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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 men's international footballers.

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most capped player.

As of November 2024, 125 players have reached this milestone for Portugal. The record for the most caps is held by Cristiano Ronaldo, with 217 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, Pepe and Rui Patrício; Patrício is also the most capped Portuguese goalkeeper, with 108 international matches played 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 Vitinha, on 18 November 2024.

Players

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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 18 November 2024.

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
Rank Player Position Caps Goals Date of debut Debut against Date of
final match 		Final match
against 		Ref.
1 Cristiano Ronaldo § FW 217 135 20 August 2003   Kazakhstan — — [1]
2 João Moutinho MF 146 7 17 August 2005   Egypt 9 June 2022   Czech Republic [2]
3 Pepe § DF 141 8 21 November 2007   Finland 5 July 2024   France [3]
4 Luís Figo MF 127 32 12 October 1991   Luxembourg 8 July 2006   Germany [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 Rui Patrício § GK 108 0 17 November 2010   Spain — — [7]
8 Bernardo Silva § MF 98 13 31 March 2015   Cape Verde — — [8]
9 Bruno Alves DF 96 11 5 June 2007   Kuwait 7 June 2018   Algeria [9]
10 Rui Costa MF 94 26 31 March 1993    Switzerland 4 July 2004   Greece [10]
11 Ricardo Carvalho DF 89 5 11 October 2003   Albania 22 June 2016   Hungary [11]
12 Pauleta FW 88 47 20 August 1997   Armenia 8 July 2006   Germany [12]
13 Simão MF 85 22 18 November 1998   Israel 29 June 2010   Spain [13]
14 João Pinto FW 81 23 12 October 1991   Luxembourg 14 June 2002   South Korea [14]
15 Ricardo Quaresma MF 80 10 10 June 2003   Bolivia 30 June 2018   Uruguay [15]
William Carvalho MF 80 5 19 November 2013   Sweden — — [16]
Vítor Baía GK 80 0 19 December 1990   United States 7 September 2002   England [17]
18 Nuno Gomes FW 79 29 24 January 1996   France 11 October 2011   Denmark [18]
Ricardo GK 79 0 2 June 2001   Republic of Ireland 19 June 2008   Germany [19]
20 Bruno Fernandes § MF 76 25 10 November 2017   Saudi Arabia — — [20]
Raul Meireles MF 76 10 15 November 2006   Kazakhstan 22 June 2014   United States [21]
22 Deco MF 75 5 29 March 2003   Brazil 15 June 2010   Ivory Coast [22]
23 Danilo Pereira § MF 74 2 31 March 2015   Cape Verde — — [23]
24 Hélder Postiga FW 71 27 12 February 2003   Italy 14 November 2014   Armenia [24]
25 João Pinto DF 70 1 16 February 1983   France 9 November 1996   Ukraine [25]
26 Nené FW 66 22 21 April 1971   Scotland 23 June 1984   France [26]
Tiago MF 66 3 20 November 2002   Scotland 8 October 2015   Denmark [27]
28 Raphaël Guerreiro DF 65 4 14 November 2014   Armenia — — [28]
29 Eusébio FW 64 41 8 October 1961   Luxembourg 13 October 1973   Bulgaria [29]
Humberto Coelho DF 64 6 27 October 1968   Romania 27 April 1983   Soviet Union [30]
Rúben Dias § DF 64 3 28 May 2018   Tunisia — — [31]
32 Manuel Bento GK 63 0 16 October 1976   Poland 3 June 1986   England [32]
33 Paulo Ferreira DF 62 0 7 September 2002   England 15 June 2010   Ivory Coast [33]
34 João Cancelo § DF 60 10 1 September 2016   Gibraltar — — [34]
35 Miguel DF 59 1 12 February 2003   Italy 3 September 2010   Cyprus [35]
36 Hugo Almeida FW 57 19 18 February 2004   England 31 March 2015   Cape Verde [36]
Mário Coluna MF 57 8 4 May 1955   Scotland 11 December 1968   Greece [37]
Petit MF 57 4 2 June 2001   Republic of Ireland 19 June 2008   Germany [38]
39 Sérgio Conceição MF 56 12 9 November 1996   Ukraine 6 June 2003   Spain [39]
João Mário MF 56 3 11 October 2014   France 23 March 2023   Liechtenstein [40]
Miguel Veloso MF 56 3 13 October 2007   Azerbaijan 11 October 2015   Serbia [41]
42 Oceano MF 54 8 30 January 1985   Romania 22 April 1998   England [42]
Fernando Meira DF 54 2 11 October 2000   Netherlands 11 October 2008   Sweden [43]
Rúben Neves § MF 54 0 14 November 2015   Russia — — [44]
45 André Silva FW 53 19 1 September 2016   Gibraltar — — [45]
Costinha MF 53 2 14 October 1998   Slovakia 11 October 2006   Poland [46]
47 Maniche MF 52 7 29 March 2003   Brazil 31 March 2009   South Africa [47]
Fábio Coentrão DF 52 5 14 November 2009   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 September 2017   Hungary [48]
49 Jorge Andrade DF 51 3 25 April 2001   France 22 August 2007   Armenia [49]
Paulo Sousa MF 51 0 16 January 1991   Spain 25 May 2002   China [50]
51 Jorge Costa DF 50 2 11 November 1992   Bulgaria 14 June 2002   South Korea [51]
José Fonte DF 50 1 18 November 2014   Argentina 24 March 2022   Turkey [52]
53 Fernando Gomes FW 48 11 9 March 1975   Goiás 16 November 1988   Luxembourg [53]
54 Diogo Jota § FW 46 14 14 November 2019   Lithuania — — [54]
António Simões MF 46 3 6 May 1962   Brazil 13 October 1973   Bulgaria [55]
56 José Augusto MF 45 9 7 May 1958   England 11 December 1968   Greece [56]
João Félix § FW 45 9 5 June 2019    Switzerland — — [57]
Ricardo Sá Pinto FW 45 9 7 September 1994   Northern Ireland 6 June 2001   Cyprus [58]
Rui Jorge DF 45 1 20 April 1994   Norway 8 September 2004   Estonia [59]
60 Vítor Paneira MF 44 4 12 October 1988   Sweden 29 May 1996   Republic of Ireland [60]
Dimas DF 44 0 15 August 1995   Liechtenstein 13 February 2002   Spain [61]
62 Rui Jordão FW 43 15 29 March 1972   Cyprus 25 January 1989   Greece [62]
63 Carlos Manuel MF 42 8 26 March 1980   Scotland 11 June 1986   Morocco [63]
64 Paulo Futre MF 41 6 21 September 1983   Finland 3 June 1995   Latvia [64]
65 Hilário DF 40 0 11 November 1959   France 17 February 1971   Belgium [65]
João Pereira DF 40 0 8 October 2010   Denmark 7 September 2014   Albania [66]
Nélson Semedo § DF 40 0 11 October 2015   Serbia — — [67]
António Veloso DF 40 0 18 November 1981   Scotland 19 January 1984   Scotland [68]
69 Virgílio DF 39 0 27 February 1949   Italy 22 May 1960   Yugoslavia [69]
70 Danny MF 38 4 20 August 2008   Faroe Islands 29 March 2016   Belgium [70]
Eurico DF 38 3 20 September 1978   Italy 3 April 1985   Italy [71]
72 Rafael Leão § FW 37 5 9 October 2021   Qatar — — [72]
73 Rui Barros MF 36 4 29 March 1987   Malta 14 December 1996   Germany [73]
Jaime Graça MF 36 4 24 January 1965   Turkey 9 July 1972   Brazil [74]
João Alves MF 36 3 13 November 1974    Switzerland 27 April 1983   Soviet Union [75]
Eduardo GK 36 0 11 February 2009   Finland 1 September 2016   Gibraltar [76]
José Carlos DF 36 0 12 March 1961   Luxembourg 12 May 1971   Denmark [77]
78 José Travassos FW 35 6 5 January 1947    Switzerland 7 May 1958   England [78]
Eder FW 35 5 11 September 2012   Azerbaijan 20 November 2018   Poland [79]
Hélder Cristóvão DF 35 3 12 February 1992   Netherlands 25 April 2001   France [80]
Artur Correia DF 35 1 10 May 1972   Cyprus 21 November 1979   Austria [81]
Carlos Secretário DF 35 1 18 December 1994   Liechtenstein 28 March 2001   Netherlands [82]
Paulo Bento DF 35 0 15 January 1992   Spain 14 June 2002   South Korea [83]
84 Domingos FW 34 9 29 March 1989   Angola 19 August 1998   Mozambique [84]
Capucho MF 34 2 21 February 1996   Germany 16 October 2002   Sweden [85]
Cédric Soares DF 34 1 11 October 2014   France 27 March 2021   Serbia [86]
87 José Augusto Torres FW 33 14 23 January 1963   Bulgaria 13 October 1973   Bulgaria [87]
Jorge Cadete FW 33 5 29 August 1990   West Germany 22 April 1998   England [88]
João Palhinha § MF 33 2 24 March 2021   Azerbaijan — — [89]
Toni MF 33 1 12 October 1969   Romania 8 March 1978   France [90]
Nuno Valente DF 33 1 7 September 2002   England 11 October 2006   Poland [91]
Nuno Mendes § DF 33 0 24 March 2021   Azerbaijan — — [92]
93 Gonçalo Guedes FW 32 7 14 November 2015   Russia 12 June 2022    Switzerland [93]
Renato Sanches MF 32 3 25 March 2016   Bulgaria 14 November 2021   Serbia [94]
Diogo Costa § GK 32 0 9 October 2021   Qatar — — [95]
Quim GK 32 0 18 August 1999   Andorra 19 November 2008   Brazil [96]
97 Rui Águas FW 31 10 3 April 1985   Italy 17 November 1993   Italy [97]
Manuel Fernandes FW 31 7 9 March 1975   Goiás 29 March 1987   Malta [98]
Beto DF 31 2 6 September 1997   Germany 5 June 2004   Lithuania [99]
100 Paulinho Santos MF 30 2 19 January 1994   Spain 10 February 1999   Netherlands [100]
101 Eliseu MF 29 1 10 June 2009   Estonia 10 October 2017    Switzerland [101]
Hugo Viana MF 29 1 14 November 2001   Angola 14 November 2012   Gabon [102]
Damas GK 29 0 6 April 1969   Mexico 11 June 1986   Morocco [103]
André Gomes MF 29 0 7 September 2014   Albania 26 March 2018   Netherlands [104]
105 Hernâni MF 28 5 21 November 1953   South Africa 7 June 1964   Brazil [105]
Luís Boa Morte MF 28 1 25 April 2001   France 10 June 2009   Estonia [106]
107 Matateu MF 27 13 23 November 1952   Austria 22 May 1960   Yugoslavia [107]
Fernando Peres MF 27 4 4 June 1964   England 9 July 1972   Brazil [108]
Silvestre Varela MF 27 4 3 March 2010   China 16 June 2015   Italy [109]
Diogo Dalot § DF 27 3 23 June 2021   France — — [110]
Fernando Chalana MF 27 2 17 November 1976   Denmark 12 October 1988   Sweden [111]
Minervino Pietra DF 27 1 14 November 1973   Northern Ireland 21 September 1983   Finland [112]
António Sousa MF 27 1 15 April 1981   Bulgaria 15 November 1989   Czechoslovakia [113]
José Bosingwa DF 27 0 2 June 2007   Belgium 29 March 2015   Serbia [114]
115 Manuel Vasques FW 26 8 21 March 1948   Spain 16 June 1957   Brazil [115]
António Folha MF 26 5 5 September 1993   Estonia 9 November 1996   Ukraine [116]
Adrien Silva MF 26 1 18 November 2014   Argentina 30 June 2018   Uruguay [117]
118 José Águas FW 25 11 23 November 1952   Austria 17 May 1962   Belgium [118]
Vieirinha DF 25 1 22 March 2013   Israel 22 June 2016   Hungary [119]
Marco Caneira DF 25 0 27 March 2002   Finland 26 March 2008   Greece [120]
Francisco Ferreira MF 25 0 28 January 1940   France 17 June 1951   Belgium [121]
Augusto Inácio DF 25 0 5 December 1976   Cyprus 11 June 1986   Morocco [122]
Jaime Pacheco MF 25 0 23 February 1983   West Germany 12 September 1990   Finland [123]
Rafa Silva FW 25 0 5 March 2014   Cameroon 4 September 2021   Qatar [124]
Vitinha § MF 25 0 29 March 2022   North Macedonia — — [125]

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