体坛英语新闻：Jiangsu Suning's Alex Teixeira earns Brazil call-up

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Uncapped Jiangsu Suning playmaker Alex Teixeira has been named in Brazil's preliminary 40-man squad for the centenary edition of the Copa America in June.

Coach Dunga will announce his final 23-man squad for the tournament in the US at a press conference next Thursday, the Brazilian football confederation said on Friday.

Teixeira has been in impressive form since joining the Chinese Super League club from Shakhtar Donetsk in February for a reported 50 million euros.

The 26-year-old has already represented his country at youth level, and showed his precocious talent by scoring 13 goals in 18 matches for Brazil's under-17s in 2006 and 2007.

As expected, Barcelona forward Neymar was left out of the squad after the Catalan outfit said they would not release the 24-year-old for both the Copa America and Olympic Games in August.

And there was no place for Paris Saint-Germain defender David Luiz, who was omitted after a series of sub-par performances for the Selecao.

Dunga included under-23 players Rodrigo Caio (Sao Paulo), Gabriel (Santos) and Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras), who are expected to be named in Brazil's Olympic squad.

Sao Paulo midfielder Paulo Henrique Ganso, who has not played for Brazil since the 2012 Olympic Games, was also named, as was Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro.

Brazil will begin their Copa America campaign against Ecuador in Pasadena on June 4. They will then meet Haiti in Orlando on June 8 and Peru in Boston on June 12.

Brazil squad:

Goalkeepers:

Alisson - Internacional

Diego Alves - Valencia

Ederson - Benfica

Marcelo Grohe - Gremio

Defenders:

Daniel Alves - Barcelona

Fabinho - Monaco

Fagner - Corinthians

Alex Sandro - Juventus

Douglas Santos - Atletico Mineiro

Filipe Luis - Atletico Madrid

Gabriel Paulista - Arsenal

Gil - Shandong Luneng

Jemerson - Roma

Marquinhos - Paris Saint-Germain

Miranda - Inter Milan

Rodrigo Caio - Sao Paulo

Midfielders

Casemiro - Real Madrid

Elias - Corinthians

Fernandinho - Manchester City

Luiz Gustavo - Wolfsburg

Rafinha Alcantara - Barcelona

Walace - Gremio

Felipe Anderson - Lazio

Kaka - Orlando City

Lucas Lima - Santos

Lucas - Paris Saint-Germain

Oscar - Chelsea

Paulo Henrique Ganso - Sao Paulo

Philippe Coutinho - Liverpool

Renato Augusto - Beijing Guoan

Willian - Chelsea

Alex Teixeira - Jiangsu Suming

Forwards

Douglas Costa - Bayern Munich

Firmino - Liverpool

Gabriel - Santos

Gabriel Jesus - Palmeiras

Hulk - Zenit St Petersburg

Jonas - Benfica

Luan - Gremio

Ricardo Oliveira - Santos