Cristiano Ronaldo will feature in his sixth FIFA World Cup tournament in North America after the 41-year-old was included in Portugal’s 27-man squad for the competition starting on June 11.

Portugal head coach Roberto Martínez listed four goalkeepers, nine defenders, six midfielders, eight forwards in the team unveiled on Tuesday, with late squad regular Diogo Jota also earning an honorary call-up.

The former Liverpool player was killed in a car accident in Spain last year. 

Other players included in the list were Manchester United duo of Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot as well as Paris Saint-Germain’s Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, João Neves and Gonçalo Ramos. 

Portugal’s full list 

Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa, José Sá, Rui Silva, Ricardo Velho.

Defenders: Rúben Dias, João Cancelo, Diogo Dalot, Nuno Mendes, Nélson Semedo, Matheus Nunes, Gonçalo Inacio, Renato Veiga, Tomás Araújo.

Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Vitinha, João Neves, Rúben Neves, Samú Costa.

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Leão, João Félix, Gonçalo Ramos, Pedro Neto, Francisco Conceição, Gonçalo Guedes, Francisco Trincão.

Brazil World Cup squad

On Monday, Neymar returned to international team duty as head coach Carlo Ancelotti added the 34-year-old to Brazil’s 26-man squad for the tournament. 

Neymar has not featured for the Selecao since 2023 amid his struggles with injuries but there were calls from the public ahead of Monday’s announcement for the former Barcelona forward to be brought back to the team. 

Goalkeepers: Alisson, Ederson, Weverton.

Defenders: Alex Sandro, Danilo, Leo Pereira, Bremer, Ibanez, Wesley, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Douglas Santos. 

Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes, Casemiro, Danilo Santos, Fabinho, Lucas Paqueta.

Forwards: Endrick, Gabriel Martinelli, Igor Thiago, Matheus Cunha, Raphinha, Vinicius Junior, Luiz Henrique, Neymar, Rayan.

France World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Mike Maignan, Robin Risser, Brice Samba.

Defenders: Lucas Digne, Malo Gusto, Lucas Hernandez, Theo Hernandez, Ibrahima Konate, Maxence Lacroix, Jules Kounde, William Saliba, Dayot Upamenaco.

Midfielders: N’Golo Kante, Manu Kone, Adrien Rabiot, Aurelien Tchouameni, Warren Zaire-Emery.

Forwards: Maghnes Akliouche, Bradley Barcola, Rayan Cherki, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Michael Olise, Kylian Mbappe, Jean-Phillipe Mateta, Marcus Thuram.

Belgium World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Senne Lammens, Mike Penders.

Defenders: Timothy Castagne, Zeno Debast, Maxim de Cuyper, Koni de Winter, Brandon Mechele, Thomas Meunier, Nathan Ngoy, Joaquin Seys, Arthur Theate.

Midfielders: Kevin de Bruyne, Amadou Onana, Nicolas Raskin, Youri Tielemans, Hans Vanaken, Axel Witsel.

Forwards: Charles de Ketelaere, Jeremy Doku, Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Romelu Lukaku, Dodi Lukebakio, Diego Moreira, Alexis Saelemaekers, Leandro Trossard.

Croatia World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic, Dominik Kotarski, Ivor Pandur.

Defenders: Josko Gvardiol, Duje Caleta-Car, Josip Sutalo, Josip Stanisic, Marin Pongracic, Martin Erlic, Luka Vuskovic.

Midfielders: Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic, Nikola Vlasic, Luka Sucic, Martin Baturina, Kristijan Jakic, Petar Sucic, Nikola Moro, Toni Fruk.

Forwards: Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Ante Budimir, Marco Pasalic, Petar Musa, Igor Matanovic.

Sweden World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Viktor Johansson, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Jacob Widell Zetterstrom.

Defenders: Hjalmar Ekdal, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Isak Hien, Emil Holm, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Victor Lindelof, Erik Smith, Carl Starfelt, Elliot Stroud, Daniel Svensson.

Midfielders: Taha Ali, Yasin Ayari, Lucas Bergvall, Jesper Karlstrom, Ken Sema, Mattias Svanberg, Besfort Zeneli.

Forwards: Alexander Bernhardsson, Anthony Elanga, Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak, Gustaf Nilsson, Benjamin Nygren.

Ivory Coast World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana, Mohamed Kone, Alban Lafont.

Defenders: Emmanuel Agbadou, Clement Akpa, Ousmane Diomande, Guela Doue, Ghislain Konan, Odilon Kossonou, Evan Ndicka, Wilfried Singo.

Midfielders: Seko Fofana, Parfait Guiagon, Franck Kessie, Christ Oulai, Ibrahim Sangare, Jean-Michael Seri.

Forwards: Simon Adingra, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Amad Diallo, Oumar Diakite, Yan Diomande, Evann Guessand, Nicolas Pepe, Bazoumana Toure, Elye Wahi.

Tunisia World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Sabri Ben Hessen,  Abdelmouhib Chamakh, Aymen Dahman.

Defenders: Ali Abdi, Adem Arous, Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida, Dylan Bronn, Raed Chikhaoui, Moutaz Neffati, Omar Rekik, Montassar Talbi, Yan Valery..

Midfielders: Mortadha Ben Ouanes, Anis Ben Slimane, Ismael Gharbi, Rani Khedira, Mohamed Hadj Mahmoud, Hannibal Mejbri, Ellyes Skhiri.

Forwards: Elias Achouri, Khalil Ayari, Firas Chaouat, Rayan Elloumi, Hazem Mastouri, Elias Saad, Sebastian Tounekti.