List of Portugal international footballers born outside Portugal

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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 (94 totally) are born in the former Portuguese colonies, while others (the minority) are naturalized or born abroad.

List by country of birth[edit]

Last update on 21 March 2024

Country Total Notes
 Angola 29 Includes 26 players born in the Portuguese Angola
 Mozambique 23 Includes 23 players born in the Portuguese Mozambique
 Guinea-Bissau 10 Includes 4 players born in the Portuguese Guinea
 Brazil 8
 Cape Verde 8 Includes 6 players born in the Portuguese Cape Verde
 France 5
 Canada 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 2 Includes 2 players born in Zaire
Macau Macau 2 Includes 2 players born in the Portuguese Macau
 São Tomé and Príncipe 2 Includes 1 player born in the Portuguese São Tomé
 South Africa 2
 Switzerland 2
 Germany 1
 Morocco 1 Born in the French Morocco
 Venezuela 1

List of players[edit]

The players in bold are currently representing Portugal.

Country Birthplace Player Caps Goals Period Notes Ref.
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola José Águas 25 11 1952–1962 [1]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Miguel Arcanjo 9 0 1957–1965 [2]
 Angola William Carvalho 80 5 2013– Moved to Portugal as a child. [3]
 Angola Hélder Costa 1 1 2018 Switched to Angola in 2021. [4]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Joaquim Dinis 14 5 1970–1973 [5]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Carlos Duarte 7 1 1952–1962 [6]
 Angola Edgar 1 0 1998 Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal as a child. [7]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Jorge Ferreira 4 0 1989–1990 [8]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola José Ferreira Pinto 2 0 1965 [9]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Fernando Freitas 9 0 1972–1976 [10]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Hélder 35 3 1992–2001 [11]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Jacinto João 10 2 1968–1974 [12]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Rui Jordão 43 15 1972–1989 [13]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola José Leal 15 1 1990–1992 [14]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Lito 2 0 1983 [15]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Paulo Madeira 25 3 1991–1999 [16]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Amândio Malta da Silva 5 0 1971 [17]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola José Maria 4 0 1967–1970 [18]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Aníbal Paciência 1 0 1941 [19]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Carlos Parente 2 0 1987 [20]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Paulinho 1 0 1992 [21]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Fernando Peyroteo 20 15 1938–1949 [22]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Jorge Plácido 3 2 1987–1989 [23]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Filipe Ramos 3 0 1992 [24]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Santana 5 1 1960–1965 [25]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Seninho 4 1 1976–1978 [26]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Mário Torres 5 0 1957–1959 [27]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola Vado 3 0 1989–1995 [28]
 Angola Portuguese Angola Portuguese Angola José Luís Vidigal 15 0 2000–2002 [29]
 Brazil Celso 3 0 1976–1978 [30]
 Brazil Deco 75 5 2003–2010 [31]
 Brazil Liédson 15 4 2009–2010 [32]
 Brazil Lúcio 5 0 1960–1962 [33]
 Brazil Otávio 19 2 2021– Became a Portuguese citizen in 2021. [34]
 Brazil Rony Lopes 2 0 2017– Born to a Portuguese mother. Moved to Portugal at age 4. [35]
 Brazil Matheus Nunes 12 2 2021– Moved to Portugal at age 12. [36]
 Brazil Pepe 135 8 2007– Moved to Portugal at age 18. [37]
 Brazil Dyego Sousa 2 0 2019– [38]
 Canada Daniel Fernandes 2 0 2007–2009 Born to a Portuguese father. [39]
 Canada Ricardo Ferreira 1 0 2017 Born to Portuguese parents. Switched to Canada in 2021. [40]
 Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Carlos Alhinho 15 0 1973–1982 [41]
 Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Henrique Ben David 6 4 1950–1952 [42]
 Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Óscar Duarte 1 0 1978 [43]
 Cape Verde Nélson 4 0 2009–2012 Became a Portuguese citizen in 2005. [44]
 Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Neno 9 0 1989–1996 [45]
 Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Oceano da Cruz 54 8 1985–1998 Moved to Portugal as a child. [46]
 Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde Paris 1 0 1983 [47]
 Cape Verde Rolando 21 0 2009– Moved to Portugal at age 14. [48]
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo

 Zaire José Bosingwa 27 0 2007–2015 Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal as a child. [49]
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo  Zaire Ariza Makukula 4 1 2007–2008 Born to a Portuguese mother. [50]
 France Raphaël Guerreiro 65 4 2014– Born to a Portuguese father. [51]
 France Anthony Lopes 14 0 2015– Born to Portuguese parents. [52]
 France Petit 57 4 2001–2008 Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 2. [53]
 France Kévin Rodrigues 3 0 2017– Born to Portuguese parents. Previously has been a France youth international.[54] [55]
 France Adrien Silva 26 1 2014– Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal at age 11. [56]
 Germany Cédric 34 1 2014– Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 2. [57]
 Guinea-Bissau Bruma 12 2 2017– Moved to Portugal as a child. [58]
 Guinea-Bissau Yannick Djaló 1 0 2010 [59]
 Guinea-Bissau Eder 35 5 2012– Moved to Portugal as a child. Scored the winning goal in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final.[60] [61]
 Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Guinea Alberto Fonseca 9 2 1978–1986 [62]
 Guinea-Bissau Toti Gomes 2 0 2023–
 Guinea-Bissau Edgar Ié 1 0 2017 He switched to Guinea-Bissau in 2021. [63]
 Guinea-Bissau Danilo Pereira 70 2 2015– Moved to Portugal at age 5. [64]
 Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Guinea Reinaldo 6 1 1979–1983 [65]
 Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Guinea Samuel 5 0 1991–1992 [66]
 Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Guinea Arnaldo Silva 1 0 1974 [67]
 Macau Macau Portuguese Macau Joaquim Pacheco 1 0 1957 [68]
 Macau Macau Portuguese Macau Augusto Rocha 7 0 1958–1963 [69]
 Morocco Morocco French Morocco Jacques Pereira 1 0 1981 Born to Portuguese parents. [70]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Abel 4 0 1972–1973 [71]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Acúrsio 8 0 1959–1960 [72]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Jorge Cadete 33 5 1990–1998 [73]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Mário Coluna 57 8 1955–1968 [74]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Alberto Costa Pereira 22 0 1955–1965 [75]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Djão 1 0 1981 [76]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Eusébio 64 41 1961–1973 [77]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Hilário 40 0 1959–1971 [78]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Joaquim Jorge 2 0 1969 [79]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Juca 6 0 1952–1956 [80]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Armando Manhiça 2 0 1968 [81]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Matateu 27 13 1952–1960 [82]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Augusto Matine 9 0 1970–1973 [83]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Messias 6 0 1972 [84]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Perdigão 1 0 1957 [85]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique José Pérides 2 0 1961 [86]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Rui Rodrigues 12 3 1967–1976 [87]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Vítor Santos 1 0 1983 [88]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Shéu 24 1 1976–1986 [89]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Vicente 20 0 1959–1966 [90]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Abel Xavier 20 2 1993–2002 [91]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Carlos Xavier 10 0 1981–1993 [92]
 Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique Pedro Xavier 4 0 1985–1989 [93]
 São Tomé and Príncipe Gedson Fernandes 2 0 2018– [94]
 São Tomé and Príncipe Portugal Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe Vítor Guilhar 2 0 1941 [95]
 South Africa Dimas 44 0 1995–2002 Born to Portuguese parents. [96]
 South Africa David Júlio 4 0 1960–1961 [97]
 Switzerland Diogo Costa 19 0 2021– Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 7. [98]
 Switzerland Pedro Mendes 1 0 2018– Born to Portuguese parents. [99]
 Venezuela Danny 38 4 2008–2016 Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 15. [100]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Miguel Arcanjo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=752
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  8. ^ Jorge Ferreira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5905
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  46. ^ Oceano on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15453
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  66. ^ Samuel Quina on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18387
  67. ^ Arnaldo Silva on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=793
  68. ^ Joaquim Pacheco on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15834
  69. ^ Augusto Rocha on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17887
  70. ^ Jacques Pereira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9228
  71. ^ Abel on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=40
  72. ^ Acúrsio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=67
  73. ^ Jorge Cadete on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3038
  74. ^ Mário Coluna on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3772
  75. ^ Alberto Costa Pereira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16343
  76. ^ Djão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4804
  77. ^ Eusébio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5628
  78. ^ Hilário on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8337
  79. ^ Joaquim Jorge on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9826
  80. ^ Juca on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9900
  81. ^ Armando Manhiça on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=782
  82. ^ Matateu on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13235
  83. ^ Augusto Matine on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13268
  84. ^ Messias on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13819
  85. ^ Perdigão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16336
  86. ^ José Pérides on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16361
  87. ^ Rui Rodrigues on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17915
  88. ^ Vítor Santos on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18467
  89. ^ Shéu on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19134
  90. ^ Vicente on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22167
  91. ^ Abel Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23110
  92. ^ Carlos Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23109
  93. ^ Pedro Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23977
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  95. ^ Vítor Guilhar on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=7415
  96. ^ Dimas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20814
  97. ^ David Júlio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9917
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