Month: March 2021
Nuno Mendes Becomes Fourth Youngest Portugal Player in 21st Century
Nuno Mendes tonight became the fourth-youngest player to play for Portugal in the 21st century. The defender, who started tonight’s match v Azerbaijan in Turin, earned his first Seleção cap aged at just 18 years, 9 months and 5 days old. This also makes him the youngest defender ever to play for Portugal, overtaking previous […]
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Four Portuguese Players in GOAL NXGN Top 50 Wonderkids List
Online football website GOAL has devised a list ranking the 50 best wonderkids in world football, entitled NXGN Top 50. The list ranks players born on or after January 1, 2002 from around the world. Interestingly, three of the four players play for Sporting CP, a club who over the last season and a half […]
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UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final – With A Portuguese Twist
UEFA today announced the quarter-final draw for the Champions League, with Porto the sole Portuguese representatives left in the tournament. Aside from Os Dragões, there are lots of Portuguese players plying their trade across Europe who still remain in the competition. Aaron Barton looks at some of the players to watch in the last eight […]
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Fernando Santos Announces Portugal Squad for March Fixtures
Portugal head coach Fernando Santos today announced his 25-man Portugal squad for the upcoming international break. The European champions will play three FIFA World Cup Qualifiers at the end of March, kicking off against Azerbaijan on the 24th March (a game which has been moved to Turin, Italy) before playing Serbia in Belgrade on the […]
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Portugal U21 Squad for Euros Announced
Rui Jorge today announced his 23 man squad for the upcoming UEFA European Championships. This particular edition of the tournament is unique in that it will be played in two parts, the first being the group stages (24th to 31st March) followed by the knockout rounds of the competition (31 May to 6th June). Portugal […]
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Portuguese Government Announce Return to Stadium Plans
Portugal Prime Minister António Costa has recently detailed the countries plans for the reopening of society, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Costa stated the scheduled date for the return of football supporters to stadiums is May 3rd and that the capacity of the stadiums will be chosen and authorised by the Direção-Geral de Saúde (DGS). Even […]
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The Scout Report Series #003 – Pedro Neto
For this week’s edition of The Scout Report Series, we travel to the team with the most Portuguese players in England, and we are going to talk about a young player, who at just 20 has already had spells in Portugal, Italy and is now displaying his best football in the Midlands for Wolves. We […]
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Futebol Feminino – On The Rise!
Many facets of women’s football in Europe’s most western country are on the rise. In this debut piece for Próxima Jornada, I will analyse various areas of improvement in the women’s game. Attendances, the new league format and the development of the Seleção Feminino (Portugal’s National Womens Team) are all on the agenda. This rise has, of course, been halted […]
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