List of Portugal national football team captains
List of captains

List of Portugal national football team captains

Section Title: List of captains
Table Section Text: None

#	Player	Portugal career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First captaincy	Last captaincy	Ref(s)

1	Cândido de Oliveira	1921	1	1	18 December 1921	18 December 1921

2	Vítor Gonçalves	1921–1922	1	2	17 December 1922	17 December 1922

3	Alberto Rio	1922–1923	1	2	16 December 1923	16 December 1923

4	Jorge Vieira	1921–1928	13 (15)	15 (17)	17 May 1925	4 June 1928

5	Augusto Silva	1925–1934	8	20 (21)	17 March 1929	18 March 1934

6	Francisco Serra e Moura	1928–1930	1	3	12 January 1930	12 January 1930

7	Tamanqueiro	1925–1930	1	15 (17)	23 February 1930	23 February 1930

8	António Roquete	1926–1933	1	15 (16)	8 June 1930	8 June 1930

9	João Santos	1926–1931	1	9 (11)	30 November 1930	30 November 1930

10	Valdemar Mota	1928–1936	2	21	12 April 1931	31 May 1931

11	Gustavo Teixeira	1930–1938	7 (9)	8 (10)	5 May 1935	6 November 1938

12	Adolfo Mourão	1934–1942	2	13 (15)	12 February 1939	12 January 1941

13	Gaspar Pinto	1934–1942	1	6 (7)	28 January 1940	28 January 1940

14	Pinga	1930–1942	2	19 (21)	16 March 1941	1 January 1942

15	Álvaro Cardoso	1941–1947	10	13	11 March 1945	25 May 1947

16	Fernando Peyroteo	1938–1949	1	20	23 November 1947	23 November 1947

17	Francisco Ferreira	1940–1951	12	25	21 March 1948	17 June 1951

18	Octávio Barrosa	1945–1950	1	7	21 May 1950	21 May 1950

19	José Travassos	1947–1958	2	35	8 April 1951	18 December 1955

20	Serafim Neves	1945–1953	1	18	20 April 1952	20 April 1952

21	Ângelo Carvalho	1950–1955	2	15	23 November 1952	14 December 1952

22	Serafim Baptista	1950–1953	1	6	27 September 1953	27 September 1953

23	Manuel Passos	1952–1957	15	17	21 November 1953	24 March 1957

24	José Maria Pedroto	1952–1957	4	17	1 May 1957	16 June 1957

25	Virgílio Mendes	1949–1960	9	39	22 December 1957	8 May 1960

26	Fernando Mendes	1959–1965	5	21	21 June 1959	7 June 1964

27	José Águas	1952–1962	7	25	11 November 1959	17 May 1962

28	Hernâni da Silva	1953–1964	1	28	7 November 1962	7 November 1962

29	Mário Coluna	1955–1968	21	57	16 December 1962	11 December 1968

30	Germano de Figueiredo	1953–1966	9	24	15 November 1964	16 July 1966

31	José Augusto	1958–1968	7	45	25 January 1965	17 December 1967

32	Fernando Peres	1964–1972	2	27	6 April 1969	10 May 1972

33	Hilário da Conceição	1959–1971	5	40	16 April 1969	17 February 1971

34	Eusébio	1961–1973	16	64	4 May 1969	13 October 1973

35	José Carlos	1961–1971	4	36	10 December 1969	12 May 1971

36	Humberto Coelho	1968–1983	40 (41)	63 (64)	14 November 1973	27 April 1983

37	Toni	1969–1978	4	32 (33)	19 November 1975	16 October 1976

38	Nené	1971–1984	6	65 (66)	5 December 1976	28 October 1983

39	João Alves	1974–1983	1	35 (36)	24 September 1980	24 September 1980

40	Manuel Bento	1976–1986	26	63	15 October 1980	3 June 1986

41	Fernando Gomes	1975–1988	6	47 (48)	23 February 1983	16 November 1988

42	Carlos Coelho	1982–1983	1	3	8 June 1983	8 June 1983

43	Manuel Fernandes	1975–1987	5	30 (31)	12 October 1986	29 March 1987

44	Álvaro Magalhães	1981–1988	1	20	4 February 1987	4 February 1987

45	João Domingos Pinto	1983–1996	44	70	11 November 1987	9 November 1996

46	Dito	1981–1987	1	17	5 December 1987	5 December 1987

47	Frederico Rosa	1985–1989	1	18	20 December 1987	20 December 1987

48	Rui Jordão	1972–1989	2	43	12 October 1988	25 January 1989

49	António Veloso	1981–1994	1	40	29 August 1990	29 August 1990

50	Paulo Futre	1983–1995	4	41	31 March 1993	10 November 1993

51	Oceano	1985–1998	4	54	19 June 1993	11 October 1997

52	Vítor Paneira	1988–1996	1	44	20 April 1994	20 April 1994

53	Nelo	1990–1995	1 (2)	10 (11)	26 January 1995	29 January 1995

54	Jorge Costa	1992–2002	1	49 (50)	3 June 1995	3 June 1995

55	Vítor Baía	1990–2002	40	80	3 September 1995	25 May 2002

56	Fernando Couto	1990–2004	44	110	12 December 1995	12 June 2004

57	Luís Figo	1991–2006	23	127	2 June 2001	5 July 2006

58	João Vieira Pinto	1991–2002	1	81	6 June 2001	6 June 2001

59	Pauleta	1997–2006	9	88	4 September 2004	8 July 2006

60	Costinha	1998–2006	8	53	8 September 2004	11 October 2006

61	Nuno Gomes	1996–2011	9	79	15 November 2006	19 June 2008

62	Cristiano Ronaldo	2003–present	98	154	6 February 2007	30 June 2018

63	Jorge Andrade	2001–2007	4	51	24 March 2007	22 August 2009

64	Deco	2003–2010	2	75	5 June 2007	31 March 2009

65	Fernando Meira	2000–2008	1	54	15 June 2008	15 June 2008

66	Simão Sabrosa	1998–2010	8	85	20 August 2008	8 June 2010

67	Ricardo Carvalho	2003–2016	5	89	10 June 2009	29 May 2016

68	Bruno Alves	2007–present	6	96	29 March 2011	16 June 2015

69	Pepe	2007–present	6	101	14 November 2012	10 September 2018

70	Nani	2006–present	9	112	15 October 2013	2 July 2017

71	Vieirinha	2013–present	1	25	17 November 2015	17 November 2015

72	João Moutinho	2005–present	1	113	2 June 2018	2 June 2018

Sentence(s)

The first Portugal captain was Cândido de Oliveira on 18 December 1921.

final_sentence: The first Portugal captain was Cândido de Oliveira on 18 December 1921.