# Marco Caneira

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{{Short description|Portuguese footballer (born 1979)}}
{{Portuguese name|Simões|Caneira}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marco Caneira
| image =
| full_name = Marco António Simões Caneira<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/marco-caneira/benfica/1575-0-32795|title=Marco Caneira|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|9|df=y}}<ref name=Profile/>
| birth_place = Negrais, Portugal
| height = 1.78 m<ref name=Profile/>
| position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1990–1997 | youthclubs1 = [Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP)
| years1 = 1996–2000 | clubs1 = [Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP) | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1996–1997 | clubs2 = → [Lourinhanense](/source/S.C._Lourinhanense) (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = → [Salgueiros](/source/S.C._Salgueiros) (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1998–1999 | clubs4 = → [Beira-Mar](/source/S.C._Beira-Mar) (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1999–2000 | clubs5 = → [Alverca](/source/F.C._Alverca) (loan) | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2000–2003 | clubs6 = [Inter Milan](/source/Inter_Milan) | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2000–2001 | clubs7 = → [Reggina](/source/Reggina_Calcio) (loan) | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2001–2002 | clubs8 = → [Benfica](/source/S.L._Benfica) (loan) | caps8 = 27 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2002–2003 | clubs9 = → [Bordeaux](/source/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux) (loan) | caps9 = 30 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2003–2005 | clubs10 = [Bordeaux](/source/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux) | caps10 = 35 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2004–2005 | clubs11 = → [Valencia](/source/Valencia_CF) (loan) | caps11 = 22 | goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2005–2008 | clubs12 = [Valencia](/source/Valencia_CF) | caps12 = 24 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2006–2007 | clubs13 = → [Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP) (loan) | caps13 = 40 | goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2008–2011 | clubs14 = [Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP) | caps14 = 28 | goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2011–2015 | clubs15 = [Videoton](/source/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_FC) | caps15 = 67 | goals15 = 1
| years16 = 2016–2019 | clubs16 = Negrais | caps16 = | goals16 =
| years17 = 2021 | clubs17 = [Atlético Malveira](/source/AC_Malveira) | caps17 = 2 | goals17 = 0
| totalcaps = 328 | totalgoals = 3
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2000 | nationalteam1 = [Portugal U20](/source/Portugal_national_under-20_football_team) | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2002 | nationalteam2 = [Portugal U21](/source/Portugal_national_under-21_football_team) | nationalcaps2 = 17 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2002 | nationalteam3 = [Portugal B](/source/Portugal_national_football_B_team) | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0 
| nationalyears4 = 2002–2008 | nationalteam4 = [Portugal](/source/Portugal_national_football_team) | nationalcaps4 = 25 | nationalgoals4 = 0
}}
'''Marco António Simões Caneira''' (born 9 February 1979) is a Portuguese former professional [footballer](/source/association_football). Preferably a [central defender](/source/central_defender), he was equally at ease on the [right or left flank](/source/full-back_(association_football)).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2005/09/03/jornal/crise-a-esquerda--no-futebol-portugues-37108|title=Crise à esquerda no futebol português|trans-title=Left crisis in Portuguese football|newspaper=[Público](/source/P%C3%BAblico_(Portugal))|first=Manuel|last=Mendes|language=pt|date=3 September 2005|access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>

A youth graduate at [Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP), he started his career at the club, also appearing briefly for [Benfica](/source/S.L._Benfica) in his country, and represented [Valencia](/source/Valencia_CF) in [La Liga](/source/La_Liga) for a couple of years before returning to Sporting. Over ten seasons, he amassed [Primeira Liga](/source/Primeira_Liga) totals of 126 matches and one goal. He retired in 2015, after a four-year stint with [Videoton](/source/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_FC).

Internationally, Caneira appeared for [Portugal](/source/Portugal_national_football_team) at two [World Cups](/source/FIFA_World_Cup) and earned 25 [caps](/source/cap_(sport)) in six years.

==Club career==
===Early years===
Born in the village of Negrais in [Sintra](/source/Sintra), [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), Caneira began his career at the [Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP) youth system, eventually graduating to the senior squad and making his first-team debut while still only a junior (aged 17). After signing a professional contract, he immediately went on loan to fellow [Primeira Liga](/source/Primeira_Liga) club [S.C. Beira-Mar](/source/S.C._Beira-Mar).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/sporting/detalhe/marco-caneira-alhandra-e-paulo-costa-culpam-paulo-de-abreu-e-carlos-janela-pela-saida-do-sporting|title=Marco Caneira, Alhandra e Paulo Costa culpam Paulo de Abreu e Carlos Janela pela saída do Sporting|trans-title=Marco Caneira, Alhandra and Paulo Costa blame Paulo de Abreu and Carlos Janela for Sporting departure|newspaper=[Record](/source/Record_(Portuguese_newspaper))|first=João|last=Cartaxana|language=pt|date=29 October 1999|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>

Caneira, along with fellow Sporting players [Paulo Costa](/source/Paulo_Costa_(footballer)) and [Vasco Faísca](/source/Vasco_Fa%C3%ADsca), was then involved in a somewhat complicated 2000 transfer between [F.C. Alverca](/source/F.C._Alverca), who now owned 50% of their rights, and [Inter Milan](/source/Inter_Milan). He was immediately sent to [Reggina Calcio](/source/Reggina_Calcio), in a [co-ownership](/source/Co-ownership_(football)) bid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=708|title=Joint contracts: Kallon and Zanetti back to Inter|publisher=Inter Milan|date=28 June 2001|access-date=10 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803185214/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=708|archive-date=3 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=it&N=90|title=Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito|trans-title=Three Portuguese youngsters on loan|publisher=Inter Milan|language=it|date=21 June 2000|access-date=14 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018063213/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=90&L=it|archive-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> After a season, he was bought back from Reggina<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=3576&L=it|title=Jugovic al Monaco, ripresi Paulo Costa e Caneira: ma potrebbero andare al Benfica|trans-title=Jugovic to Monaco, Paulo Costa and Caneira rebought: could go to Benfica|publisher=Inter Milan|language=it|date=24 July 2001|access-date=15 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010050120/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=3576&L=it|archive-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> and sent to [S.L. Benfica](/source/S.L._Benfica) on a one-year-long loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/geral/01-08-2001/benfica-acordo-total-com-o-inter-por-caneira|title=Benfica: Acordo total com o Inter por Caneira|trans-title=Benfica: Total agreement with Inter for Caneira|publisher=[TVI 24](/source/CNN_Portugal)|first=Magda|last=Magalhães|language=pt|date=1 August 2001|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>

===Bordeaux and Valencia===
Caneira left for another loan spell in summer 2001, this time with [FC Girondins de Bordeaux](/source/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux). At the end of [the campaign](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Ligue_1), the French signed him to a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0193-0e6aa6593d2c-f0180eea649f-1000--bordeaux-backing-portuguese-duo/|title=Bordeaux backing Portuguese duo|publisher=UEFA|date=4 July 2003|access-date=10 June 2008}}</ref>

After his second season, Caneira was loaned out again, this time to [Valencia CF](/source/Valencia_CF) which had faced Bordeaux twice in the [2003–04 edition](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_UEFA_Champions_League) of the [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50f0fda4f6-dde55c1edb37-1000--valencia-secure-caneira-loan/|title=Valencia secure Caneira loan|publisher=UEFA|date=27 July 2004|access-date=10 June 2008}}</ref> The move was made permanent on 13 June 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01aa-0f84771d466f-540af8577e7a-1000--mora-increases-valencia-options/|title=Mora increases Valencia options|publisher=UEFA|date=13 June 2005|access-date=10 June 2008}}</ref>

===Sporting CP===
After one and a half seasons at Valencia, Caneira returned to Portugal and Sporting in January 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01b1-0f8483653a14-adb7afbb8dc8-1000--caneira-heads-home-to-sporting/|title=Caneira heads home to Sporting|publisher=UEFA|date=3 January 2006|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> where he displayed consistent defensive performances, also scoring a rare goal against former owners Inter Milan in the [following season's Champions League](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_UEFA_Champions_League), in a 12 September home win (1–0).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0eaa4f7b1b2c-7017be64229b-1000--caneira-strike-sends-inter-crashing/|title=Caneira strike sends Inter crashing|publisher=UEFA|first=Graham|last=Hunter|date=12 September 2006|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> In August 2007, although he had reached an agreement for a further five-year loan with the ''Lions'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0f90a1e70bca-075013f2bd69-1000--sporting-extend-caneira-stay/|title=Sporting extend Caneira stay|publisher=UEFA|date=29 July 2006|access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref> he returned to the [Quique Sánchez Flores](/source/Quique_S%C3%A1nchez_Flores)-led team.

After appearing rarely on the second Valencia stint, Caneira returned for a third one with Sporting, for [€](/source/Euro)3.5 million, signing a four-year deal on 25 June 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/01ce-0e6f6e4afb92-15d104c4b9f5-1000--lisbon-giants-move-to-strengthen/|title=Lisbon giants move to strengthen|publisher=UEFA|date=25 June 2008|access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref> He appeared in 32 official games in his [first season](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Primeira_Liga) (21 in the league, helping his team to the second place), but fell out of favour the following years, inclusively not being given a jersey for the [2010–11 campaign](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Primeira_Liga),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://expresso.pt/desporto/regresso-de-caneira-vira-uma-pagina-negra-no-sporting=f642144|title="Regresso de Caneira vira uma página negra no Sporting"|trans-title="Caneira return turns black page at Sporting"|newspaper=[Expresso](/source/Expresso_(newspaper))|first=Bruno|last=Roseiro|language=pt|date=6 April 2011|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> and he left the club in June 2011.

===Later career===
On the last day of the 2011 summer [transfer window](/source/transfer_window), the 32-year-old Caneira signed with [Videoton FC](/source/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_FC) in Hungary, sharing teams with three compatriots including former international teammate [Paulo Sousa](/source/Paulo_Sousa), who acted as the club's manager. On 25 October 2012, he scored only his fourth goal as a professional, netting from close range after a [corner kick](/source/corner_kick) in an eventual [2–1 home victory](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League) against [FC Basel](/source/FC_Basel) in the [UEFA Europa League](/source/UEFA_Europa_League) group stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0202-0e8092486829-4c06116cbdbf-1000--clinical-videoton-pick-off-basel/|title=Clinical Videoton pick off Basel|publisher=UEFA|date=25 October 2012|access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>

Caneira left the [Sóstói Stadion](/source/S%C3%B3st%C3%B3i_Stadion) at the end of the [2014–15 season](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I), having contributed only three appearances to the club's second [Nemzeti Bajnokság I](/source/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I) conquest. After one year out football, the 36-year-old came out of retirement and joined amateurs SRD Negrais in the [Lisbon Football Association](/source/Lisbon_Football_Association).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/66772/olha_quem_voltou_caneira_o_do_negrais|title=Olha quem voltou! Caneira, o do Negrais|trans-title=Look who's back! Caneira, the Negrais guy|publisher=[Rádio Renascença](/source/R%C3%A1dio_Renascen%C3%A7a)|language=pt|date=24 October 2016|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>

==International career==
A [Portugal international](/source/Portugal_national_football_team) since 2002, Caneira was selected for the squad that appeared in [that year](/source/2002_FIFA_World_Cup)'s [FIFA World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup), but did not play in the tournament held in Japan and [South Korea](/source/South_Korea). He made his debut on 27 March, in a 4–1 [friendly](/source/Exhibition_game) loss to [Finland](/source/Finland_national_football_team) in [Porto](/source/Porto).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=117864|title=Portugal frente à Finlândia: Com a leveza da camisola nova|trans-title=Portugal against Finland: As light as the new shirt|newspaper=Record|first=António|last=Tadeia|language=pt|date=28 March 2002|access-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160004/http://www.record.xl.pt/Arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=117864|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

Left out of the squad for [UEFA Euro 2004](/source/UEFA_Euro_2004), Caneira returned for the [2006 World Cup](/source/2006_FIFA_World_Cup), playing in Portugal's last group stage match against [Mexico](/source/Mexico_national_football_team) (2–1 win).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853302.stm|title=Portugal 2–1 Mexico|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|date=21 June 2006|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 16 January 2005, Caneira's 8-month-old daughter was a victim of [sudden death](/source/Sudden_cardiac_death), shortly before Valencia's [La Liga](/source/La_Liga) match against [CA Osasuna](/source/CA_Osasuna), which ended 0–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccer-spain.com/ssdocs/archive2004/news/n121.html|title=First division, day 19|publisher=Soccer Spain|date=17 January 2005|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref>

In October 2009, while still an active player, Caneira ran for office in the Almargem do Bispo civil parish in his native Sintra, losing the election by 32 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/caneira_perde_junta_de_freguesia_por_32_votos|title=Caneira perde Junta de Freguesia por 32 votos|trans-title=Caneira loses civil parish by 32 votes|newspaper=[Jornal de Negócios](/source/Jornal_de_Neg%C3%B3cios)|first=Alexandra|last=Machado|language=pt|date=12 October 2009|access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ForaDeJogo}}</ref><ref>{{Soccerway|marco-antonio-simoes-caneira/358}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [Taça de Portugal](/source/Ta%C3%A7a_de_Portugal), [Coppa Italia](/source/Coppa_Italia), [Coupe de France](/source/Coupe_de_France), [Copa del Rey](/source/Copa_del_Rey), [Hungarian Cup](/source/Hungarian_Cup).}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [Taça da Liga](/source/Ta%C3%A7a_da_Liga), [Coupe de la Ligue](/source/Coupe_de_la_Ligue).}}
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[Sporting CP](/source/Sporting_CP)
|1995–96
|rowspan="2"|[Primeira Liga](/source/Primeira_Liga)
|1||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|1996–97
|0||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!1!!0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-
|[Salgueiros](/source/S.C._Salgueiros) (loan)
|1997–98
|Primeira Liga
|1||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[Beira-Mar](/source/S.C._Beira-Mar) (loan)
|1998–99
|Primeira Liga
|12||0||4||0|||||||||||16||0
|-
|[Alverca](/source/F.C._Alverca) (loan)
|1999–2000
|Primeira Liga
|17||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[Reggina](/source/Reggina_Calcio) (loan)
|2000–01
|[Serie A](/source/Serie_A)
|22||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[Benfica](/source/S.L._Benfica) (loan)
|2001–02
|Primeira Liga
|27||0||2||0||||||||||29||0
|-
|[Bordeaux](/source/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux)  (loan)
|2002–03
|[Ligue 1](/source/Ligue_1)
|30||0||||||||||4||0||34||0
|-
|Bordeaux
|2003–04
|Ligue 1
|35||0||||||||||5||0||40||0
|-
|[Valencia](/source/Valencia_CF) (loan)
|2004–05
|[La Liga](/source/La_Liga)
|22||1||1||0||||||6||0||29||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|Valencia
|2005–06
|rowspan="2"|La Liga
|5||0||||||||||3||0||8||0
|-
|2007–08
|19||0||6||0||||||4||0||29||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!24!!0!!6!!0!!!!!!7!!0!!37!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|Sporting CP (loan)
|2005–06
|rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga
|15||1||4||0||||||||||19||1
|-
|2006–07
|25||0||5||0||||||5||1||35||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!40!!1!!9!!0!!!!!!5!!1!!54!!2
|-
|rowspan="4"|Sporting CP
|2008–09
|rowspan="3"|Primeira Liga
|21||0||1||0||3||0||6||0||31||0
|-
|2009–10
|7||0||1||0||||||4||0||12||0
|-
|2010–11
|||||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!28!!0!!2!!0!!3!!0!!10!!0!!43!!0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[Videoton](/source/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_FC)
|2011–12
|rowspan="4"|[Nemzeti Bajnokság I](/source/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I)
|21||0||5||0||6||0||0||0||32||0
|-
|2012–13
|20||1||4||0||5||0||11||1||40||2
|-
|2013–14
|23||0||2||0||10||0||1||0||36||0
|-
|2014–15
|3||0||||||7||0||0||0||10||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!67!!1!!11!!1!!28!!0!!12!!1!!118!!3
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!326!!3!!26!!1!!31!!0!!50!!2!!433!!6
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[Portugal](/source/Portugal_national_football_team)<ref>{{Eu-Football.info|24787}}</ref>
|2002||2||0
|-
|2003||2||0
|-
|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||7||0
|-
|2006||6||0
|-
|2007||5||0
|-
|2008||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!25!!0
|}

==Honours==
'''Sporting CP'''
*[Taça de Portugal](/source/Ta%C3%A7a_de_Portugal): [2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Ta%C3%A7a_de_Portugal)
*[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira](/source/Superta%C3%A7a_C%C3%A2ndido_de_Oliveira): [2008](/source/2008_Superta%C3%A7a_C%C3%A2ndido_de_Oliveira)
*[Taça da Liga](/source/Ta%C3%A7a_da_Liga) runner-up: [2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Ta%C3%A7a_da_Liga)

'''Beira-Mar'''
*Taça de Portugal: [1998–99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Ta%C3%A7a_de_Portugal)

'''Valencia'''
*[Copa del Rey](/source/Copa_del_Rey): [2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Copa_del_Rey)
*[UEFA Super Cup](/source/UEFA_Super_Cup): [2004](/source/2004_UEFA_Super_Cup)

'''Videoton'''
*[Nemzeti Bajnokság I](/source/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I): [2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I)
*[Szuperkupa](/source/Szuperkupa): 2011, 2012
*[Ligakupa](/source/Ligakupa): [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Ligakupa)

'''Portugal'''
*[UEFA European Under-16 Championship](/source/UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship): [1995](/source/1995_UEFA_European_Under-16_Championship)

'''Orders'''
*Medal of Merit, [Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa](/source/Order_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_of_Vila_Vi%C3%A7osa) ([House of Braganza](/source/Duke_of_Braganza))<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cristianosantosronaldo.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html|title=Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança|trans-title=National team honoured by Duke of Bragança|publisher=Cristiano Ronaldo News|language=pt|date=30 August 2006|access-date=30 August 2006}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:S.C. Salgueiros players
Category:Sporting CP footballers
Category:S.C. Lourinhanense players
Category:S.C. Beira-Mar players
Category:F.C. Alverca players
Category:S.L. Benfica footballers
Category:Serie A players
Category:AS Reggina 1914 players
Category:Ligue 1 players
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Category:La Liga players
Category:Valencia CF players
Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Category:Videoton FC Fehérvár players
Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers
Category:Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Portugal men's B international footballers
Category:Portugal men's international footballers
Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Category:AC Malveira players

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