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.

List by country of birth

Last update on 19 November 2023

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	Port. Angola	José Águas	25	11	1952–1962		[1]
Angola	Port. 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	Port. Angola	Joaquim Dinis	14	5	1970–1973		[5]
Angola	Port. 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	Port. Angola	Jorge Ferreira	4	0	1989–1990		[8]
Angola	Port. Angola	José Ferreira Pinto	2	0	1965		[9]
Angola	Port. Angola	Fernando Freitas	9	0	1972–1976		[10]
Angola	Port. Angola	Hélder	35	3	1992–2001		[11]
Angola	Port. Angola	Jacinto João	10	2	1968–1974		[12]
Angola	Port. Angola	Rui Jordão	43	15	1972–1989		[13]
Angola	Port. Angola	José Leal	15	1	1990–1992		[14]
Angola	Port. Angola	Lito	2	0	1983		[15]
Angola	Port. Angola	Paulo Madeira	25	3	1991–1999		[16]
Angola	Port. Angola	Amândio Malta da Silva	5	0	1971		[17]
Angola	Port. Angola	José Maria	4	0	1967–1970		[18]
Angola	Port. Angola	Aníbal Paciência	1	0	1941		[19]
Angola	Port. Angola	Carlos Parente	2	0	1987		[20]
Angola	Port. Angola	Paulinho	1	0	1992		[21]
Angola	Port. Angola	Fernando Peyroteo	20	15	1938–1949		[22]
Angola	Port. Angola	Jorge Plácido	3	2	1987–1989		[23]
Angola	Port. Angola	Filipe Ramos	3	0	1992		[24]
Angola	Port. Angola	Santana	5	1	1960–1965		[25]
Angola	Port. Angola	Seninho	4	1	1976–1978		[26]
Angola	Port. Angola	Mário Torres	5	0	1957–1959		[27]
Angola	Port. Angola	Vado	3	0	1989–1995		[28]
Angola	Port. 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	19	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	11	1	2021–	Moved to Portugal at age 12.	[36]
Brazil		Pepe	134	8	2007–	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	Port. Cape Verde	Carlos Alhinho	15	0	1973–1982		[41]
Cape Verde	Port. Cape Verde	Henrique Ben David	6	4	1950–1952		[42]
Cape Verde	Port. Cape Verde	Óscar Duarte	1	0	1978		[43]
Cape Verde		Nélson	4	0	2009–2012	Became a Portuguese citizen in 2005.	[44]
Cape Verde	Port. Cape Verde	Neno	9	0	1989–1996		[45]
Cape Verde	Port. Cape Verde	Oceano da Cruz	54	8	1985–1998	Moved to Portugal as a child.	[46]
Cape Verde	Port. 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–	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	11	1	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	Port. Guinea	Alberto Fonseca	9	2	1978–1986		[62]
Guinea-Bissau		Toti Gomes	1	0	2023–
Guinea-Bissau		Edgar Ié	1	0	2017	He switched to Guinea-Bissau in 2021.	[63]
Guinea-Bissau		Danilo Pereira	70	2	2015–	Moved to Portugal at age 5.	[64]
Guinea-Bissau	Port. Guinea	Reinaldo	6	1	1979–1983		[65]
Guinea-Bissau	Port. Guinea	Samuel	5	0	1991–1992		[66]
Guinea-Bissau	Port. Guinea	Arnaldo Silva	1	0	1974		[67]
Macau	Port. Macau	Joaquim Pacheco	1	0	1957		[68]
Macau	Port. Macau	Augusto Rocha	7	0	1958–1963		[69]
Morocco	French Morocco	Jacques Pereira	1	0	1981	Born to Portuguese parents.	[70]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Abel	4	0	1972–1973		[71]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Acúrsio	8	0	1959–1960		[72]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Jorge Cadete	33	5	1990–1998		[73]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Mário Coluna	57	8	1955–1968		[74]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Alberto Costa Pereira	22	0	1955–1965		[75]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Djão	1	0	1981		[76]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Eusébio	64	41	1961–1973		[77]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Hilário	40	0	1959–1971		[78]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Joaquim Jorge	2	0	1969		[79]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Juca	6	0	1952–1956		[80]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Armando Manhiça	2	0	1968		[81]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Matateu	27	13	1952–1960		[82]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Augusto Matine	9	0	1970–1973		[83]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Messias	6	0	1972		[84]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Perdigão	1	0	1957		[85]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	José Pérides	2	0	1961		[86]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Rui Rodrigues	12	3	1967–1976		[87]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Vítor Santos	1	0	1983		[88]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Shéu	24	1	1976–1986		[89]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Vicente	20	0	1959–1966		[90]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Abel Xavier	20	2	1993–2002		[91]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Carlos Xavier	10	0	1981–1993		[92]
Mozambique	Port. Mozambique	Pedro Xavier	4	0	1985–1989		[93]
São Tomé and Príncipe		Gedson Fernandes	2	0	2018–		[94]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Port. São Tomé	Vítor Guilhar	2	0	1941		[95]
South Africa		Dimas	44	0	1995–2002	Born to Portuguese parents.	[96]
South Africa		David Júlio	4	0	1960–1961		[97]
Switzerland		Diogo Costa	19	0	2021–	Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 7.	[98]
Switzerland		Pedro Mendes	1	0	2018–	Born to Portuguese parents.	[99]
Venezuela		Danny	38	4	2008–2016	Born to Portuguese parents. Moved to Portugal at age 15.	[100]