Sporting CP Esports

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Sporting CP Esports
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal Esports
Short nameSCP Esports
Game FIFA
Founded21 July 2016;8 years ago (2016-07-21)
Chairman Frederico Varandas
Head coachFrancisco Cruz
ManagerMárcio Figueiredo
Parent group Sporting CP

Sporting Clube de Portugal Esports, commonly known as Sporting CP Esports, or simply SCP Esports, is a Portuguese professional esports team founded in 2016, [1] [2] [3] and based in the city of Lisbon in Portugal. The team is the esports department of multi-sports club Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP). [4] [5] [6]

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History

On 21 July 2016, [1] [2] [3] Bruno de Carvalho, who was the president of Sporting CP at the time, launched Sporting CP eSports. [7] [8] The first player of the team was Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz. [9] In 2019, the team signed Wendell Lira to compete in FIFA. [10] In October 2023, Sporting CP Esports was the first major Portuguese team to play Rocket League, one of the most popular video games on the market at the time, which already had more than 100 million players worldwide. [5] In 2023, Sporting CP updated its esports facility at the club’s stadium, the Estádio José Alvalade. The facility, called the NOS eStadium, was modernised with the help of the club’s sponsor NOS and was upgraded with state-of-the-art HP Omen and PlayStation 5 machines, among other improvements for both the players of the team and visitors. [11] [6]

Current roster

FIFA

As of 2019 [10] [12]

Nat.NameIDPositionJoin date
Flag of Portugal.svg Bruno RatoBrunoRatoPlayer2019-01-30
Flag of Brazil.svg Wendell Lira WendellliraPlayer2019-11-12
Flag of Portugal.svg Diogo MendesSCP DiogoPlayer2019-01-04

Management

Nat.NamePosition
Flag of Portugal.svg Márcio FigueiredoHead of department
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco CruzHead coach

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