South America

Estudiantes midfielder Leonardo Roque Gil has moved to reveal that he is excited by the prospect of representing the Chilean national team. The 24-year-old is eligible to represent La Roja through his maternal grandmother and he appears to be in the first team plans of national team coach Jorge Sampaoli. ...

Wolfsburg midfielder Francisco Rodriguez has rejected the opportunity to represent Chile in the friendly match against Paraguay, it has been revealed. The 19-year-old was selected in Jorge Sampaoli’s squad for the Paraguay friendly, but he has decided to withdraw from the roster seeing as he has yet to make a ...

Argentina international midfielder Lucas Biglia is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a muscle injury playing for Lazio. The 29-year-old scored the opening goal for the Biancocelesti in weekend’s 2-1 win over Bologna, but he had to come off at the start of the second period. Biglia ...

Paraguay coach Ramon Diaz has named a total of five uncapped footballers in his 23-man squad for the September friendly vs Chile. With the clash against the reigning Copa America champions set to serve as the final warm-up game ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the experienced tactician opted ...

Chile hotshot Charles Aranguiz will not be making his Bayer Leverusen debut any time soon after suffering a serious injury in training on Thursday. After watching the first two matches of the season from the bench, the 26-year-old was widely tipped to be handed his debut in weekend’s clash with ...

Miguel Angel Portugal has revealed his first ever Bolivia squad as La Verde are set to face Argentina and Dominican Republic in international friendlies. The Spanish coach was chosen as the man to replace Mauricio Soria just few days ago and he has now announced his first squad. The four ...

Peru coach Ricardo Gareca has completed the national team squad for international friendlies vs United States and Colombia by adding 11 home-based players to the side. The list announced on Thursday morning includes a total of nine footballers that represented the country at the 2015 Copa America, where La Blanquirroja ...

Former Barcelona winger Jeffren Suarez has received his first ever call-up for the Venezuela national team after switching his allegiance from Spain. La Vinotinto will contest international friendlies against CONCACAF sides Honduras and Panama during the FIFA dates at the start of September and coach Noel Sanvicente has announced his ...

Gerardo Martino has moved to announce his 24-man squad that will represent Argentina in September friendlies on United States soil. La Albiceleste face Bolivia at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston on September 4 before squaring off with 2015 Gold Cup winners Mexico at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas ...

Uruguay national team coach Oscar Tabarez has announced his 23-man squad that will represent the country in the upcoming international friendlies. Before they kick off the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with an away game vs Bolivia, La Celeste will square off with Panama and Costa Rica on September 4 ...