List of Portugal international footballers

Luís Figo is Portugal's most capped player.

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

As of November 2014, 96 players have reached this milestone for Portugal. The record for the most caps is held by Luís Figo with 127 between 1993 and 2006. With 118 caps since 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for currently active players. The only other Portuguese player to reach 100 caps is the defender Fernando Couto, with 110 between 1990 and 2004. The most capped Portuguese goalkeeper is Vítor Baía, who played 80 international matches from 1990 to 2002.

The most recent player to gain his 25th cap is José Bosingwa on 14 November 2014.

Players

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by amount of caps, then amount of goals scored. If amount of goals are equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics correct as of 31 March 2015.

Key
§
 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 Figo, LuísLuís Figo MF 127 32 12 October 1991  Luxembourg 8 July 2006  Germany [1]
2 Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo § MF 119 52 20 August 2003  Moldova &
—
 &
—
 [2]
3 Couto, FernandoFernando Couto DF 110 8 19 December 1990  United States 13 June 2004  Netherlands [3]
4 Costa, RuiRui Costa MF 94 26 31 March 1993   Switzerland 4 July 2004  Greece [4]
5 Pauleta FW 88 47 20 August 1997  Armenia 8 Jul 2006  Germany [5]
6 Simão MF 85 22 18 November 1998  Israel 29 June 2010  Spain [6]
7 Nani § MF 84 14 1 September 2006  Moldova &
—
 &
—
 [7]
8 Pinto, João VieiraJoão Vieira Pinto FW 81 23 12 October 1991  Luxembourg 14 June 2002  South Korea [8]
9 Baía, VítorVítor Baía GK 80 0 19 December 1990  United States 7 September 2002  England [9]
10 Gomes, NunoNuno Gomes FW 79 29 24 January 2006  France 11 October 2011  Denmark [10]
10 Carvalho, RicardoRicardo Carvalho § DF 79 6 11 October 2003  Albania &
—
 &
—
 [11]
10 Ricardo GK 79 0 2 June 2001  Republic of Ireland 19 June 2008  Germany [12]
13 Alves, BrunoBruno Alves § DF 78 9 5 June 2007  Kuwait &
—
 &
—
 [13]
14 Moutinho, JoãoJoão Moutinho § MF 77 2 17 August 2005  Egypt &
—
 &
—
 [14]
15 Meireles, RaulRaul Meireles § MF 76 10 15 November 2006  Kazakhstan &
—
 &
—
 [15]
16 Deco MF 75 5 29 March 2003  Brazil 15 June 2010  Ivory Coast [16]
17 Postiga, HélderHélder Postiga § FW 71 27 12 February 2003  Italy &
—
 &
—
 [17]
18 Pinto, João DomingosJoão Domingos Pinto DF 70 1 16 February 1983  France 9 November 1996  Ukraine [18]
19 Nené FW 66 22 21 April 1971  Scotland 23 June 1984  France [19]
20 Pepe § DF 65 3 21 November 2007  Finland &
—
 &
—
 [20]
21 Eusébio FW 64 41 8 October 1961  Luxembourg 13 October 1973  Bulgaria [21]
21 Coelho, HumbertoHumberto Coelho DF 64 6 27 October 1968  Romania 27 April 1983  Soviet Union [22]
23 Bento, ManuelManuel Bento GK 63 6 16 October 1976  Poland 3 June 1986  England [23]
23 Tiago § MF 63 3 20 November 2002  Scotland &
—
 &
—
 [24]
25 Ferreira, PauloPaulo Ferreira DF 62 0 7 September 2002  England 15 June 2010  Ivory Coast [25]
26 Miguel DF 59 1 12 February 2003  Italy 3 September 2010  Cyprus [26]
27 Almeida, HugoHugo Almeida § FW 57 17 18 February 2004  England &
—
 &
—
 [27]
27 Coluna, MárioMário Coluna MF 57 8 4 May 1955  Scotland 11 December 1968  Greece [28]
27 Petit MF 57 4 2 June 2001  Republic of Ireland 19 June 2008  Germany [29]
30 Conceição, SérgioSérgio Conceição MF 56 12 9 November 1996  Ukraine 6 June 2003  Spain [30]
31 Oceano MF 54 8 30 January 1985  Romania 20 April 1998  England [31]
31 Meira, FernandoFernando Meira DF 54 2 11 October 2000  Netherlands 11 October 2008  Sweden [32]
33 Costinha MF 53 2 14 October 1998  Slovakia 11 October 2006  Poland [33]
33 Maniche MF 53 7 29 March 2003  Brazil 31 March 2009  South Africa [34]
33 Veloso, MiguelMiguel Veloso § MF 53 2 13 October 2007  Azerbaijan &
—
 &
—
 [35]
36 Andrade, JorgeJorge Andrade DF 51 3 25 April 2001  France 22 August 2007  Armenia [36]
37 Sousa, PauloPaulo Sousa MF 51 0 16 January 1991  Spain 25 May 2002  China PR [37]
38 Costa, JorgeJorge Costa DF 50 2 11 November 1992  Bulgaria 14 June 2002  South Korea [38]
39 Gomes, FernandoFernando Gomes FW 48 11 9 March 1975 Brazil Goiás 16 November 1988  Luxembourg [39]
39 Coentrão, FábioFábio Coentrão § DF 48 3 14 November 2009  Bosnia and Herzegovina &
—
 &
—
 [40]
41 Simões, AntónioAntónio Simões MF 46 3 6 May 1962  Brazil 13 October 1973  Bulgaria [41]
42 José Augusto MF 45 9 7 May 1958  England 11 December 1968  Greece [42]
42 Pinto, Ricardo SáRicardo Sá Pinto FW 45 9 7 September 1994  Northern Ireland 6 June 2001  Cyprus [43]
42 Rui Jorge DF 45 1 20 April 1994  Norway 8 September 2004  Estonia [44]
45 Paneira, VítorVítor Paneira MF 44 4 12 October 1988  Sweden 29 May 1996  Republic of Ireland [45]
45 Dimas DF 44 0 15 August 1995  Liechtenstein 13 February 2002  Spain [46]
47 Jordão, RuiRui Jordão FW 43 15 29 March 1972  Cyprus 25 January 1989  Greece [47]
48 Carlos Manuel MF 42 8 26 March 1980  Scotland 11 June 1986  Morocco [48]
49 Futre, PauloPaulo Futre MF 41 6 21 September 1983  Finland 3 June 1995  Latvia [49]
50 Quaresma, RicardoRicardo Quaresma § MF 40 3 10 June 2003  Bolivia &
—
 &
—
 [50]
50 Hilário DF 40 0 11 November 1959  France 17 February 1971  Belgium [51]
50 Pereira, JoãoJoão Pereira § DF 40 0 8 October 2010  Denmark &
—
 &
—
 [52]
50 Veloso, AntónioAntónio Veloso DF 40 0 18 November 1981  Scotland 19 January 1984  Scotland [53]
53 Virgílio DF 39 0 27 February 1949  Italy 22 May 1960  Yugoslavia [54]
55 Eurico DF 38 3 20 September 1978  Italy 3 April 1985  Italy [55]
56 Barros, RuiRui Barros MF 36 4 29 March 1987  Malta 14 December 1996  Germany [56]
56 Graça, JaimeJaime Graça MF 36 4 24 January 1965  Turkey 9 July 1972  Brazil [57]
58 Alves, João ResendeJoão Resende Alves MF 36 3 13 November 1974   Switzerland 27 April 1983  Soviet Union [58]
59 José Carlos DF 36 0 12 March 1961  Luxembourg 12 May 1971  Denmark [59]
59 Patrício, RuiRui Patrício § GK 36 0 17 November 2010  Spain &
—
 &
—
 [60]
60 Travassos, JoséJosé Travassos FW 35 6 5 January 1947   Switzerland 7 May 1958  England [61]
60 Cristóvão, HélderHélder Cristóvão DF 35 3 12 February 1992  Netherlands 25 April 2001  France [62]
60 Correia, ArturArtur Correia DF 35 1 10 May 1972  Cyprus 21 November 1979  Austria [63]
60 Secretário, CarlosCarlos Secretário DF 35 1 18 December 1994  Liechtenstein 28 March 2001  Netherlands [64]
60 Bento, PauloPaulo Bento DF 35 0 15 January 1992  Spain 14 June 2002  South Korea [65]
60 Eduardo § GK 35 0 11 February 2009  Finland &
—
 &
—
 [66]
67 Domingos FW 34 9 29 March 1989  Angola 19 August 1998  Mozambique [67]
67 Capucho MF 34 2 21 February 1996  Germany 16 October 2002  Sweden [68]
69 Torres, José AugustoJosé Augusto Torres FW 33 14 23 January 1963  Bulgaria 13 October 1973  Bulgaria [69]
69 Cadete, JorgeJorge Cadete FW 33 5 29 August 1990  West Germany 22 April 1998  England [70]
69 Toni MF 33 1 12 October 1969  Romania 8 March 1978  France [71]
69 Valente, NunoNuno Valente DF 33 1 7 September 2002  England 11 October 2006  Poland [72]
73 Quim GK 32 0 18 August 1999  Andorra 19 November 2008  Brazil [73]
74 Águas, RuiRui Águas FW 31 10 3 April 1985  Italy 17 November 1993  Italy [74]
74 Fernandes, ManuelManuel Fernandes FW 31 7 9 March 1975 Brazil Goiás 29 March 1987  Malta [75]
74 Danny § MF 31 4 20 August 2008  Faroe Islands &
—
 &
—
 [76]
74 Beto DF 31 2 6 September 1997  Germany 5 June 2004  Lithuania [77]
77 Santos, PaulinhoPaulinho Santos MF 30 2 19 January 1994  Spain 10 February 1999  Netherlands [78]
78 Viana, HugoHugo Viana MF 29 1 14 November 2001  Angola 14 November 2012  Gabon [79]
80 Damas GK 29 0 6 April 1969  Mexico 11 June 1986  Morocco [80]
81 Hernâni MF 28 5 21 November 1953  South Africa 7 June 1964  Brazil [81]
81 Boa Morte, LuísLuís Boa Morte MF 28 1 25 April 2001  France 10 June 2009  Estonia [82]
83 Matateu MF 27 13 23 November 1952  Austria 22 May 1960  Yugoslavia [83]
83 Peres, FernandoFernando Peres MF 27 4 4 June 1964  England 9 July 1972  Brazil [84]
83 Chalana, FernandoFernando Chalana MF 27 2 17 November 1976  Denmark 12 October 1988  Sweden [85]
83 Pietra, MinervinoMinervino Pietra DF 27 1 14 November 1973  Northern Ireland 21 September 1983  Finland [86]
83 Sousa, AntónioAntónio Sousa MF 27 1 15 April 1981  Bulgaria 15 November 1989  Czechoslovakia [87]
83 Bosingwa, JoséJosé Bosingwa § DF 27 0 2 June 2007  Belgium &
—
 &
—
 [88]
88 Vasques, ManuelManuel Vasques FW 26 8 21 March 1948  Spain 16 June 1957  Brazil [89]
88 Folha, AntónioAntónio Folha MF 26 5 5 September 1993  Estonia 9 November 1996  Ukraine [90]
88 Varela, SilvestreSilvestre Varela § MF 26 4 3 March 2010  China PR &
—
 &
—
 [91]
91 Águas, JoséJosé Águas FW 25 11 23 November 1952  Austria 17 May 1962  Belgium [92]
91 Caneira, MarcoMarco Caneira DF 25 0 27 March 2002  Finland 26 March 2008  Greece [93]
91 Inácio, AugustoAugusto Inácio DF 25 0 5 December 1976  Cyprus 11 June 1986  Morocco [94]
91 Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco MF 25 0 23 February 1983  West Germany 12 September 1990  Finland [95]
91 Xico MF 25 0 28 January 1940  France 17 June 1951  Belgium [96]

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