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#9. Gelson Martins
The Sporting CP winger who has been linked with a move to Arsenal was born in the African country Cape Verde. Martins moved to Portugal during his teenage years and came through the Academy of Sporting for whom he still plays.
He has represented Portugal at the U18, U19, U20, U21 and U23 level since 2012 before making his senior debut in September 2016.
The 23-year-old pacey winger has represented Portugal at the senior level 18 times so far and will add to that during the World Cup. Portugal manager, Fernando Santos, has opted to leave out Nani from the FIFA World Cup squad and this opens up a starting role for Martins.
During the recent friendly against Belgium, he was one of the team’s standout performers and he will be hoping to lessen the burden on the team’s talisman Cristiano Ronaldo.
