José Sá
Squad number 12 · Wolverhampton Wanderers
Their 2026 World Cup
José Sá travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Portugal, wearing number 12, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 5 matches (2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat) and bowed out in the round of 16, beaten by Spain 1-0.
The goalkeeping job went to Diogo Costa (5 matches, 450′).
Another 2 players in the Portugal squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Portugal team page.
Biography
José Pedro Malheiro de Sá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ sa]; born 17 January 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team. He started his career with Marítimo B, making his debut with the first team in 2013, before signing for FC Porto in 2016. Sá was loaned for one year to Super League Greece side Olympiacos in 2018, in a deal which was made permanent at the end of the season. With Olympiacos, he won two Super League Greece titles and the Greek Cup, including a domestic double in 2020. In 2021, he signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sá is a former Portuguese under-21 international, reaching the European Championship final in 2015. He was part of the full squad that finished third at the 2017 Confederations Cup and won the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals on home soil, and was also chosen for the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and 2026. He made his senior international debut in 2023.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)