Francisco Antonio Machado Mota Castro Trincao
Portugal
FWD
Age
26
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Trincão
Francisco Antonio Machado Mota Castro Trincao, known as Trincão, is one of Roberto Martínez's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a winger in the Portugal squad. The Sporting CP attacker will be 26 when the finals begin, and Portugal have been drawn in Group K alongside DR Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia.
Trincão is valued at around €40 million and came through Portugal's youth-international ranks. He enjoyed a standout 2025-26 season for Sporting CP, scoring 13 goals and providing 18 assists across all competitions in 54 appearances. He has 17 caps and three goals for Portugal, and arrives at a first senior World Cup among the country's wide attackers.
Trincão is valued at around €40 million and came through Portugal's youth-international ranks. He enjoyed a standout 2025-26 season for Sporting CP, scoring 13 goals and providing 18 assists across all competitions in 54 appearances. He has 17 caps and three goals for Portugal, and arrives at a first senior World Cup among the country's wide attackers.
World Cup 2026 Stats
Appearances
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Minutes played
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Goals
0
Assists
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Shots
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Shots on Target
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Playing Style
Trincão is a creative right winger who cuts inside onto his left foot to shoot and create chances for those around him. He is versatile with it, comfortable off the left flank or as a second striker, which gives Roberto Martínez more than one way to use him in attack.
He is listed at 1.84 m and is left-footed, and across club competition this season he has logged 4,603 minutes for Sporting CP. At 26 he goes into the group stage among Portugal's forward options.
He is listed at 1.84 m and is left-footed, and across club competition this season he has logged 4,603 minutes for Sporting CP. At 26 he goes into the group stage among Portugal's forward options.
World Cup History
The 2026 finals will be Trincão's first senior World Cup. Roberto Martínez has named him in Portugal's confirmed 26, and he reaches the tournament without a previous senior World Cup appearance, with 17 senior caps behind him for his country. He is listed among the confirmed names Portugal take into 2026, a forward for the group stage.
National Team
Portugal
Tier 2
£24m
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Goal Rush Impact
Trincão's work for Portugal is in attack, a creative winger whose cutting inside to shoot and create gives Martínez's side an end-product threat from wide. He brings real output into the squad after a goal-and-assist-laden club season, with three international goals already to his name for Portugal. On the Goal Rush card Portugal are a Tier 2 side at £24m within the game's £200m card budget, a mid-priced pick on the board.
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Trincão at the 2026 World Cup
Trincão is a confirmed winger in Roberto Martínez's 26-man Portugal squad for the 2026 World Cup. He is in the Portugal side that open their Group K campaign in June.
Picking Portugal in Goal Rush
Portugal sit in Tier 2 on the Goal Rush card at £24m, a mid-priced pick. Roberto Martínez's side begin their group campaign in June.
Trincão World Cup 2026 FAQs
Trincão affects Goal Rush as a winger in Portugal's confirmed 26, with Portugal listed in Tier 2 at £24m. He is one of Roberto Martínez's attacking options for the group stage.
Trincão is a winger for Portugal. He plays his club football for Sporting CP and is part of Roberto Martínez's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Portugal's final 26.
No. The 2026 World Cup will be Trincão's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, reaching the finals for the first time after his place in Portugal's 26-man squad was confirmed.
Trincão plays his club football for Sporting CP. He features among Portugal's forwards in Roberto Martínez's final 26, with Portugal opening their Group K campaign against DR Congo in mid-June.
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