# List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2012

This is a List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2012. The summer transfer window opened on 1 July and closed at midnight on 31 August. Only moves involving Primeira Liga clubs are listed. Players without a club may join a club at any time, either during or in between transfer windows.

## Transfers

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 11 January 2012 | Djaniny | União de Leiria | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2012 | Salvador Agra | Olhanense | Real Betis | €200,000 |
| 30 January 2012 | André Pires | Belenenses | Beira-Mar | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2012 | José Coelho | Benfica | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free |
| 3 April 2012 | Zakaria Labyad | PSV Eindhoven | Sporting CP | Free |
| 13 May 2012 | Airton | Benfica | Flamengo | Loan |
| 14 May 2012 | Éder | Académica de Coimbra | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 15 May 2012 | Fernando Alexandre | SC Braga | Olhanense | Loan |
| 16 May 2012 | Lucas Patinho | Fluminense | Sporting CP | Loan |
| 17 May 2012 | Fredy Guarín | FC Porto | Inter Milan | €11,000,000 |
| 17 May 2012 | Hugo Vieira | Gil Vicente | Benfica | Free |
| 18 May 2012 | Mexer | Sporting CP | Nacional | Free |
| 21 May 2012 | Nazmi Faiz | Harimau Muda A | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 22 May 2012 | Brito | Torreense | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 22 May 2012 | Saleh Al-Shehri | Al-Ahli SC | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 23 May 2012 | Caleb Patterson-Sewell | Atlético CP | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 23 May 2012 | Fabiano | Olhanense | FC Porto | €480,000 |
| 24 May 2012 | Eduardo Gottardi | União de Leiria | Nacional | Free |
| 24 May 2012 | Ola John | Twente | Benfica | €9,000,000 |
| 24 May 2012 | João Pereira | Sporting CP | Valencia | €3,600,000 |
| 25 May 2012 | Mário Felgueiras | SC Braga | Cluj | Free |
| 26 May 2012 | André Pires | Beira-Mar | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 28 May 2012 | Diogo Valente | Académica de Coimbra | Cluj | Free |
| 28 May 2012 | Cristian Rodríguez | FC Porto | Atlético Madrid | Free |
| 29 May 2012 | João Vilela | Gil Vicente | Tractor Sazi | Free |
| 29 May 2012 | Anselmo | Nacional | Tractor Sazi | Free |
| 29 May 2012 | Bruno China | Rio Ave | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 30 May 2012 | Bruno Miguel | Astra Ploiești | Estoril | Free |
| 31 May 2012 | Luisinho | Paços de Ferreira | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2012 | Michel | Paços de Ferreira | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2012 | André Teixeira | FC Porto | Belenenses | Free |
| 1 June 2012 | Gégé | SC Covilhã | Marítimo | Free |
| 1 June 2012 | Paulo Sérgio | Vitória de Guimarães | AEL Limassol | Free |
| 5 June 2012 | Hugo Leal | Vitória de Setúbal | Estoril | Free |
| 5 June 2012 | Júnior Caiçara | Gil Vicente | Ludogorets Razgrad | Free |
| 5 June 2012 | Mano | Levadiakos | Estoril | Free |
| 5 June 2012 | Babanco | Arouca | Olhanense | Free |
| 6 June 2012 | Igor Stefanović | Santa Clara | FC Porto | Undisclosed |
| 7 June 2012 | Tope Obadeyi | Bolton Wanderers | Rio Ave | Free |
| 8 June 2012 | Anderson Santana | Vitória de Guimarães | Chornomorets Odesa | Free |
| 8 June 2012 | Fabinho | Fluminense | Rio Ave | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2012 | André Santos | Sporting CP | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 10 June 2012 | Nelson Pedroso | Desportivo das Aves | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 10 June 2012 | Jô | União de Leiria | Moreirense | Free |
| 10 June 2012 | Ivo Pinto | Rio Ave | Cluj | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2012 | André André | Varzim | Nacional | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2012 | Jan Oblak | Benfica | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 11 June 2012 | Marcos Paulo | União de Leiria | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 12 June 2012 | Carlos Saleiro | Servette | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 12 June 2012 | Tiago Valente | Desportivo das Aves | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Diogo Salomão | Sporting CP | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 13 June 2012 | Rafael Ramazotti | Zürich | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Diogo Melo | Académica de Coimbra | Sanat Naft | Free |
| 14 June 2012 | Elízio | Penafiel | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 14 June 2012 | Artur | Beira-Mar | Chornomorets Odesa | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Rui Santos | Oeiras | Moreirense | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Mário Mateus | Atlético CP | Moreirense | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Diego Gaúcho | Astra Ploiești | Moreirense | Free |
| 16 June 2012 | David Silva | Kilmarnock | Olhanense | Free |
| 16 June 2012 | Ismaily | Olhanense | SC Braga | Free |
| 16 June 2012 | Florent Hanin | Leixões | SC Braga | Free |
| 16 June 2012 | Selim Benachour | Marítimo | APOEL | Free |
| 18 June 2012 | Otávio Silva | América Mineiro | Nacional | Free |
| 18 June 2012 | Paolo Hurtado | Alianza Lima | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 18 June 2012 | Filipe Souza | Bahia | Rio Ave | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2012 | Éder Luís | Benfica | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2012 | Fellipe Bastos | Benfica | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2012 | Makelele | ABC | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 20 June 2012 | Bruno Turco | Macaé | Vitória de Setúbal | Loan |
| 20 June 2012 | Paulinho | Leixões | Moreirense | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2012 | Daniel Wass | Benfica | Evian | €2,000,000 |
| 20 June 2012 | Jonathan Bru | Moreirense | Melbourne Victory | Free |
| 20 June 2012 | Ebo Andoh | FC Porto | AEL Limassol | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Cauê | Olhanense | Vaslui | €200,000 |
| 21 June 2012 | Ricardo Villarraga | Independiente Santa Fe | Benfica | Loan |
| 21 June 2012 | William Soares | FC Porto | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 21 June 2012 | Sérgio Semedo | Portimonense | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Lúcio | Portuguesa | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Rafael Silva | Portuguesa | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Ricardo Pessoa | Portimonense | Moreirense | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | Rúben Ribeiro | Penafiel | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Diego Lopes | Benfica | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 24 June 2012 | Boka | Noroeste | Olhanense | Free |
| 24 June 2012 | Nuno Silva | União da Madeira | Olhanense | Free |
| 24 June 2012 | Jefferson | Santa Cruz | Estoril | Free |
| 25 June 2012 | Manoel | Penafiel | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2012 | André Costa | Gondomar | Rio Ave | Free |
| 26 June 2012 | Paulo Lopes | Feirense | Benfica | Free |
| 26 June 2012 | Maximilian Haas | União de Leiria | SC Braga | Free |
| 26 June 2012 | Bergson | Grêmio | SC Braga | Free |
| 26 June 2012 | João Paulo | Vitória Guimarães | Changchun Yatai | Free |
| 26 June 2012 | Rafael Batatinha | Tondela | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Vitorino Antunes | Roma | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Faouzi Abdelghani | Vitória Guimarães | Ittihad | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2012 | Júnior Lopes | Bragantino | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 29 June 2012 | Pio | Monte Azul | Gil Vicente | Loan |
| 29 June 2012 | Diego | Vitória de Setúbal | Gabala | Free |
| 29 June 2012 | Gelson Fernandes | Saint-Étienne | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2012 | João Pedro | CD Aves | Estoril | Free |
| 29 June 2012 | Felipe Desco | Metz | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 30 June 2012 | Henrique | Feirense | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 1 July 2012 | Danijel Stojanović | Nacional | Hajduk Split | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2012 | Diogo | Internacional | FC Porto | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2012 | Juary Soares | Sporting CP | União de Leiria | Free |
| 1 July 2012 | William Carvalho | Sporting CP | Cercle Brugge | Free |
| 1 July 2012 | William Owusu | Sporting CP | Westerlo | Free |
| 1 July 2012 | André Marques | Sporting CP | Sion | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Nilson Júnior | CRB | Moreirense | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Rafael Lopes | Vitória de Setúbal | Moreirense | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Adilson | Estoril | Marítimo | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | André Pinto | FC Porto | Panathinaikos | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Cleyton | Corinthians Alagoano | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Alphousseyni Keita | União de Leiria | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Pedro Beda | Bahia | Moreirense | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Nuno Assis | Vitória de Guimarães | Omonia | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Nuno Gomes | SC Braga | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Bruno Jorge | Moreirense | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Miguelito | Vitória de Setúbal | Apollon Limassol | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Pedro Beda | Bahia | Moreirense | Free |
| 4 July 2012 | Ernesto Cornejo | Barcelona B | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2012 | Hélder Lopes | Tondela | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 4 July 2012 | Sunil Chhetri | Mohun Bagan | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2012 | Salim Cissé | Arezzo | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 5 July 2012 | Paulo Tavares | Leixões | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 5 July 2012 | Amessan | Académica de Coimbra | Arouca | Loan |
| 5 July 2012 | Rafael | Corinthians Alagoano | Nacional | Loan |
| 6 July 2012 | John Ogu | União de Leiria | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Nivaldo | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Rio Ave | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Diogo Tavares | Como | Estoril | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Pape Sow | Académica de Coimbra | Panathinaikos | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2012 | Revson | São Caetano | Nacional | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Isael | São Caetano | Nacional | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Edgar | Vitória de Guimarães | Al Shabab | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2012 | André André | Varzim | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2012 | Jackson Martínez | Chiapas | FC Porto | €8,800,000 |
| 7 July 2012 | Danilo | Macaé | Moreirense | Free |
| 8 July 2012 | Edinho | Málaga | Académica de Coimbra | Loan |
| 9 July 2012 | Gonçalo Silva | Vitória de Guimarães | SC Braga | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | Jaime Valdés | Sporting CP | Parma | €1,800,000 |
| 9 July 2012 | Paulo Loureiro | Boavista | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 10 July 2012 | Aderlan Santos | Trofense | SC Braga | Free |
| 10 July 2012 | Afonso | Corinthians Alagoano | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 11 July 2012 | Miguel Pedro | Feirense | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 12 July 2012 | Yonathan Del Valle | Auxerre | Rio Ave | Free |
| 12 July 2012 | Boka | Noroeste | Olhanense | Free |
| 12 July 2012 | Pizzi | SC Braga | Deportivo La Coruña | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2012 | Danijel Pranjić | Bayern Munich | Sporting CP | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | Beto | FC Porto | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2012 | Luan Scapolan | Audax São Paulo | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 14 July 2012 | Fonseca | Leixões | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 14 July 2012 | Evaldo | Sporting CP | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 15 July 2012 | Nejc Pečnik | Nacional | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 16 July 2012 | Leonardo Cipriano | Santa Cruz | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 16 July 2012 | Saulo | Académica de Coimbra | AEP Paphos | Free |
| 16 July 2012 | Dieguinho | Paraná | Estoril | Free |
| 16 July 2012 | Bernardo | Coritiba | Estoril | Free |
| 16 July 2012 | Manuel Curto | União de Leiria | Moreirense | Free |
| 17 July 2012 | Yohan Tavares | Beira-Mar | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2012 | Dady | Olhanense | Apollon Limassol | Free |
| 18 July 2012 | Tiago Targino | Vitória de Guimarães | CSKA Sofia | Free |
| 18 July 2012 | Khalid Boulahrouz | Stuttgart | Sporting CP | Free |
| 18 July 2012 | Abdullah Alhafith | União de Leiria | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 18 July 2012 | Vincent Sasso | Nantes | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 19 July 2012 | Marcos Rojo | Spartak Moscow | Sporting CP | €4,000,000 |
| 21 July 2012 | Ishmael Yartey | Benfica | Sochaux | €2,000,000 |
| 21 July 2012 | Jorge Gonçalves | Vitória de Setúbal | Feirense | Free |
| 21 July 2012 | Franco Jara | Benfica | San Lorenzo | Loan |
| 23 July 2012 | Fábio Felício | Marítimo | Portimonense | Free |
| 26 July 2012 | Rúben Micael | Atlético Madrid | SC Braga | Loan |
| 27 July 2012 | Valentín Viola | Racing Club | Sporting CP | €4,000,000 |
| 27 July 2012 | Joan Capdevila | Benfica | Espanyol | Free |
| 27 July 2012 | Marcos | SC Braga | Feirense | Free |
| 27 July 2012 | Luis Aguiar | Sporting CP | San Lorenzo | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2012 | Matías Fernández | Sporting CP | Fiorentina | €3,100,000 |
| 30 July 2012 | Renato Neto | Sporting CP | Videoton | Loan |
| 30 July 2012 | Marco Ramos | SC Braga | Auxerre | Free |
| 30 July 2012 | Emmanuel Imorou | SC Braga | Clermont | Free |
| 30 July 2012 | Vinícius | SC Braga | Moreirense | Loan |
| 31 July 2012 | Nélson Oliveira | Benfica | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 31 July 2012 | Roderick Miranda | Benfica | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 31 July 2012 | David Simão | Benfica | Marítimo | Loan |
| 1 August 2012 | Cédric Collet | Stade de Reims | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 2 August 2012 | Luís Neto | Nacional | Siena | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2012 | Tommaso Berni | SC Braga | Sampdoria | Free |
| 3 August 2012 | Rodrigo Galo | SC Braga | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 6 August 2012 | Serge N'Gal | USM Alger | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 6 August 2012 | Felipe Desco | Corinthians | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 9 August 2012 | Nuno Reis | Sporting CP | Olhanense | Loan |
| 10 August 2012 | Ouattara | Académica de Coimbra | União da Madeira | Loan |
| 12 August 2012 | Márcio Rosário | Náutico | Marítimo | Free |
| 13 August 2012 | William Tiero | Al-Qadisiyah | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 13 August 2012 | Leandro Grimi | Sporting CP | Godoy Cruz | Loan |
| 14 August 2012 | Luciano Amaral | Treze | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 16 August 2012 | Djalma | FC Porto | Kasımpaşa | Loan |
| 17 August 2012 | Patrick Bauer | VfB Stuttgart | Marítimo | Loan |
| 18 August 2012 | Vinicio Angulo | Independiente José Terán | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 20 August 2012 | Rodrigo Mora | Benfica | River Plate | Loan |
| 21 August 2012 | Paweł Kieszek | FC Porto | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 22 August 2012 | André Luiz | Brasiliense | Moreirense | Free |
| 22 August 2012 | Djalma | Santo André | Gil Vicente | Loan |
| 22 August 2012 | Henrique Sereno | FC Porto | Real Valladolid | Loan |
| 23 August 2012 | Álvaro Pereira | FC Porto | Inter Milan | €10,000,000 |
| 24 August 2012 | Hugo Vieira | Benfica | Sporting de Gijón | Loan |
| 24 August 2012 | Fernando Belluschi | FC Porto | Bursaspor | €2,500,000 |
| 24 August 2012 | Nuno Coelho | Benfica | Aris | Loan |
| 26 August 2012 | Júlio Alves | Beşiktaş | Sporting CP | Loan |
| 28 August 2012 | Wilson Eduardo | Sporting CP | Académica de Coimbra | Loan |
| 28 August 2012 | Marc Janko | FC Porto | Trabzonspor | €2,400,000 |
| 28 August 2012 | Eliandro | Cruzeiro | Nacional | Free |
| 28 August 2012 | Amido Baldé | Sporting CP | Vitória de Guimarães | Free |
| 29 August 2012 | Gladstone | Duque de Caxias | Nacional | Free |
| 29 August 2012 | João Gonçalves | Sporting CP | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan |
| 29 August 2012 | Javier Saviola | Benfica | Málaga | Free |
| 30 August 2012 | Ukra | FC Porto | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 30 August 2012 | Manuel da Costa | Lokomotiv Moscow | Nacional | Loan |
| 30 August 2012 | João Vitor | Flamengo | SC Braga | Free |
| 30 August 2012 | Evandro Brandão | Videoton | Olhanense | Free |
| 30 August 2012 | Celsinho | Sporting CP | Târgu Mureș | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Yannick Djaló | Benfica | Toulouse | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Emerson | Benfica | Trabzonspor | €1,700,000 |
| 31 August 2012 | Valeri Bojinov | Sporting CP | Hellas Verona | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Atila Turan | Sporting CP | Orduspor | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Carlitos | Hannover | Estoril | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Djaniny | Benfica | Olhanense | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Rafik Halliche | Fulham | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Tiago Pinto | Rio Ave | Deportivo La Coruña | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | David Addy | FC Porto | Vitória de Guimarães | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Rafael Bracalli | FC Porto | Olhanense | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | José Luis Fernández | Benfica | Olhanense | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Renatinho | Palmeiras | Moreirense | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Saná | Real Valladolid | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Michel | Benfica | SC Braga | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Diogo Tavares | Estoril | Santa Clara | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Oguchi Onyewu | Sporting CP | Málaga | Loan |
| 31 August 2012 | Javi García | Benfica | Manchester City | €20,000,000 |
| 31 August 2012 | Cristian Săpunaru | FC Porto | Real Zaragoza | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | Lima | SC Braga | Benfica | €4,500,000 |
| 31 August 2012 | Henrique | Académica de Coimbra | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2012 | Diogo Rosado | Sporting CP | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2012 | Héctor Quiñones | Atlético Junior | FC Porto | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2012 | Thomas Agyiri | Manchester City | Gil Vicente | Loan |
* ^1 A player who signed with a club before the 1st of July 2012 will officially join his new club on 1 July 2012. While a player who joined after the 1st of July will join his new club following his signature of the contract.