{"id":119659,"date":"2026-05-27T04:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/panama-to-the-2026-world-cup-quintero-leads-the-list-carrasquilla-ok-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T04:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:59:49","slug":"panama-to-the-2026-world-cup-quintero-leads-the-list-carrasquilla-ok-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/panama-to-the-2026-world-cup-quintero-leads-the-list-carrasquilla-ok-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama to the 2026 World Cup: Quintero leads the list, Carrasquilla OK"},"content":{"rendered":"The Panamanian national soccer team has revealed the list of 26 players called up by Thomas Christiansen to represent the country in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The announcement, made in Panama City, marks a crucial moment in the team&#8217;s preparation for the tournament.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Return of a Legend<\/h2>\n\n\nThe call-up stands out for the return of midfielder Alberto &#8216;Negrito&#8217; Quintero, a historic player for Panamanian soccer. His inclusion in the list represents a significant reinforcement for the team.\n\nQuintero, currently in the ranks of Plaza Amador, returns to the national team after a period of absence. His experience and leadership are important assets for the team.\n\nThe list also includes key figures such as Adalberto &#8216;Coco&#8217; Carrasquilla, whose participation generated uncertainty due to an injury, but was finally confirmed.\n\nThe coach Thomas Christiansen has kept the core of the team that secured the World Cup spot, including players like An\u00edbal Godoy, Michael Amir Murillo, Jos\u00e9 Fajardo, and Cecilio Waterman.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The group&#8217;s commitment and the team&#8217;s competitiveness are key to surpassing the performance of Russia 2018.<\/p><cite>Thomas Christiansen<\/cite>\n\nThe presentation of the list took place on the steps of the Panama Canal Administration Building, an emblematic place for the country.\n\nThe administrator of the Panama Canal, Ricaurte V\u00e1squez, compared this moment to the historic celebration of December 31, 1999, highlighting the importance of the event for Panama.\n\nPanam\u00e1 will debut on June 17 against Ghana at Toronto Stadium, in Canada, as part of Group L, which also includes Croatia and England.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Called up for the 2026 World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Orlando Mosquera, Luis Mej\u00eda, C\u00e9sar Samudio<\/li><li><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> C\u00e9sar Blackman, Jorge Guti\u00e9rrez, Michael Amir Murillo, Jos\u00e9 C\u00f3rdoba, Fidel Escobar, Andr\u00e9s Andrade, Edgardo Fari\u00f1a, Eric Davis, Jiovanny Ramos, Roderick Miller<\/li><li><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Adalberto Carrasquilla, An\u00edbal Godoy, Christian Mart\u00ednez, Edgar Yoel B\u00e1rcenas, Carlos Harvey, Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez, C\u00e9sar Yanis, Alberto Quintero, Azar\u00edas Londo\u00f1o<\/li><li><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Ismael D\u00edaz, Cecilio Waterman, Jos\u00e9 Fajardo, Tom\u00e1s Rodr\u00edguez<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nThe team will play a series of preparatory friendlies against Brazil, Dominican Republic, and Bosnia and Herzegovina before settling into their base camp in Ontario.\n\nThe Panamanian fans eagerly await their team&#8217;s participation in the World Cup, hoping to surpass the performance of Russia 2018.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Panamanian national soccer team has revealed the list of 26 players called up by Thomas Christiansen to represent the country in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The announcement, made in Panama City, marks a crucial moment in the team&#8217;s preparation for the tournament. The Return of a Legend The call-up stands out for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[12739,4171,12740,1215],"class_list":{"0":"post-119659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-christiansen","9":"tag-panama","10":"tag-quintero","11":"tag-world-cup-2026"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}