List of Sporting CP players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Generally, this means players that have played a significant amount of first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Sporting CP players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sporting CP players, and for the current squad see the main Sporting CP article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Table

Name	Nationality	Position	Sporting career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Jorge Viera		DF	1920-1930	109	0	1928 Summer Olympics participant
José Martins		FW	1924-1928	46	31	1928 Summer Olympics participant
Manuel Soeiro		FW	1933-1945	219	208
Manuel Marques		MF	1935-1951	219	4
João Azevedo		GK	1935-1953	424	0
Fernando Peyroteo	/	FW	1937-1949	334	543
Carlos Canário		MF	1938-1952	197	26
Jesus Correia		LW	1943-1953	208	160
Manuel Vasques		FW	1943-1956	349	225
Albano		FW	1943-1956	335	162
José Travassos		LW	1946-1959	321	129	13 August 1955; Windsor Park, Belfast: Great Britain 1–4 Rest of Europe participant
Mário Wilson	/	DF	1949-1951	36	0
Juca	/	MF	1949-1958	179	9
Iosif Fabian	/	FW	1953-1954	6	2
António Morato		DF	1956-1963/1964-1965	160	1
Fernando Mendes		MF	1956-1968	225	2
David Júlio	/	MF	1957-1964	145	9
Mário Lino		DF	1958-1967	127	4
João Morais		MF	1958-1969	192	50	1966 FIFA World Cup participant
Joaquim Carvalho		GK	1958-1970	244	0
Hilário	/	DF	1958-1973	471	0	1966 FIFA World Cup participant
Juan Seminario		FW	1959-1961	40	17
Ernesto Figueiredo		FW	1960-1968	232	148
Alexandre Baptista		DF	1960-1971	153	3	1966 FIFA World Cup participant
Mascarenhas	/	FW	1962-1965	25	12
José Carlos		DF	1962-1974	348	4	1966 FIFA World Cup participant
João Lourenço		FW	1964-1972	219	145
Fernando Peres		MF	1965-1968/1969-1972	200	65	Brazil Independence Cup participant
Vítor Damas		GK	1966-1976/1984-1989	332	0
Marinho		FW	1967-1977	237	70
Chico Faria		FW	1968-1976	171	43
Joaquim Dinis	/	LW	1969-1975	151	27	Brazil Independence Cup participant
Nélson		MF	1969-1976	167	72
Héctor Yazalde		FW	1971-1975	104	104	1974 FIFA World Cup participant
Augusto Inácio		DF	1974-1982	156	5
Manuel Fernandes		FW	1975-1987	326	189
Virgílio		MF	1976-1978/1981-1988	142	10
Salif Keïta		FW	1976-1979	83	32
Carlos Freire		LW	1976-1983	101	11
Rui Jordão		FW	1977-1987	207	140	UEFA Euro 1984 participant
Carlos Xavier		MF	1980-1991/1994-1996	230	13
António Oliveira		MF	1981-1985	66	15
Pedro Venâncio		DF	1982-1992	209	9
Paulo Futre		LW	1983-1984	21	3
António Morato		DF	1983-1989	140	4
António Sousa		MF	1984-1986	54	13	1986 FIFA World Cup participant
Jaime Pacheco		MF	1984-1986	39	2	1986 FIFA World Cup participant
Litos		MF	1984-1992	150	10
Oceano		MF	1984-1991/1994-1998	308	39	UEFA Euro 1996 participant
Fernando Mendes		DF	1985-1989	91	1
Manuel Negrete		FW	1986	15	3
Frank Rijkaard		MF	1987-1988	0	0
Paulinho Cascavel		FW	1987-1990	94	37
Jorge Cadete		FW	1987-1995	169	68
Ricardo Rocha		DF	1988	10	1
Rodolfo Rodríguez		GK	1988-1989	16	0
Paulo Silas		MF	1988-1990	47	11	1989 Copa América participant
Luizinho		DF	1989-1992	82	3
Fernando Gomes		FW	1989-1991	63	31
Tomislav Ivković		GK	1989-1993	133	0	1990 FIFA World Cup participant
Paulo Torres		DF	1989-1995	65	7	1991 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
Luís Figo		RW	1989-1995	137	16	1991 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
Nélson		DF	1991-1996	115	3	1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
Emílio Peixe		MF	1991–1995 1996–1997	124	3	1991 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics participant
Krasimir Balakov		MF	1991-1995	138	43	1994 FIFA World Cup participant
Ivaylo Yordanov		FW	1991-2001	183	55	1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup participant
Serhiy Scherbakov		MF	1992-1993	25	5
Stan Valckx		DF	1992-1994	69	5	1994 FIFA World Cup participant
Nuno Capucho		RW	1992-1995	65	10	1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
Andrzej Juskowiak		FW	1992-1995	74	25
Hugo Porfírio		LW	1992-1997	12	0
Paulo Sousa		MF	1993-1994	31	2
António Pacheco		FW	1993-1995	22	2
Budimir Vujačić		DF	1993-1997	62	7
Costinha		GK	1993-1997	76	0	1996 Summer Olympics, 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
Dani		MF	1994-1996	10	0	1995 FIFA World Youth Championship participant
Emmanuel Amuneke		LW	1994-1996	51	17	1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and 1996 Summer Olympics participant
Noureddine Naybet		DF	1994-1996	54	5
Nuno Valente		DF	1994-1999	36	1
Marco Aurélio		DF	1994-1999	134	3
Beto		DF	1994-2006	241	21	1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1996 Summer Olympics, UEFA Euro 2000 and 2002 FIFA World Cup participant
Ricardo Sá Pinto		FW	1994-1997/2000-2006	174	34	UEFA Euro 1996 participant
José Dominguez		LW	1995-1997	62	4	1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics participant
Paulo Alves		FW	1995-1998	68	22	1996 Summer Olympics participant
Luís Vidigal		MF	1995-2000	110	5	1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, 1996 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2000 participant
Afonso Martins		MF	1995-2002	65	5	1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics participant
Pedro Barbosa		MF	1995-2005	259	39	UEFA Euro 1996 participant
Tiago		GK	1995-2012	85	0
Mustapha Hadji		MF	1996-1997	27	3
Filip De Wilde		GK	1996-1998	50	0
César Ramírez		FW	1996-1998	29	2	1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1998 FIFA World Cup participant
Marco Caneira		DF	1996-2000/2006-2007/2008-2011	69	1
Simão		LW	1997-1999	53	12	1999 FIFA World Youth Championship participant
Abdelilah Saber		DF	1997-2001	61	0	1998 FIFA World Cup participant
Nélson Pereira		GK	1997-2006	66	0
Gabriel Heinze		DF	1998-1999	5	1
Aldo Duscher		MF	1998-2000	55	6	1999 FIFA World Youth Championship participant
Delfim		MF	1998-2001	58	7
Facundo Quiroga		DF	1998-2004	73	2
Rui Jorge		DF	1998-2005	192	5	UEFA Euro 2000, 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004 participant
Ivone De Franceschi		LW	1999-2000	25	3
Kwame Ayew		FW	1999-2000	26	7
Peter Schmeichel		GK	1999-2001	50	0	UEFA Euro 2000 participant
Alberto Acosta		FW	1999-2001	78	39
André Cruz		DF	1999-2002	78	9
Rodrigo Fabri		MF	2000-2001	23	3
Mbo Mpenza		RW	2000-2001	35	3	UEFA Euro 2000 participant
Phil Babb		DF	2000-2002	37	0
César Prates		DF	2000-2003	84	2
João Pinto		FW	2000-2004	115	28	2002 FIFA World Cup participant
Paulo Bento		MF	2000-2004	92	2	2002 FIFA World Cup participant
Hugo Viana		MF	2001-2002/2004-2005	58	7	2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and Men's Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics participant
Mário Jardel		FW	2001-2003	49	53
Ricardo Quaresma		RW	2001-2003	59	8
Cristiano Ronaldo		LW	2001-2003	25	3
Rui Bento		MF	2001-2004	55	1
Marius Niculae		FW	2001-2005	59	14
Custódio		MF	2001-2007	95	4	2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
Rodrigo Tello		MF	2001-2007	113	8	2000 Summer Olympics and 2010 FIFA World Cup participant
Pablo Contreras		DF	2002-2003	30	2	2000 Summer Olympics and 2010 FIFA World Cup participant
Danny	/	LW	2002-2005	10	0	2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and Men's Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics participant
Fábio Rochemback		MF	2003–2005 2008–2009	66	11
Ricardo		GK	2003-2007	118	0	UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup participant.
Liédson	/	FW	2003-2011	313	174	2010 FIFA World Cup participant
Ânderson Polga		DF	2003-2012	221	0
Joseph Enakarhire		DF	2004-2005	19	0
Rogério		DF	2004-2006	41	4
Roudolphe Douala		FW	2004-2007	47	6	2006 Africa Cup of Nations participant
Mauricio Pinilla		FW	2004–2007	20	5
Deivid		FW	2005-2006	36	9
Nani		MF	2005–2007 2014–2015	58	9	2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship participant
João Moutinho		MF	2005–2010	163	21	2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and UEFA Euro 2008 participant
Tonel		DF	2005-2010	117	11
Miguel Veloso		MF	2005-2010	98	4	2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and UEFA Euro 2008 participant
Leandro Romagnoli		MF	2006-2009	72	8
Abel		DF	2006–2011	111	2
Derlei	/	FW	2007-2009	27	8
Simon Vukčević		RW	2007–2011	134	27
Vladimir Stojković		GK	2007-2011	9	0	Men's Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics participant
Daniel Carriço		DF	2007–2012	91	2
Marat Izmailov		MF	2007-2013	142	20	UEFA Euro 2012 participant
Hélder Postiga		FW	2008–2011	113	18	UEFA Euro 2008 participant
Matías Fernández		MF	2009–2012	117	19	2010 FIFA World Cup and 2011 Copa América participant
Pedro Mendes		MF	2010–2011	31	2	2010 FIFA World Cup participant
Maniche		MF	2010–2011	24	4
João Pereira		DF	2010–2012 2015–	105	6	UEFA Euro 2012 participant
Emiliano Insúa		DF	2011–2013	66	6
Ricky van Wolfswinkel		FW	2011–2013	88	45
Islam Slimani		FW	2013–2016	109	57	2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations participant
Rui Patrício		GK	2006–	373	0	UEFA Euro 2008, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016 participant
Adrien Silva		MF	2007–	160	23	UEFA Euro 2016 participant
William Carvalho		MF	2010–	161	12	2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016 participant
Cédric		DF	2010–2015	67	2	UEFA Euro 2016 participant
João Mário		MF	2011–2016	75	14	UEFA Euro 2016 participant