18 eagles in the youth national teams

Sport Lisboa e Benfica's academy football continues to be heavily represented in the several categories of the youth national teams. In the most recent squad lists of the U-16, Sub-17 and Sub-18s were include 18 players from the Reds.

4 in U-16s

Diogo Prioste, Hugo Félix, Thiago Pereira and Ricardo Marques were the four Benfica players named by Joaquim Milheiro in the 21-man squad list for the UEFA  Development Tournament, in Vila Real de Santo António (February 2 and 11).

6 in the U-17s

António Silva, Martim Neto, Guilherme Montóia, Gustavo Mendonça, João Tomé and João Resende were the Benfica players chosen to be present in the 43^rd Algarve International Tournament, that takes place between February 8 and 12.

7 in the U-18s 

In the U-18 National team, Benfica is the most represented club with seven eagles under the national coach Emílio Peixe for the La Manga International Tournament, that takes place between February 6 and 11, in Espanha. Diogo Nascimento, Filipe Cruz, Gerson Sousa, Henrique Pereira, Henrique Araújo, Rafael Rodrigues and Tomás Araújo are the players from the Reds in the squad list.s

1 in the U-18s from Hungary

The forward from the U-19s Rajmund Molnár was called up for Hungary U-18 National team, that will carry out a training camp between February 9 and 12, in Telki.

Text: Márcia Dores

Photos: SL Benfica