List of Portugal international footballers born outside Portugal

This list includes all the Portuguese players who played for the Portugal senior national football team who are born outside Portugal. Almost all of this players (94 totally) are born in the former Portuguese colonies, while others (the minority) are naturalized or born abroad.

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• List by country of birth
• List of players
• References
• Notes

List by country of birth

Last update on 24 March 2025

Country	Total	Notes
Angola	29	Includes 26 players born in the Portuguese Angola
Mozambique	23	Includes 23 players born in the Portuguese Mozambique
Guinea-Bissau	10	Includes 4 players born in the Portuguese Guinea
Brazil	8
Cape Verde	8	Includes 6 players born in the Portuguese Cape Verde
France	5
Canada	2
DR Congo	2	Includes 2 players born in Zaire
Macau	2	Includes 2 players born in the Portuguese Macau
São Tomé and Príncipe	2	Includes 1 player born in the Portuguese São Tomé
South Africa	2
Switzerland	2
Germany	1
Morocco	1	Born in the French Morocco
Venezuela	1

List of players

The players in bold are currently representing Portugal.

Country	Birthplace	Player	Caps	Goals	Period	Notes	Ref.
Angola	Portuguese Angola	José Águas	25	11	1952–1962		[1]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Miguel Arcanjo	9	0	1957–1965		[2]
Angola		William Carvalho	80	5	2013–	Moved to Portugal as a child.	[3]
Angola		Hélder Costa	1	1	2018	Switched to Angola in 2021.	[4]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Joaquim Dinis	14	5	1970–1973		[5]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Carlos Duarte	7	1	1952–1962		[6]
Angola		Edgar	1	0	1998	Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal as a child.	[7]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Jorge Ferreira	4	0	1989–1990		[8]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	José Ferreira Pinto	2	0	1965		[9]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Fernando Freitas	9	0	1972–1976		[10]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Hélder	35	3	1992–2001		[11]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Jacinto João	10	2	1968–1974		[12]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Rui Jordão	43	15	1972–1989		[13]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	José Leal	15	1	1990–1992		[14]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Lito	2	0	1983		[15]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Paulo Madeira	25	3	1991–1999		[16]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Amândio Malta da Silva	5	0	1971		[17]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	José Maria	4	0	1967–1970		[18]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Aníbal Paciência	1	0	1941		[19]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Carlos Parente	2	0	1987		[20]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Paulinho	1	0	1992		[21]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Fernando Peyroteo	20	15	1938–1949		[22]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Jorge Plácido	3	2	1987–1989		[23]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Filipe Ramos	3	0	1992		[24]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Santana	5	1	1960–1965		[25]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Seninho	4	1	1976–1978		[26]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Mário Torres	5	0	1957–1959		[27]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	Vado	3	0	1989–1995		[28]
Angola	Portuguese Angola	José Luís Vidigal	15	0	2000–2002		[29]
Brazil		Celso	3	0	1976–1978		[30]
Brazil		Deco	75	5	2003–2010		[31]
Brazil		Liédson	15	4	2009–2010		[32]
Brazil		Lúcio	5	0	1960–1962		[33]
Brazil		Otávio	22	2	2021–	Became a Portuguese citizen in 2021.	[34]
Brazil		Rony Lopes	2	0	2017–	Born to a Portuguese mother. Moved to Portugal at age 4.	[35]
Brazil		Matheus Nunes	16	2	2021–	Moved to Portugal at age 12.	[36]
Brazil		Pepe	141	8	2007–2024	Moved to Portugal at age 18.	[37]
Brazil		Dyego Sousa	2	0	2019–		[38]
Canada		Daniel Fernandes	2	0	2007–2009	Born to a Portuguese father.	[39]
Canada		Ricardo Ferreira	1	0	2017	Born to Portuguese parents. Switched to Canada in 2021.	[40]
Cape Verde	Portuguese Cape Verde	Carlos Alhinho	15	0	1973–1982		[41]
Cape Verde	Portuguese Cape Verde	Henrique Ben David	6	4	1950–1952		[42]
Cape Verde	Portuguese Cape Verde	Óscar Duarte	1	0	1978		[43]
Cape Verde		Nélson	4	0	2009–2012	Became a Portuguese citizen in 2005.	[44]
Cape Verde	Portuguese Cape Verde	Neno	9	0	1989–1996		[45]
Cape Verde	Portuguese Cape Verde	Oceano da Cruz	54	8	1985–1998	Moved to Portugal as a child.	[46]
Cape Verde	Portuguese Cape Verde	Paris	1	0	1983		[47]
Cape Verde		Rolando	21	0	2009–	Moved to Portugal at age 14.	[48]
DR Congo	Zaire	José Bosingwa	27	0	2007–2015	Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal as a child.	[49]
DR Congo	Zaire	Ariza Makukula	4	1	2007–2008	Born to a Portuguese mother.	[50]
France		Raphaël Guerreiro	65	4	2014–	Born to a Portuguese father.	[51]
France		Anthony Lopes	14	0	2015–	Born to Portuguese parents.	[52]
France		Petit	57	4	2001–2008	Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 2.	[53]
France		Kévin Rodrigues	3	0	2017–	Born to Portuguese parents. Previously has been a France youth international. [54]	[55]
France		Adrien Silva	26	1	2014–2018	Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal at age 11.	[56]
Germany		Cédric	34	1	2014–	Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 2.	[57]
Guinea-Bissau		Bruma	12	2	2017–	Moved to Portugal as a child.	[58]
Guinea-Bissau		Yannick Djaló	1	0	2010		[59]
Guinea-Bissau		Eder	35	5	2012–	Moved to Portugal as a child. Scored the winning goal in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final. [60]	[61]
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese Guinea	Alberto Fonseca	9	2	1978–1986		[62]
Guinea-Bissau		Toti Gomes	2	0	2023–		[63]
Guinea-Bissau		Edgar Ié	1	0	2017	He switched to Guinea-Bissau in 2021.	[64]
Guinea-Bissau		Danilo Pereira	74	2	2015–	Moved to Portugal at age 5.	[65]
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese Guinea	Reinaldo	6	1	1979–1983		[66]
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese Guinea	Samuel	5	0	1991–1992		[67]
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese Guinea	Arnaldo Silva	1	0	1974		[68]
Macau	Portuguese Macau	Joaquim Pacheco	1	0	1957		[69]
Macau	Portuguese Macau	Augusto Rocha	7	0	1958–1963		[70]
Morocco	French Morocco	Jacques Pereira	1	0	1981	Born to Portuguese parents.	[71]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Abel	4	0	1972–1973		[72]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Acúrsio	8	0	1959–1960		[73]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Jorge Cadete	33	5	1990–1998		[74]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Mário Coluna	57	8	1955–1968		[75]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Alberto Costa Pereira	22	0	1955–1965		[76]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Djão	1	0	1981		[77]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Eusébio	64	41	1961–1973		[78]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Hilário	40	0	1959–1971		[79]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Joaquim Jorge	2	0	1969		[80]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Juca	6	0	1952–1956		[81]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Armando Manhiça	2	0	1968		[82]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Matateu	27	13	1952–1960		[83]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Augusto Matine	9	0	1970–1973		[84]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Messias	6	0	1972		[85]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Perdigão	1	0	1957		[86]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	José Pérides	2	0	1961		[87]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Rui Rodrigues	12	3	1967–1976		[88]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Vítor Santos	1	0	1983		[89]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Shéu	24	1	1976–1986		[90]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Vicente	20	0	1959–1966		[91]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Abel Xavier	20	2	1993–2002		[92]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Carlos Xavier	10	0	1981–1993		[93]
Mozambique	Portuguese Mozambique	Pedro Xavier	4	0	1985–1989		[94]
São Tomé and Príncipe		Gedson Fernandes	2	0	2018		[95]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe	Vítor Guilhar	2	0	1941		[96]
South Africa		Dimas	44	0	1995–2002	Born to Portuguese parents.	[97]
South Africa		David Júlio	4	0	1960–1961		[98]
Switzerland		Diogo Costa	34	0	2021–	Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 7.	[99]
Switzerland		Pedro Mendes	1	0	2018	Born to Portuguese parents.	[100]
Venezuela		Danny	38	4	2008–2016	Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 15.	[101]

References

1. José Águas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=147
2. Miguel Arcanjo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=752
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5. Joaquim Dinis on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4772
6. Carlos Duarte on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5052
7. Edgar on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24444
8. Jorge Ferreira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5905
9. José Ferreira Pinto on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16689
10. Fernando Freitas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6273
11. Heldér on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8141
12. Jacinto João on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9545
13. Rui Jordão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9820
14. José Leal on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11933
15. Lito on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12305
16. Paulo Madeira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12691
17. Amândio Malta da Silva on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4131
18. José Maria on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9855
19. Aníbal Paciência on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15840
20. Carlos Parente on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16025
21. Paulinho on https://www.thefinalball.com/player.php?id=30502
22. Fernando Peyroteo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16583
23. Jorge Plácido on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16746
24. Filipe Ramos on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5968
25. Santana on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18455
26. Seninho on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18988
27. Mário Torres on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21220
28. Vado on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=21610
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32. Liédson on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24761
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41. Carlos Alhinho on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=296
42. Henrique Ben David on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1583
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45. Neno on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14901
46. Oceano on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15453
47. Paris on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16032
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66. Reinaldo on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17553
67. Samuel Quina on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18387
68. Arnaldo Silva on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=793
69. Joaquim Pacheco on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15834
70. Augusto Rocha on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17887
71. Jacques Pereira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9228
72. Abel on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=40
73. Acúrsio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=67
74. Jorge Cadete on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3038
75. Mário Coluna on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3772
76. Alberto Costa Pereira on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16343
77. Djão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4804
78. Eusébio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5628
79. Hilário on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8337
80. Joaquim Jorge on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9826
81. Juca on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9900
82. Armando Manhiça on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=782
83. Matateu on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13235
84. Augusto Matine on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13268
85. Messias on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13819
86. Perdigão on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16336
87. José Pérides on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16361
88. Rui Rodrigues on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17915
89. Vítor Santos on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18467
90. Shéu on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19134
91. Vicente on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22167
92. Abel Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23110
93. Carlos Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23109
94. Pedro Xavier on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23977
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96. Vítor Guilhar on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=7415
97. Dimas on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20814
98. David Júlio on https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9917
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