List of FC Porto players

Brazilian goalkeeper Helton Arruda has the most appearances among Porto's current players.

Futebol Clube do Porto is a Portuguese sports club based in Porto, which is best known for its professional football team currently playing in the top-tier Primeira Liga. They played their first match a few days after their foundation in 1893,^[1] but only began taking part in local and regional competitions in 1911, when the José Monteiro da Costa Cup was contested for the first time.^[2] Since then, the club has participated and achieved success in several domestic and international competitions, with the contribution of numerous players. This list includes the players that have made at least 100 competitive match appearances for the first team, either as starters or as substitutes.

João Pinto holds Porto's record for most appearances, having played in 587 matches during his 16-year career at the club (1981–1997). He is one of only two players to have over 500 appearances for Porto; the other is former goalkeeper Vitor Baía, who appeared in 566 matches in 17 seasons. Four other players have made at least 400 appearances. Among them is former Brazilian defender Aloísio, who holds the club record for most appearances by a non-Portuguese player. Fernando Gomes is Porto's record goalscorer, having netted 347 goals in 455 appearances. The only other player with over 300 goals is Pinga; he scored 314 times during his 15 years at the club.

Four players currently in the first team have at least 100 appearances for the club: Brazilian goalkeeper Helton Arruda and defender Maicon, Mexican midfielder Héctor Herrera, and Portuguese forward Silvestre Varela.

Players

As of competitive match played on 7 February 2016

Notes

• Players are listed by: 1) year of first appearance, 2) club career years, 3) total appearances.
• Players currently playing in the first team are shown in bold.
• Appearances and goals are counted only for first-team competitive matches in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Campeonato de Portugal, Campeonato do Porto, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.

Key

• Nationality – If the player played international football, the country he played for during his career at the club are shown. Otherwise, the nationality is given as the country of birth.
• Position – Position occupied by the player: GK = goalkeeper, DF = defender, MF = midfielder, FW = forward
• Appearances – Number of matches played for the club (starter and substitute)
•  §  – Player is a club record holder.

Vítor Baía has the second-most all-time appearances for Porto (566).

Domingos Paciência (top) was the league top scorer in 1995–96, while Mário Jardel (bottom) won this accolade in the following four seasons.

Deco (pictured playing for Barcelona) was a successful midfielder, winning the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League for Porto.

Ricardo Carvalho (pictured playing for Real Madrid) played in both UEFA competition finals won by Porto in 2003 and 2004.

Dmitri Alenichev (pictured playing for Spartak Moscow) is the only Russian player to have won the UEFA Champions League.^[3]

Raul Meireles (pictured playing for Portugal) won four consecutive league titles for Porto in almost 200 appearances.

Hulk (top) and João Moutinho (bottom) won a record four titles in a record 53 appearances in the 2010–11 season.^[4]

Lucho González had two separate spells at the club and appeared in more than 200 official games, winning eleven major titles.

FC Porto players with at least 100 appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Porto career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Carneiro, LopesLopes Carneiro	Portugal	FW	1922–1923, 1927–1941	185	66
Mota, ValdemarValdemar Mota	Portugal	FW	1926–1938	163	177
Pereira, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Pereira	Portugal	MF	1926–1936	137	7
Mesquita, AcácioAcácio Mesquita	Portugal	FW	1926–1935, 1936–1937	101	111
Faria, JerónimoJerónimo Faria	Portugal	DF	1927–1940	106	1
Martins, AvelinoAvelino Martins	Portugal	DF	1927–1937, 1938–1939	133	0
Pinga	Portugal	FW	1931–1946	331	314
Nunes, CarlosCarlos Nunes	Portugal	FW	1932–1942	178	129
Reis, Soares dosSoares dos Reis	Portugal	GK	1933–1940, 1942–1944	144	0
Santos, AntónioAntónio Santos	Portugal	FW	1934–1942	166	129
Pereira, CarlosCarlos Pereira	Portugal	MF	1934–1941	198	12
Pocas	Portugal	MF	1935–1947	291	4
Guilhar, VítorVítor Guilhar	Portugal	DF	1936–1948	265	11
Costa, Gomes daGomes da Costa	Portugal	DF	1936–1938, 1939–1947	127	62
Baptista	Portugal	MF	1937–1943	115	5
Dias, CorreiaCorreia Dias	Portugal	FW	1939–1940, 1941–1949	167	200
Pais, AlfredoAlfredo Pais	Portugal	DF	1942–1952	267	2
Araújo	Portugal	FW	1942–1949, 1950–1952	213	205
Lourenço	Portugal	FW	1942–1948	117	64
Barrigana, FredericoFrederico Barrigana	Portugal	GK	1943–1955	324	0
Romão	Portugal	MF	1944–1952	180	7
Machado, JoaquimJoaquim Machado	Portugal	DF	1945–1953, 1954–1955	218	23
Carvalho, ÂngeloÂngelo Carvalho	Portugal	DF	1946–1955	249	1
Sanfins	Portugal	FW	1946–1951	107	41
Mendes, VirgílioVirgílio Mendes	Portugal	DF	1947–1963	436	9
Vieira, CarlosCarlos Vieira	Portugal	FW	1948–1955	130	55
Maria, JoséJosé Maria	Portugal	FW	1949–1957	183	78
Costa, Monteiro daMonteiro da Costa	Portugal	FW	1949–1962	328	92
Hernâni	Portugal	FW	1950–1952, 1953–1964	332	187
Lopes, AméricoAmérico Lopes	Portugal	GK	1952–1954, 1958–1969	255	0
Duarte, CarlosCarlos Duarte	Portugal	FW	1952–1964	228	94
Perdigão, FernandoFernando Perdigão	Portugal	FW	1952–1963	128	35
Teixeira, AntónioAntónio Teixeira	Portugal	FW	1952–1962	220	171
Pedroto, José MariaJosé Maria Pedroto	Portugal	MF	1952–1960	178	35
Arcanjo, MiguelMiguel Arcanjo	Portugal	DF	1953–1965	316	0
Carrelo, AcúrsioAcúrsio Carrelo	Portugal	GK	1955–1961	109	1
Barbosa	Portugal	DF	1956–1962	130	1
Silva, JaimeJaime Silva	Portugal	FW	1959–1969	182	40
Paula, AntónioAntónio Paula	Portugal	MF	1959–1966	164	2
Teixeira, RuiRui Teixeira	Portugal	GK	1961–1978	181	0
Pinto, CustódioCustódio Pinto	Portugal	MF	1961–1971	333	118
Festa, AlbertoAlberto Festa	Portugal	DF	1961–1968	157	0
Nóbrega, FranciscoFrancisco Nóbrega	Portugal	FW	1962–1974	277	44
Atraca, JoãoJoão Atraca	Portugal	DF	1962–1969	158	3
Gonçalves, RolandoRolando Gonçalves	Portugal	DF	1963–1975	305	6
Almeida, JoãoJoão Almeida	Portugal	DF	1963–1969	100	0
Pacheco, ValdemarValdemar Pacheco	Portugal	DF	1965–1974	230	5
Pavão	Portugal	MF	1965–1973	229	25	[lower-alpha 1]
Gomes, EduardoEduardo Gomes	Portugal	MF	1965–1971	100	5
Freitas, DjalmaDjalma Freitas	Brazil	FW	1966–1969	101	63
Seninho	Portugal	FW	1969–1972, 1974–1978	149	34
Gualter	Portugal	DF	1969–1974	106	1
Oliveira, AntónioAntónio Oliveira	Portugal	FW	1970–1980	250	85
Miglietti, AbelAbel Miglietti	Portugal	FW	1970–1975	148	76
Reis, RodolfoRodolfo Reis	Portugal	MF	1971–1984	331	9
Tibi	Portugal	GK	1972–1977, 1980–1981	129	0
Cubillas, TeófiloTeófilo Cubillas	Peru	FW	1973–1977	108	65
Gomes, FernandoFernando Gomes§	Portugal	FW	1974–1980, 1983–1989	455	347	[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]
Simões, CarlosCarlos Simões	Portugal	DF	1974–1983	260	3
Mendes, GabrielGabriel Mendes	Portugal	DF	1974–1983	250	6
Teixeira, AdelinoAdelino Teixeira	Portugal	DF	1974–1983	238	5
Murça, AlfredoAlfredo Murça	Portugal	DF	1974–1980	203	6
Machado, OctávioOctávio Machado	Portugal	MF	1975–1978, 1979–1980	115	12
Freitas, FernandoFernando Freitas	Portugal	DF	1976–1983	185	0
Duda	Brazil	FW	1976–1981	148	53
Fonseca, JoãoJoão Fonseca	Portugal	GK	1977–1983	173	0
Frasco, AntónioAntónio Frasco	Portugal	MF	1978–1989	306	25
Pereira, LimaLima Pereira§	Portugal	DF	1978–1989	264	12	[lower-alpha 5]
Costa, JoséJosé Costa	Portugal	FW	1978–1985	199	32
Sousa, AntónioAntónio Sousa§	Portugal	MF	1979–1984, 1986–1989	309	78	[lower-alpha 5]
Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco	Portugal	MF	1979–1984, 1986–1989	206	19
Magalhães, JaimeJaime Magalhães§	Portugal	MF	1980–1995	408	47	[lower-alpha 5]
Walsh, MickeyMickey Walsh	Ireland	FW	1980–1986	123	56
Pinto, JoãoJoão Pinto§	Portugal	DF	1981–1997	587	20	[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 5]
Inácio, AugustoAugusto Inácio§	Portugal	DF	1982–1989	199	5	[lower-alpha 5]
Beto, ZéZé Beto	Portugal	GK	1982–1989	180	0
Luís, EduardoEduardo Luís	Portugal	DF	1982–1989	154	3
Vermelhinho	Portugal	FW	1982–1987, 1988–1989	123	28
Gomes, EuricoEurico Gomes	Portugal	DF	1982–1986	133	9
Semedo	Portugal	MF	1983–1996	313	47
André, AntónioAntónio André§	Portugal	MF	1984–1995	382	27	[lower-alpha 5]
Futre, PauloPaulo Futre	Portugal	FW	1984–1987	115	33
Madjer, RabahRabah Madjer	Algeria	FW	1985–1991	148	73
Bandeirinha, FernandoFernando Bandeirinha	Portugal	DF	1986–1996	170	9
Paciência, DomingosDomingos Paciência	Portugal	FW	1987–1997, 1999–2001	378	144
Barros, RuiRui Barros	Portugal	MF	1987–1988, 1994–2000	244	56
Couto, FernandoFernando Couto	Portugal	DF	1987–1988, 1990–1994	158	12
Geraldão	Brazil	DF	1987–1991	128	23
Baía, VítorVítor Baía§	Portugal	GK	1988–1996, 1998–2007	566	0	[lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9]
Pereira, PauloPaulo Pereira	Brazil	DF	1988–1992, 1993–1994	125	19
Couto, JorgeJorge Couto	Portugal	MF	1989–1996	181	18
Carlos, JoséJosé Carlos	Brazil	DF	1989–1990, 1991–1996	102	26
Aloísio§	Brazil	DF	1990–2001	474	18	[lower-alpha 10]
Kostadinov, EmilEmil Kostadinov	Bulgaria	FW	1990–1995	168	60
Folha, AntónioAntónio Folha	Portugal	MF	1991–1992, 1993–2001	195	19
Costa, JorgeJorge Costa§	Portugal	DF	1992–2005	383	25	[lower-alpha 5]
Santos, PaulinhoPaulinho Santos	Portugal	MF	1992–2003	316	8
Jorge, RuiRui Jorge	Portugal	DF	1992–1998	134	4
Drulović, LjubinkoLjubinko Drulović§	Serbia and Montenegro	FW	1993–2001	327	58	[lower-alpha 9]
Secretário, CarlosCarlos Secretário	Portugal	DF	1993–1996, 1997–2004	309	10
Pinto, João ManuelJoão Manuel Pinto	Portugal	DF	1995–2000	109	12
Jardel, MárioMário Jardel	Brazil	FW	1996–2000	175	168	[lower-alpha 11]
Zahovič, ZlatkoZlatko Zahovič	Slovenia	MF	1996–1999	118	42
Capucho	Portugal	MF	1997–2003	275	42
Deco	Portugal	MF	1998–2004	229	48
Carvalho, RicardoRicardo Carvalho	Portugal	DF	1998–1999, 2001–2004	117	4
Chaínho, CarlosCarlos Chaínho	Portugal	MF	1998–2001	109	6
Clayton	Brazil	FW	1999–2003	117	26
Alenichev, DmitriDmitri Alenichev	Russia	MF	2000–2004	129	23
Postiga, HélderHélder Postiga	Portugal	FW	2001–2003, 2004–2008	165	48
Costa, RicardoRicardo Costa§	Portugal	DF	2001–2007	110	5	[lower-alpha 5]
Costinha§	Portugal	MF	2001–2005	164	18	[lower-alpha 5]
McCarthy, BenniBenni McCarthy	South Africa	FW	2001–2002, 2003–2006	125	56
Emanuel, PedroPedro Emanuel§	Angola	DF	2002–2009	178	1	[lower-alpha 5]
Maniche§	Portugal	MF	2002–2005	124	22	[lower-alpha 5]
Bosingwa, JoséJosé Bosingwa	Portugal	MF	2003–2008	152	3
Meireles, RaulRaul Meireles	Portugal	MF	2004–2010	193	20
Quaresma, RicardoRicardo Quaresma	Portugal	FW	2004–2008, 2014–2015	225	50	[14]
Helton	Brazil	GK	2005–	330	0	[15]
González, LuchoLucho González	Argentina	MF	2005–2009, 2011–2014	241	61	[16]
Alves, BrunoBruno Alves	Portugal	DF	2005–2010	174	17
López, LisandroLisandro López	Argentina	FW	2005–2009	150	63
Assunção, PauloPaulo Assunção	Brazil	MF	2005–2008	103	0
Fucile, JorgeJorge Fucile	Uruguay	DF	2006–2014	160	1	[17]
González, MarianoMariano González	Argentina	FW	2007–2011	121	11
Fernando	Brazil	MF	2008–2014	236	6	[18]
Rolando	Portugal	DF	2008–2015	175	17	[19]
Hulk§	Brazil	FW	2008–2012	170	78	[lower-alpha 9]
Guarín, FredyFredy Guarín	Colombia	MF	2008–2012	117	21
Săpunaru, CristianCristian Săpunaru	Romania	DF	2008–2012	103	3
Rodríguez, CristianCristian Rodríguez	Uruguay	FW	2008–2011	104	15
Varela, SilvestreSilvestre Varela	Portugal	FW	2009–	215	48	[20]
Maicon	Brazil	DF	2009–	190	13	[21]
Pereira, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Pereira	Uruguay	DF	2009–2012	119	3	[22]
Belluschi, FernandoFernando Belluschi	Argentina	MF	2009–2012	113	9	[23]
Otamendi, NicolásNicolás Otamendi	Argentina	DF	2010–2014	125	10	[24]
Moutinho, JoãoJoão Moutinho§	Portugal	MF	2010–2013	140	10	[25][lower-alpha 9]
Rodríguez, JamesJames Rodríguez	Colombia	MF	2010–2013	108	32	[26]
Defour, StevenSteven Defour	Belgium	MF	2011–2014	113	7	[27]
Danilo	Brazil	DF	2011–2015	141	13	[28]
Sandro, AlexAlex Sandro	Brazil	FW	2011–2015	137	3	[29]
Martínez, JacksonJackson Martínez	Colombia	FW	2012–2015	136	92	[30]
Herrera, HéctorHéctor Herrera	Mexico	MF	2013–	100	15	[31]

Footnotes

References

Bibliography

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• Bandeira, João Pedro (2012). Bíblia do FC Porto (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Prime Books. ISBN 9789896551544. 
• Tovar, Rui (2011). Almanaque do FC Porto 1893–2011 (in Portuguese). Alfragide: Caderno. ISBN 9789892315430.