Jack Hinshelwood gave another example of his versatility as he helped England under-21s to a win.
The Albion man played on the right of midfield in a 4-2 friendly success over Portugal at West Brom.
He played the first hour and operated ahead of Archie Gray down the right-hand side.
Hinshelwood has occupied both full-back slots and central midfield roles with the Seagulls.
He has impressed Fabian Hurzeler – and Roberto De Zerbi before him - with his footballing IQ and ability to carry out different roles.
Albion goalkeeper James Beadle, on loan to Sheffield Wednesday, played the first half al and made a couple of sharp saves early on.
Hinshelwood had spoken before the game about how is enjoying working with coaches Lee Carsley and Ashley Cole.
Beadle was twice called upon in the opening five minutes to deny Tiago Tomas’ low drilled effort before he stopped Fabio Silva straight after.
England did not have to do much before they opened the scoring with their first foray forward.
Hayden Hackney was alert to intercept as Portugal aimed to play out from the back and he let fly from outside the box for his second goal at The Hawthorns this season.
Carsley’s side had a second with ten minutes on the clock thanks to a piece of brilliance from Ethan Nwaneri.
Jobe Bellingham spotted Nwaneri in space outside the box and the 18-year-old expertly shifted the ball onto his left foot and bent it into the bottom corner.
England were close to a third when Omari Hutchinson lifted an effort over Joao Carvalho and it looked to be bouncing in until Joao Muniz cleared off the line.
Portugal were also impressive going forward and they finally had their reward midway through the first period – Southampton’s Mateus Fernandes spotted the run of Rodrigo Pinheiro and his cross was tapped home by Silva.
Portugal ought to have been level soon after. Beadle’s quick thinking snuffed out Silva but the ball fell to Gustavo Sa with the goal at his mercy but he saw his effort crash off the post.
The game sparked back into life when Carsley made five second-half substitutions and England soon had a third.
CJ Egan-Riley jumped highest from a corner and guided a header into the path of Hutchinson who was able to nod home from close range.
Carlos Borges struck back for Portugal but Philogene rounded the night off with his fourth goal for the Under 21s.
