2026 World Cup leaves several Sporting names by the wayside | OneFootball

Much has been said about the names of the Sporting players who will be present at the 2026 World Cup. However, many others will miss out on this competition, either by the coach’s choice or because they failed to qualify their national team for the desired field.

Eight green-and-white internationals will be at the World Cup, with Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio and Francisco Trincão (Portugal); Luis Suárez (Colombia); Zeno Debast (Belgium); Ousmane Diomande - who has been the subject of strong interest in the transfer market - (Ivory Coast); and Maxi Araújo and Rodrigo Zalazar (Uruguay), while other footballers will be left out.

This is the case with Pedro Gonçalves and Hidemassa Morita, who were not among those chosen by their respective national team coaches and, on the other hand, Morten Hjulmand, Giorgi Kochorashvili and Georgios Vagiannidis, regular names in their countries’ squads, will miss out because their nations did not qualify.

Geny Catamo, a frequent standout for Mozambique, was also left out of the squad. It was already certain that the African side would not be present at the World Cup, so the coach opted to call up only players from the Moçambola, the country’s domestic league.

Luís Guilherme and Souleymane Faye were also not included in the squad list for the 2026 World Cup. Despite being left out, the players from Brazil and Senegal, respectively, saw their countries qualify for the competition. Meanwhile, Iván Fresneda and Fotis Ioannidis, both injured, already knew they would not be options for their nations.

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