Sporting football club
Club Information | ||||||||||
| League: Campeonato Nacional (Por) | ||||||||||
| Nickname: Lagartos | ||||||||||
| Year Founded: 1906 | ||||||||||
| Location: Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||
| Stadium: Jos? Alvalade | ||||||||||
| Capacity: 52000 | ||||||||||
| Official Website: sporting.pt | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Paid: £5.85m for Florent Sinama-Pongolle from Atletico Madrid in 2010 | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £12.24m for Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in 2003 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 27 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 14 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: Anderson Polga (7 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| - | Nelson (Por) | GK | 34 | - | 187 | 77 | - | - | - | - |
| - | Ricardo Batista (Por) | GK | 23 | Setubal | 190 | 78 | 06/2011 | 2008 | Fulham (Eng) | £119.4k |
| - | Vladimir Stojkovic (Srb) | GK | 27 | Loznica | 195 | 92 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Nantes (Fra) | Undisc. |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| - | Leandro Grimi (Arg) | LB | 25 | San Lorenzo | 182 | 74 | 06/2013 | 2008 | AC Milan (Ita) | £2.19m |
| - | Tonel (Por) | CD | 30 | Lourosa | 185 | - | 06/2011 | 2005 | - | - |
| - | Marco Caneira (Por) | CD | 31 | Negrais | 178 | 75 | 06/2011 | 2006 | Valencia (Spa) | Loan |
| - | Nuno Coelho (Por) | CD | 24 | - | 190 | 78 | - | 2010 | FC Porto (Por) | Swap |
| - | Moises Moura Pinheiro (Bra) | DF | 31 | Nanurque-MG | 187 | 78 | 06/2008 | 2006 | Cruzeiro (Bra) | Free |
| - | Anderson Polga (Bra) | DF | 31 | Santiago | 182 | 76 | - | 2003 | Gremio (Bra) | Free |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| - | Simon Vukcevic (Mnt) | LM | 24 | Podgorica | 179 | 78 | - | 2007 | Saturn MO (Rus) | £1.66m |
| - | Pedro Mendes (Por) | CM | 31 | Guimaraes | 178 | 77 | 06/2012 | 2010 | Rangers (Sco) | Undisc. |
| - | Fabio Rochemback (Bra) | CM | 28 | Soledade | 183 | 83 | 06/2011 | 2008 | Middlesbrough (Eng) | Free |
| - | Maniche (Por) | MF | 32 | Lisbon | 173 | 69 | 06/2011 | 2010 | 1.FC Koln (Ger) | Free |
| - | Matias Fernandez (Chl) | MF | 24 | Buenos Aires | 177 | 75 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Villarreal (Spa) | £3.16m |
| - | Fabio Paim (Por) | MF | 22 | Estoril | 176 | 66 | - | 2009 | Chelsea (Eng) | Loan return |
| - | Leandro Romagnoli (Arg) | MF | 29 | Capital Federal | 172 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
| - | Adrien Silva (Por) | MF | 21 | Angouleme | 175 | 75 | - | - | - | - |
| - | Alberto Zapater (Spa) | MF | 25 | Zaragoza | 178 | 75 | - | 2010 | Genoa (Ita) | Swap |
| - | Marat Izmailov (Rus) | RW | 27 | Moscow | 172 | 66 | 06/2013 | 2008 | Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus) | £3.56m |
| - | Bruma (Por) | WG | 15 | Guinea-Bissau | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| - | Silvestre Varela (Por) | FW | 25 | - | - | - | - | 2009 | Estrela Amadora (Por) | Loan return |
| - | Liedson (Bra) | ST | 32 | Cairu | 175 | 63 | 06/2010 | 2003 | Flamengo (Bra) | £? |
| - | Deivid de Souza (Bra) | ST | 30 | Rio de Janeiro | 180 | 77 | 06/2009 | 2005 | Bordeaux (Fra) | £2.09m |
| - | Yannick Djalo (Por) | ST | 24 | Bissau | 171 | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| - | Helder Postiga (Por) | ST | 28 | Vila do Conde | 179 | 79 | 06/2011 | 2008 | FC Porto (Por) | £? |
| - | Milan Purovic (Mnt) | ST | 25 | Podgorica | - | - | 06/2012 | 2007 | Red Star Belgrade (Srb) | Undisc. |
| - | Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Fra) | ST | 25 | Saint Pierre | 176 | 69 | 06/2013 | 2010 | Atletico Madrid (Spa) | £5.85m |