Christian Noboa is a vital cog of Ecuador in Copa América that kicks off in the early hours of Friday 12 June. His team faces hosts Chile in the opening encounter of the tournament. Their group also includes Mexico and Bolivia.

Alexandros Tziolis is PAOK’s input in the Greek national squad that takes on Faroe Islands on Saturday for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying stage. Three days later, on Tuesday, they will be in Gdansk for a friendly encounter against Poland.

The “Double-Headed Eagle” has a strong contingent in the Greece U19 squad. Κoulouris, Pozoglou, Deligiannidis of the senior PAOK side, along with U20s’ Vasaitis and Τselepidis, have been called in the U19 national squad of Greece for the two friendly encounters against Denmark to be held at Kavala on Friday 12 June and Sunday 14 June. These two encounters are the final test before the UEFA European Under-19 Championship taking place in Greece.

Róbert Mak has been included in the Slovakia squad that takes on FYROM at Žilina on Sunday. Răzvan Raț is injured as Romania faces Northern Ireland in Belfast on Saturday in a derby deciding top spot in Group 6.

Ergys Kace has been called in the Albanian squad for their friendly match against France on Saturday, while Kristi Qose features in the country’s U21 team for their encounters against Kazakhstan (12 June) and Sweden (16 June) and Giorgos Muca made the U19 squad for the friendlies versus Montenegro.