diney’ – FAR Rabat (Morocco), Steve Furtado – CSKA 1948 (Bulgaria), Dylan Tavares – Bastia (France), Roberto Lopes ‘Pico’ – Shamrock Rovers (Ireland), Willy Semedo – Al-Faisaly FC (Saudi Arabia), João Paulo Fernandes, Feirense (Portugal), Ivanildo Fernandes – FC Vizela (Portugal) MIDFIELDERS: Jamiro Monteiro – San Jose Earthquakes (United
For the fourth round, which will take place on March 28 (Tuesday), the game will be played in South
States), Kevin Pina – FK Krasnodar (Russia), Carlos Fernandes ‘Cuca’ – Casa Pia (Portugal), Telmo Arcanjo – Tondela (Portugal), Deroy Duarte – Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands), o (Portugal)
FORWARD: Ryan Mendes – Al Nasr (United Arab Emirates), Garry Rodrigues – Olympiacos (Greece), Julio Tavares – Al Raed (Saudi Arabia), Tiago Correia, Bebé – Real Zaragoza (Spain), Jovane Cabral – Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Gilson Tavares – Benfica (Portugal), Bryan Teixeira – Sturm Graz (Austria), Luís Lopes Duk – Aberdeen (Scotland), Alessio da Cruz – KV Mechelen (Belgium)
Africa, at the Nelspruit Mbombela Stadium, at 3pm local time (noon in Cape Verde).