List of Portugal international footballers born outside Portugal
This list includes all the Portuguese players who played for the Portugal senior national football team who are born outside Portugal. Almost all of this players (81 totally) are born in the former Portuguese colonies, while others (the minority) are naturalized or born abroad.
List by country of birth[]
Last update on 7 September 2021
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29 | Includes 26 players born in the Portuguese Angola |
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23 | Includes 23 players born in the Portuguese Mozambique |
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9 | Includes 4 players born in the Portuguese Guinea |
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8 | Includes 6 players born in the Portuguese Cape Verde |
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2 | Includes 2 players born in Zaire |
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2 | Includes 2 players born in the Portuguese Macau |
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2 | Includes 1 player born in the Portuguese São Tomé |
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1 | Born in the French Morocco |
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List of players[]
The players in bold are currently representing Portugal.
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José Águas | 25 | 11 | 1952–1962 | [1] | |
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Miguel Arcanjo | 9 | 0 | 1957–1965 | [2] | |
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William Carvalho | 68 | 4 | 2013– | [3] | ||
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Hélder Costa | 1 | 1 | 2018 | He switched to Angola in 2021 | [4] | |
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Joaquim Dinis | 14 | 5 | 1970–1973 | [5] | |
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Carlos Duarte | 7 | 1 | 1952–1962 | [6] | |
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Edgar | 1 | 0 | 1998 | [7] | ||
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Jorge Ferreira | 4 | 0 | 1989–1990 | [8] | |
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José Ferreira Pinto | 2 | 0 | 1965 | [9] | |
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Fernando Freitas | 9 | 0 | 1972–1976 | [10] | |
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Hélder | 35 | 3 | 1992–2001 | [11] | |
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Jacinto João | 10 | 2 | 1968–1974 | [12] | |
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Rui Jordão | 43 | 15 | 1972–1989 | [13] | |
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José Leal | 15 | 1 | 1990–1992 | [14] | |
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Lito | 2 | 0 | 1983 | [15] | |
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Paulo Madeira | 25 | 3 | 1991–1999 | [16] | |
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Amândio Malta da Silva | 5 | 0 | 1971 | [17] | |
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José Maria | 4 | 0 | 1967–1970 | [18] | |
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Aníbal Paciência | 1 | 0 | 1941 | [19] | |
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Carlos Parente | 2 | 0 | 1987 | [20] | |
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Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 1992 | [21] | |
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Fernando Peyroteo | 20 | 15 | 1938–1949 | [22] | |
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Jorge Plácido | 3 | 2 | 1987–1989 | [23] | |
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Filipe Ramos | 3 | 0 | 1992 | [24] | |
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Santana | 5 | 1 | 1960–1965 | [25] | |
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Seninho | 4 | 1 | 1976–1978 | [26] | |
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Mário Torres | 5 | 0 | 1957–1959 | [27] | |
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Vado | 3 | 0 | 1989–1995 | [28] | |
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José Luís Vidigal | 15 | 0 | 2000–2002 | [29] | |
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Celso | 3 | 0 | 1976–1978 | [30] | ||
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Deco | 75 | 5 | 2003–2010 | [31] | ||
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Liédson | 15 | 4 | 2009–2010 | [32] | ||
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Lúcio | 5 | 0 | 1960–1962 | [33] | ||
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Otávio | 2 | 0 | 2021– | |||
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Rony Lopes | 2 | 0 | 2017– | [34] | ||
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Pepe | 121 | 7 | 2007– | [35] | ||
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Dyego Sousa | 2 | 0 | 2019– | [36] | ||
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Daniel Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 2007–2009 | [37] | ||
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Ricardo Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 2017 | He switched to Canada in 2021 | [38] | |
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Carlos Alhinho | 15 | 0 | 1973–1982 | [39] | |
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Henrique Ben David | 6 | 4 | 1950–1952 | [40] | |
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Óscar Duarte | 1 | 0 | 1978 | [41] | |
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Nélson | 4 | 0 | 2009–2012 | [42] | ||
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Neno | 9 | 0 | 1989–1996 | [43] | |
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Oceano da Cruz | 54 | 8 | 1985–1998 | [44] | |
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Paris | 1 | 0 | 1983 | [45] | |
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Rolando | 21 | 0 | 2009– | [46] | ||
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José Bosingwa | 27 | 0 | 2007–2015 | [47] | |
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Ariza Makukula | 4 | 1 | 2007–2008 | [48] | |
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Raphaël Guerreiro | 53 | 3 | 2014– | [49] | ||
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Anthony Lopes | 14 | 0 | 2015– | [50] | ||
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Petit | 57 | 4 | 2001–2008 | [51] | ||
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Kévin Rodrigues | 3 | 0 | 2017– | He previously has been a France youth international.[52] | [53] | |
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Adrien Silva | 26 | 1 | 2014– | [54] | ||
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Cédric | 34 | 1 | 2014– | [55] | ||
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Bruma | 9 | 1 | 2017– | [56] | ||
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Yannick Djaló | 1 | 0 | 2010 | [57] | ||
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Eder | 35 | 5 | 2012– | He scored the winning goal in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final.[58] | [59] | |
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Edgar Ié | 1 | 0 | 2017– | [60] | ||
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Alberto Fonseca | 9 | 2 | 1978–1986 | [61] | |
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Danilo Pereira | 52 | 2 | 2015– | [62] | ||
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Reinaldo | 6 | 1 | 1979–1983 | [63] | |
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Samuel | 5 | 0 | 1991–1992 | [64] | |
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Arnaldo Silva | 1 | 0 | 1974 | [65] | |
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Joaquim Pacheco | 1 | 0 | 1957 | [66] | |
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Augusto Rocha | 7 | 0 | 1958–1963 | [67] | |
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Jacques Pereira | 1 | 0 | 1981 | [68] | |
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Abel | 4 | 0 | 1972–1973 | [69] | |
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Acúrsio | 8 | 0 | 1959–1960 | [70] | |
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Jorge Cadete | 33 | 5 | 1990–1998 | [71] | |
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Mário Coluna | 57 | 8 | 1955–1968 | [72] | |
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Alberto Costa Pereira | 22 | 0 | 1955–1965 | [73] | |
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Djão | 1 | 0 | 1981 | [74] | |
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Eusébio | 64 | 41 | 1961–1973 | [75] | |
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Hilário | 40 | 0 | 1959–1971 | [76] | |
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Joaquim Jorge | 2 | 0 | 1969 | [77] | |
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Juca | 6 | 0 | 1952–1956 | [78] | |
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Armando Manhiça | 2 | 0 | 1968 | [79] | |
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Matateu | 27 | 13 | 1952–1960 | [80] | |
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Augusto Matine | 9 | 0 | 1970–1973 | [81] | |
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Messias | 6 | 0 | 1972 | [82] | |
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Perdigão | 1 | 0 | 1957 | [83] | |
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José Pérides | 2 | 0 | 1961 | [84] | |
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Rui Rodrigues | 12 | 3 | 1967–1976 | [85] | |
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Vítor Santos | 1 | 0 | 1983 | [86] | |
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Shéu | 24 | 1 | 1976–1986 | [87] | |
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Vicente | 20 | 0 | 1959–1966 | [88] | |
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Abel Xavier | 20 | 2 | 1993–2002 | [89] | |
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Carlos Xavier | 10 | 0 | 1981–1993 | [90] | |
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Pedro Xavier | 4 | 0 | 1985–1989 | [91] | |
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Gedson Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 2018– | [92] | ||
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Vítor Guilhar | 2 | 0 | 1941 | [93] | |
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Dimas | 44 | 0 | 1995–2002 | [94] | ||
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David Júlio | 4 | 0 | 1960–1961 | [95] | ||
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Pedro Mendes | 1 | 0 | 2018– | [96] | ||
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Danny | 38 | 4 | 2008–2016 | [97] |
References[]
- ^ José Águas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=147
- ^ Miguel Arcanjo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=752
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "William Carvalho". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Hélder Costa - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ Joaquim Dinis on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4772
- ^ Carlos Duarte on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5052
- ^ Edgar on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24444
- ^ Jorge Ferreira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5905
- ^ José Ferreira Pinto on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16689
- ^ Fernando Freitas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6273
- ^ Heldér on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8141
- ^ Jacinto João on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9545
- ^ Rui Jordão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9820
- ^ José Leal on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11933
- ^ Lito on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12305
- ^ Paulo Madeira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12691
- ^ Amândio Malta da Silva on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4131
- ^ José Maria on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9855
- ^ Aníbal Paciência on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15840
- ^ Carlos Parente on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16025
- ^ Paulinho on https://www.thefinalball.com/player.php?id=30502
- ^ Fernando Peyroteo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16583
- ^ Jorge Plácido on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16746
- ^ Filipe Ramos on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5968
- ^ Santana on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18455
- ^ Seninho on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18988
- ^ Mário Torres on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21220
- ^ Vado on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21610
- ^ José Luís Vidigal on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22184
- ^ Celso on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3358
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Deco". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Liédson on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24761
- ^ Lúcio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12493
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rony Lopes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Pepe". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Dyego Sousa - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Daniel Fernandes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ricardo Ferreira". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Carlos Alhinho on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=296
- ^ Henrique Ben David on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1583
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Nani". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Nélson". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Neno on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14901
- ^ Oceano on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15453
- ^ Paris on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16032
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rolando". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "José Bosingwa". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ariza Makukula". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Raphaël Guerreiro". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Anthony Lopes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Petit on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24785
- ^ "Kevin Rodrigues avec France U18". ToulouseFC (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Kévin Rodrigues". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Adrien Silva". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Cédric Soares". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bruma". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yannick Djaló". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Eder seals Euro 2016 glory for defiant Portugal". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Éder". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Edgar Ié". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Alberto Fonseca on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6126
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Danilo Pereira". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Reinaldo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17553
- ^ Samuel Quina on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18387
- ^ Arnaldo Silva on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=793
- ^ Joaquim Pacheco on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15834
- ^ Augusto Rocha on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17887
- ^ Jacques Pereira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9228
- ^ Abel on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=40
- ^ Acúrsio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=67
- ^ Jorge Cadete on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3038
- ^ Mário Coluna on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3772
- ^ Alberto Costa Pereira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16343
- ^ Djão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4804
- ^ Eusébio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5628
- ^ Hilário on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8337
- ^ Joaquim Jorge on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9826
- ^ Juca on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9900
- ^ Armando Manhiça on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=782
- ^ Matateu on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13235
- ^ Augusto Matine on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13268
- ^ Messias on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13819
- ^ Perdigão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16336
- ^ José Pérides on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16361
- ^ Rui Rodrigues on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17915
- ^ Vítor Santos on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18467
- ^ Shéu on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19134
- ^ Vicente on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22167
- ^ Abel Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23110
- ^ Carlos Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23109
- ^ Pedro Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23977
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Gedson Fernandes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ Vítor Guilhar on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=7415
- ^ Dimas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20814
- ^ David Júlio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9917
- ^ "Pedro Mendes - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Danny". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
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