The first Portugal captain was Cândido de Oliveira, who captained Portugal in the international match against Spain on 18 December 1921. This was his only international appearance. Vítor Gonçalves captained Portugal in their first international on home soil, on 17 December 1922 against the same opposition. The current individual with the most caps, as captain of the Portugal team is Cristiano Ronaldo.

List of captains

As of 19 November 2023
# Player Portugal career Caps as captain[note 1] Total caps[note 1] First captaincy Last captaincy Ref(s)
1 Cândido de Oliveira 1921 1 1 18 December 1921 18 December 1921 [1]
2 Vítor Gonçalves 1921–1922 1 2 17 December 1922 17 December 1922 [2]
3 Alberto Rio 1922–1923 1 2 16 December 1923 16 December 1923 [3]
4 Jorge Vieira 1921–1928 13 (15)[note 2] 15 (17)[note 2] 17 May 1925 4 June 1928 [4]
5 Augusto Silva 1925–1934 8 20 (21)[note 3] 17 March 1929 18 March 1934 [5]
6 Francisco Serra e Moura 1928–1930 1 3 12 January 1930 12 January 1930 [6]
7 Tamanqueiro 1925–1930 1 15 (17)[note 2] 23 February 1930 23 February 1930 [7]
8 António Roquete 1926–1933 1 15 (16)[note 3] 8 June 1930 8 June 1930 [8]
9 João Santos 1926–1931 1 9 (11)[note 2] 30 November 1930 30 November 1930 [9]
10 Valdemar Mota 1928–1936 2 21 12 April 1931 31 May 1931 [10]
11 Gustavo Teixeira 1930–1938 7 (9)[note 4] 8 (10)[note 4] 5 May 1935 6 November 1938 [11]
12 Adolfo Mourão 1934–1942 2 13 (15)[note 4] 12 February 1939 12 January 1941 [12]
13 Gaspar Pinto 1934–1942 1 6 (7)[note 5] 28 January 1940 28 January 1940 [13]
14 Pinga 1930–1942 2 19 (21)[note 4] 16 March 1941 1 January 1942 [14]
15 Álvaro Cardoso 1941–1947 10 13 11 March 1945 25 May 1947 [15]
16 Fernando Peyroteo 1938–1949 1 20 23 November 1947 23 November 1947 [16]
17 Francisco Ferreira 1940–1951 12 25 21 March 1948 17 June 1951 [17]
18 Octávio Barrosa 1945–1950 1 7 21 May 1950 21 May 1950 [18]
19 José Travassos 1947–1958 2 35 8 April 1951 18 December 1955 [19]
20 Serafim Neves 1945–1953 1 18 20 April 1952 20 April 1952 [20]
21 Ângelo Carvalho 1950–1955 2 15 23 November 1952 14 December 1952 [21]
22 Serafim Baptista 1950–1953 1 6 27 September 1953 27 September 1953 [22]
23 Manuel Passos 1952–1957 15 17 21 November 1953 24 March 1957 [23]
24 José Maria Pedroto 1952–1957 4 17 1 May 1957 16 June 1957 [24]
25 Virgílio Mendes 1949–1960 9 39 22 December 1957 8 May 1960 [25]
26 Fernando Mendes 1959–1965 5 21 21 June 1959 7 June 1964 [26]
27 José Águas 1952–1962 7 25 11 November 1959 17 May 1962 [27]
28 Hernâni da Silva 1953–1964 1 28 7 November 1962 7 November 1962 [28]
29 Mário Coluna 1955–1968 21 57 16 December 1962 11 December 1968 [29]
30 Germano de Figueiredo 1953–1966 9 24 15 November 1964 16 July 1966 [30]
31 José Augusto 1958–1968 7 45 25 January 1965 17 December 1967 [31]
32 Fernando Peres 1964–1972 2 27 6 April 1969 10 May 1972 [32]
33 Hilário da Conceição 1959–1971 5 40 16 April 1969 17 February 1971 [33]
34 Eusébio 1961–1973 16 64 4 May 1969 13 October 1973 [34]
35 José Carlos 1961–1971 4 36 10 December 1969 12 May 1971 [35]
36 Humberto Coelho 1968–1983 40 (41)[note 6] 63 (64)[note 6] 14 November 1973 27 April 1983 [36]
37 Toni 1969–1978 4 32 (33)[note 6] 19 November 1975 16 October 1976 [37]
38 Nené 1971–1984 6 65 (66)[note 6] 5 December 1976 28 October 1983 [38]
39 João Alves 1974–1983 1 35 (36)[note 6] 24 September 1980 24 September 1980 [39]
40 Manuel Bento 1976–1986 26 63 15 October 1980 3 June 1986 [40]
41 Fernando Gomes 1975–1988 6 47 (48)[note 6] 23 February 1983 16 November 1988 [41]
42 Carlos Coelho 1982–1983 1 3 8 June 1983 8 June 1983 [42]
43 Manuel Fernandes 1975–1987 5 30 (31)[note 6] 12 October 1986 29 March 1987 [43]
44 Álvaro Magalhães 1981–1988 1 20 4 February 1987 4 February 1987 [44]
45 João Domingos Pinto 1983–1996 44 70 11 November 1987 9 November 1996 [45]
46 Dito 1981–1987 1 17 5 December 1987 5 December 1987 [46]
47 Frederico Rosa 1985–1989 1 18 20 December 1987 20 December 1987 [47]
48 Rui Jordão 1972–1989 2 43 12 October 1988 25 January 1989 [48]
49 António Veloso 1981–1994 1 40 29 August 1990 29 August 1990 [49]
50 Paulo Futre 1983–1995 4 41 31 March 1993 10 November 1993 [50]
51 Oceano 1985–1998 4 54 19 June 1993 11 October 1997 [51]
52 Vítor Paneira 1988–1996 1 44 20 April 1994 20 April 1994 [52]
53 Nelo 1990–1995 1 (2)[note 7] 10 (11)[note 7] 26 January 1995 29 January 1995 [53]
54 Jorge Costa 1992–2002 1 49 (50)[note 7] 3 June 1995 3 June 1995 [54]
55 Vítor Baía 1990–2002 40 80 3 September 1995 25 May 2002 [55]
56 Fernando Couto 1990–2004 44 110 12 December 1995 12 June 2004 [56]
57 Luís Figo 1991–2006 23 127 2 June 2001 5 July 2006 [57]
58 João Vieira Pinto 1991–2002 1 81 6 June 2001 6 June 2001 [58]
59 Pauleta 1997–2006 9 88 4 September 2004 8 July 2006 [59]
60 Costinha 1998–2006 8 53 8 September 2004 11 October 2006 [60]
61 Nuno Gomes 1996–2011 9 79 15 November 2006 19 June 2008 [61]
62 Cristiano Ronaldo 2003–present 145 205 6 February 2007 19 November 2023 [62]
63 Jorge Andrade 2001–2007 4 51 24 March 2007 22 August 2009 [63]
64 Deco 2003–2010 2 75 5 June 2007 31 March 2009 [64]
65 Fernando Meira 2000–2008 1 54 15 June 2008 15 June 2008 [65]
66 Simão Sabrosa 1998–2010 8 85 20 August 2008 8 June 2010 [66]
67 Ricardo Carvalho 2003–2016 5 89 10 June 2009 29 May 2016 [67]
68 Bruno Alves 2007–2018 6 96 29 March 2011 16 June 2015 [68]
69 Pepe 2007–present 13 134 14 November 2012 10 December 2022 [69]
70 Nani 2006–2017 9 112 15 October 2013 2 July 2017 [70]
71 Vieirinha 2013–2016 1 25 17 November 2015 17 November 2015 [71]
72 João Moutinho 2005–2022 6 146 2 June 2018 2 June 2022 [72]
73 Beto 2009–2018 1 16 14 October 2018 14 October 2018 [73]
74 Rui Patrício 2010–present 2 107 17 November 2018 17 November 2022 [74]
75 Bernardo Silva 2015–present 1 87 11 September 2023 11 September 2023 [75]

Unofficial captaincies

The following players captained a side in a FIFA-declared unofficial match. Nevertheless, the Portuguese Football Federation has decided to award caps to the intervening footballers and as a result these matches were taken into account in the above table.

# Captain Opponent Score[note 8] Venue Date Ref(s)
1 Jorge Vieira Czechoslovakia Amateurs 1–1 Campo do Ameal, Porto 24 January 1926 [76]
2 Jorge Vieira Spain B 0–2 Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid 29 May 1927 [77]
3 Gustavo Teixeira Spain Nationalists 2–1 Balaídos, Vigo 28 November 1937 [78]
4 Gustavo Teixeira Spain Nationalists 1–0 Campo das Salésias, Lisbon 30 January 1938 [79]
5 Humberto Coelho Goiás 1–2 Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia 9 March 1975 [80]
6 Nelo Denmark League 1–0 SkyDome, Toronto 29 January 1995 [81]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b When applicable, the columns sort the number of caps recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation, written in parentheses. The 2007 friendly in Kuwait was in fact an against Al-Salmiya although FIFA at the time recognized the team as a legitimate representative of the Kuwait Football Association and sanctioned the game which resulted in being accepted as a full international match and as such FIFA awarded caps.
  2. ^ a b c d Includes two caps recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation but not by FIFA, against Czechoslovakia Amateurs and Spain B played in 1926 and 1927 respectively.
  3. ^ a b Includes one cap recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation but not by FIFA, against Spain B played in 1927.
  4. ^ a b c d Includes two caps recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation but not by FIFA, both against Spain Nationalist played in 1937 and 1938.
  5. ^ Includes one cap recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation but not by FIFA, against Spain Nationalist played in 1937.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Includes one cap recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation but not by FIFA, against Goiás played in 1975.
  7. ^ a b c Includes one cap recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation but not by FIFA, against a team representing the Danish league played in 1995 for the SkyDome Cup.
  8. ^ Portugal's score is shown first.

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