List of Portugal international footballers

This is a list of players who earned 25 or more caps for the Portugal national football team. For all players who have played for Portugal, see Category:Portugal international footballers.

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most capped player.

As of November 2020, 110 players have reached this milestone for Portugal. The record for the most caps is held by Cristiano Ronaldo, with 170 caps since 2003; he overtook Luís Figo's record of 127 caps in June 2016. The only other players with a century of caps are Fernando Couto, Nani, João Moutinho and Pepe. The most capped Portuguese goalkeeper is Rui Patrício, who has played 92 international matches since 2010.

The first player to reach 25 caps was Xico, in his final appearance on 17 June 1951. The most recent player to gain their 25th cap was Bruno Fernandes on 17 November 2020.

Players

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as UEFA Nations League matches, FIFA Confederations Cup matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by number of caps, then number of goals scored. If number of goals are equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics correct as of 17 November 2020.

Key
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 Named to the national team in the past year
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Bold Still playing competitive football
Portugal national football team players with at least 25 appearances
# Name Position Caps Goals Date of debut Debut against Date of
final match		 Final match
against		 Ref
1 Cristiano Ronaldo § FW 170 102 20 August 2003  Kazakhstan — — [1]
2 João Moutinho § MF 129 7 17 August 2005  Egypt — — [2]
3 Luís Figo MF 127 32 12 October 1991  Luxembourg 8 July 2006  Germany [3]
4 Pepe § DF 113 7 21 November 2007  Finland — — [4]
5 Nani MF 112 24 1 September 2006  Denmark 2 July 2017  Mexico [5]
6 Fernando Couto DF 110 8 19 December 1990  United States 30 June 2004  Netherlands [6]
7 Bruno Alves DF 96 11 5 June 2007  Kuwait 7 June 2018  Algeria [7]
8 Rui Costa MF 94 26 31 March 1993   Switzerland 4 July 2004  Greece [8]
9 Rui Patrício § GK 92 0 17 November 2010  Spain — — [9]
10 Ricardo Carvalho DF 89 5 11 October 2003  Albania 22 June 2016  Hungary [10]
11 Pauleta FW 88 47 20 August 1997  Armenia 8 July 2006  Germany [11]
12 Simão MF 85 22 18 November 1998  Israel 29 June 2010  Spain [12]
13 João Vieira Pinto FW 81 23 12 October 1991  Luxembourg 14 June 2002  South Korea [13]
14 Ricardo Quaresma MF 80 10 10 June 2003  Bolivia 30 June 2018  Uruguay [14]
Vítor Baía GK 80 0 19 December 1990  United States 7 September 2002  England [15]
16 Nuno Gomes FW 79 29 24 January 1996  France 11 October 2011  Denmark [16]
Ricardo GK 79 0 2 June 2001  Republic of Ireland 19 June 2008  Germany [17]
18 Raul Meireles MF 76 10 15 November 2006  Kazakhstan 22 June 2014  United States [18]
19 Deco MF 75 5 29 March 2003  Brazil 15 June 2010  Ivory Coast [19]
20 Hélder Postiga FW 71 27 12 February 2003  Italy 14 November 2014  Armenia [20]
21 João Pinto DF 70 1 16 February 1983  France 9 November 1996  Ukraine [21]
22 Nené FW 66 22 21 April 1971  Scotland 23 June 1984  France [22]
Tiago MF 66 3 20 November 2002  Scotland 8 October 2015  Denmark [23]
24 Eusébio FW 64 41 8 October 1961  Luxembourg 13 October 1973  Bulgaria [24]
Humberto Coelho DF 64 6 27 October 1968  Romania 27 April 1983  Soviet Union [25]
William Carvalho § MF 64 4 19 November 2013  Sweden — — [26]
27 Manuel Bento GK 63 0 16 October 1976  Poland 3 June 1986  England [27]
28 Paulo Ferreira DF 62 0 7 September 2002  England 15 June 2010  Ivory Coast [28]
29 Miguel DF 59 1 12 February 2003  Italy 3 September 2010  Cyprus [29]
30 Hugo Almeida FW 57 19 18 February 2004  England 31 March 2015  Cape Verde [30]
Mário Coluna MF 57 8 4 May 1955  Scotland 11 December 1968  Greece [31]
Petit MF 57 4 2 June 2001  Republic of Ireland 19 June 2008  Germany [32]
33 Sérgio Conceição MF 56 12 9 November 1996  Ukraine 6 June 2003  Spain [33]
Miguel Veloso MF 56 3 13 October 2007  Azerbaijan 11 October 2015  Serbia [34]
35 Oceano MF 54 8 30 January 1985  Romania 22 April 1998  England [35]
Fernando Meira DF 54 2 11 October 2000  Netherlands 11 October 2008  Sweden [36]
37 Maniche MF 53 7 29 March 2003  Brazil 31 March 2009  South Africa [37]
Costinha MF 53 2 14 October 1998  Slovakia 11 October 2006  Poland [38]
39 Fábio Coentrão DF 52 5 14 November 2009  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 September 2017  Hungary [39]
40 Bernardo Silva § MF 51 7 31 March 2015  Cape Verde — — [40]
Jorge Andrade DF 51 3 25 April 2001  France 22 August 2007  Armenia [41]
Paulo Sousa MF 51 0 16 January 1991  Spain 25 May 2002  China PR [42]
43 Jorge Costa DF 50 2 11 November 1992  Bulgaria 14 June 2002  South Korea [43]
44 Fernando Gomes FW 48 11 9 March 1975 Goiás 16 November 1988  Luxembourg [44]
45 António Simões MF 46 3 6 May 1962  Brazil 13 October 1973  Bulgaria [45]
46 José Augusto MF 45 9 7 May 1958  England 11 December 1968  Greece [46]
Ricardo Sá Pinto FW 45 9 7 September 1994  Northern Ireland 6 June 2001  Cyprus [47]
Raphaël Guerreiro § DF 45 2 14 November 2014  Armenia — — [48]
João Mário MF 45 2 11 October 2014  France — — [49]
Rui Jorge DF 45 1 20 April 1994  Norway 8 September 2004  Estonia [50]
51 Vítor Paneira MF 44 4 12 October 1988  Sweden 29 May 1996  Republic of Ireland [51]
Danilo Pereira § MF 44 2 31 March 2015  Cape Verde — — [52]
Dimas DF 44 0 15 August 1995  Liechtenstein 13 February 2002  Spain [53]
54 Rui Jordão FW 43 15 29 March 1972  Cyprus 25 January 1989  Greece [54]
José Fonte § DF 43 0 11 November 2014  Argentina — — [55]
56 Carlos Manuel MF 42 8 26 March 1980  Scotland 11 June 1986  Morocco [56]
57 Paulo Futre MF 41 6 21 September 1983  Finland 3 June 1995  Latvia [57]
58 Hilário DF 40 0 11 November 1959  France 17 February 1971  Belgium [58]
João Pereira DF 40 0 8 October 2010  Denmark 7 September 2014  Albania [59]
António Veloso DF 40 0 18 November 1981  Scotland 19 January 1984  Scotland [60]
61 Virgílio DF 39 0 27 February 1949  Italy 22 May 1960  Yugoslavia [61]
62 Danny MF 38 4 20 August 2008  Faroe Islands 29 March 2016  Belgium [62]
Eurico DF 38 3 20 September 1978  Italy 3 April 1985  Italy [63]
64 André Silva § FW 37 16 1 September 2016  Gibraltar — — [64]
65 Rui Barros MF 36 4 29 March 1987  Malta 14 December 1996  Germany [65]
Jaime Graça MF 36 4 24 January 1965  Turkey 9 July 1972  Brazil [66]
João Alves MF 36 3 13 November 1974   Switzerland 27 April 1983  Soviet Union [67]
Eduardo GK 36 0 11 February 2009  Finland 1 September 2016  Gibraltar [68]
José Carlos DF 36 0 12 March 1961  Luxembourg 12 May 1971  Denmark [69]
70 José Travassos FW 35 6 5 January 1947   Switzerland 7 May 1958  England [70]
Eder FW 35 5 11 September 2012  Azerbaijan — — [71]
Hélder Cristóvão DF 35 3 12 February 1992  Netherlands 25 April 2001  France [72]
Artur Correia DF 35 1 10 May 1972  Cyprus 21 November 1979  Austria [73]
Carlos Secretário DF 35 1 18 December 1994  Liechtenstein 28 March 2001  Netherlands [74]
Paulo Bento DF 35 0 15 January 1992  Spain 14 June 2002  South Korea [75]
76 Domingos FW 34 9 29 March 1989  Angola 19 August 1998  Mozambique [76]
Capucho MF 34 2 21 February 1996  Germany 16 October 2002  Sweden [77]
78 José Augusto Torres FW 33 14 23 January 1963  Bulgaria 13 October 1973  Bulgaria [78]
Jorge Cadete FW 33 5 29 August 1990  West Germany 22 April 1998  England [79]
Toni MF 33 1 12 October 1969  Romania 8 March 1978  France [80]
Cédric Soares DF 33 1 11 October 2014  France — — [81]
Nuno Valente DF 33 1 7 September 2002  England 11 October 2006  Poland [82]
83 Quim GK 32 0 18 August 1999  Andorra 19 November 2008  Brazil [83]
84 Rui Águas FW 31 10 3 April 1985  Italy 17 November 1993  Italy [84]
Manuel Fernandes FW 31 7 9 March 1975 Goiás 29 March 1987  Malta [85]
Beto DF 31 2 6 September 1997  Germany 5 June 2004  Lithuania [86]
87 Paulinho Santos MF 30 2 19 January 1994  Spain 10 February 1999  Netherlands [87]
88 Eliseu MF 29 1 10 June 2009  Estonia 10 October 2017   Switzerland [88]
Hugo Viana MF 29 1 14 November 2001  Angola 14 November 2012  Gabon [89]
Damas GK 29 0 6 April 1969  Mexico 11 June 1986  Morocco [90]
André Gomes § MF 29 0 7 September 2014  Albania 26 March 2018  Netherlands [91]
92 Hernâni MF 28 5 21 November 1953  South Africa 7 June 1964  Brazil [92]
Luís Boa Morte MF 28 1 25 April 2001  France 10 June 2009  Estonia [93]
94 Matateu MF 27 13 23 November 1952  Austria 22 May 1960  Yugoslavia [94]
Fernando Peres MF 27 4 4 June 1964  England 9 July 1972  Brazil [95]
Silvestre Varela MF 27 4 3 March 2010  China PR 16 June 2015  Italy [96]
Fernando Chalana MF 27 2 17 November 1976  Denmark 12 October 1988  Sweden [97]
Minervino Pietra DF 27 1 14 November 1973  Northern Ireland 21 September 1983  Finland [98]
António Sousa MF 27 1 15 April 1981  Bulgaria 15 November 1989  Czechoslovakia [99]
José Bosingwa DF 27 0 2 June 2007  Belgium 29 March 2015  Serbia [100]
101 Manuel Vasques FW 26 8 21 March 1948  Spain 16 June 1957  Brazil [101]
António Folha MF 26 5 5 September 1993  Estonia 9 November 1996  Ukraine [102]
Adrien Silva MF 26 1 18 November 2014  Argentina 30 June 2018  Uruguay [103]
104 José Águas FW 25 11 23 November 1952  Austria 17 May 1962  Belgium [104]
Bruno Fernandes § MF 25 2 10 November 2017  Saudi Arabia — — [105]
Vieirinha DF 25 1 22 March 2013  Israel 22 June 2016  Hungary [106]
Marco Caneira DF 25 0 27 March 2002  Finland 26 March 2008  Greece [107]
Francisco Ferreira MF 25 0 28 January 1940  France 17 June 1951  Belgium [108]
Augusto Inácio DF 25 0 5 December 1976  Cyprus 11 June 1986  Morocco [109]
Jaime Pacheco MF 25 0 23 February 1983  West Germany 12 September 1990  Finland [110]

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