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This article is about the eSports team. For the men's football team, see Sporting CP.
Sporting CP Esports
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal Esports
Short nameSCP Esports
GameFIFA
Founded21 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-21)
ChairmanFrederico Varandas
Head coachFrancisco Cruz
ManagerMárcio Figueiredo
Parent groupSporting CP
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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]

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]

Current roster

FIFA

As of 2019[10][11]

Nat. Name ID Position Join date
Portugal Bruno Rato BrunoRato Player 2019-01-30
Brazil Wendell Lira Wendelllira Player 2019-11-12
Portugal Diogo Mendes SCP Diogo Player 2019-01-04

Management

Nat. Name Position
Portugal Márcio Figueiredo Head of eSports
Portugal Francisco Cruz Team Manager

References

  1. ^ a b "Sporting CP anuncia oficialmente entrada nos eSports". IGN Portugal (in European Portuguese). 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "Sporting Clube de Portugal adere aos eSports". Eurogamer.pt (in Portuguese). 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  3. ^ a b "Sporting junta às suas modalidades desportivas os... eSports". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  4. ^ "SCP eSports". Sporting CP. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Equipa de Esports do Sporting lança-se no Rocket League". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  6. ^ "Sporting CP reforça infraestruturas para Esports". RTP Arena (in European Portuguese). 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  7. ^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal joins eSports world". Shifter. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal joins eSports". Future Behind. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal eSports". FIFA eSports Gamepedia. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b "eSports: Puskás 2015 diz que Sporting é o concretizar de um sonho". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  11. ^ "Sporting apresenta o primeiro jogador de eSports do clube". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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