When it comes to the first-class football clubs in Portugal, I believe that many people give priority to the three big clubs of the Portuguese Super League, Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, and the champions of Portugal's top leagues have basically been monopolized by these three clubs, Benfica has won 37 times, Porto has won 26 times, and Sporting Lisbon has won 19 times.
As for the performance of the Portuguese domestic competition, Porto is often regarded as the strongest Portuguese football club, from time to time playing the role of giant killer in the most important Champions League matches, winning the Champions League twice in its history (1984, 2004), the European Union Cup twice (2003, 2011), the European Super Cup (1987) once and the Toyota Cup (1987, 2004). Although the Portuguese Premier League is not one of the five major leagues, the combined European honors of Porto's history have surpassed many well-known teams in the five major leagues, and it is not an exaggeration to call Porto a club that meets the standards of European football giants.
Thanks to their brilliant European performances, Porto is the founding team in the G-14 league of European football in the past & the only Portuguese team. Speaking of Porto's other memory points to the fans, as one of the strongest teams in the European second-tier football league, Porto has also been known in European football for many years for its excellent operation of tapping or processing potential players to finally buy low and sell high, and is jokingly called "black shop" by the media and fans. In addition, Porto's home stadium, the Dragon Stadium, is also a high-profile stadium in Europe & the home of the devils who are hot and difficult to be attacked by the visiting team.
When it comes to the famous footballers in the history of the Porto team, I wonder who you think of? In this article, the author will synthesize the factors such as team age, player fame, participation and contribution, and strength in the team, and comprehensively inventory the top ten representative players in the history of the Porto team for reference. Of course, due to space limitations, if there is a choice of discussion or lost pearls, fans are also welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share and supplement.
X. Aloisio Pires Alves
Aloisio was a strong Brazilian centre-back who was active in the late 1980s to the entire 1990s, and when he debuted at the Brazilian International Club, he went out to study abroad very early, and his first stop in Europe was the famous La Liga powerhouse Barcelona, and in the same year he joined Barca, he was also selected for the coveted Brazilian national team.
Unfortunately, between 1988 and 1990, Aloisio only rotated players at Barca. After 1990, Aloisio chose to switch to Porto in the Portuguese Premier League, where he played until 2001 before retiring. In Porto, Aloisio is the core of the thunderous defense, the body is tough, he rarely misses the game, the cumulative number of appearances reached 474, ranking third in porto's appearance list, and the individual Porto career scored 18 goals, helping the team win 19 championships, including 7 Portuguese Premier League titles.
IX. Ricardo Carvalho
Ricardo Carvalho, who debuted in the Porto youth echelon, is one of the few backcourt players who can extend the once popular scavenger play to the new century, and is also the love of the madman Mourinho, who has played under Mourinho for three times in his career.
Between 1994 and 2007, Carvalho scored 4 goals in 117 games for the team, and is known in football for his ability to cover up and lead the ball to provoke a counterattack, and is an indispensable lubricant in Porto's classic system. During this time, he helped the team win the Portuguese Premier League three times.
VIII. Antonio Sousa
Antonio Sousa, a Portuguese midfielder active in the late 1970s and mid-1990s, was a regular for the Portuguese national team in the 1980s, playing primarily for Porto during the golden years of his career.
Between 1979 and 1984 >1986-1989, Sousa scored 79 goals in 309 games for Porto and was an attacking midfielder. During his time with the team, Sousa helped the team win the Portuguese league title several times and excelled in European competitions.
VII. Domingos Pasiencia
Domingos Passiancia, Porto's ace striker from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, played a total of 12 seasons for the team, playing 378 games and scoring 144 goals. During his time with the team, he helped the team win 16 championships, including seven league titles.
In the Portuguese national team, Domingos Passiencia was positioned as a rotating player, and the most outstanding competition was euro 1996. After retiring from the army, Domingos Passiencia coached several teams as a coach, the most successful of which was coaching the Portuguese Premier League team Braga from 2009 to 2011.
During 2011, Domingos Passiencia took Braga to the Europa League final, and the interesting thing is that the opponent that year happened to be Porto, where Pasiencia played, and the opposite boss Boas was a Parsiencia fan since childhood. Incidentally, gonzalo Parsioncia, a striker currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, is the son of Domingos Pasioncia.
Mario Jardell
Mario Giarder from Brazil is one of the top centre-forwards in Porto's history, known for his strong physique and volleyball player-level bounce and stay-on ability in football.
Looking back on mario Giader's career, he started at the Vargamar club in Brazil and became famous at Gremio. Back in 1995, Mario Judel led Gremio to the Copa Libertadores and runners-up in the Toyota Cup that year, which began to attract attention in European football.
Because of the problem of language and adaptation, Mario Jardell chose the Portuguese Super League powerhouse Porto among the European teams that chased him, and immediately became the façade of the entire Portuguese Premier League. Between 1996 and 2000, he played a total of 175 games for Porto, scoring 168 goals, during which time he became the European Golden Boot. The most prosperous Mario Jardell can blast 38 goals in a season.
After leaving the team in 2000, Judel continued his peak form at Galatasaray and Sporting Lisbon, continuing his heroic performances at the level of Europe's top striker. At this time, he still did not land on a higher platform to challenge his own ideas, considering gold panning and comfort zone. Then came 2003, the year that Judel was established, which was also a watershed in his career, after which he began to plummet in form and quickly faded from the fans' vision.
V. Victor Bayard
Victor Baya, a legendary player in the history of Porto, the main international goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team from the 1990s to the early new century, and the history of La Liga giants Barcelona.
Looking back at the career of Victor Baya, born in the Youth Academy of Porto, in the long years from 1988 to 2007, except for the three years of development and training in Barcelona from 1996 to 1998, the rest of the time was spent in Porto, and his career played 566 games for the parent team, ranking second in the history of the team, making a great contribution to Porto's re-domination of Europe and the stability of the Portuguese Super Giant.
4. Joao Pinto
In the history of Portuguese football, there have been several footballers named Pinto, even two whose full name is Jo o Pinto.
Relatively speaking, fans are more familiar with jo o Manuel Vieira Pinto, a former golden boy striker with long hair and a handsome appearance and style of play, but the introduction in this paragraph is Jo o Domingos da Silva Pinto, who is 10 years older and may have a higher career achievement.
In the right-back position, João Pinto Sr. who has played for Porto all his career is considered by many to be the best in the history of Portuguese football, and has occupied the national team starting position for many years from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. In terms of club career, Joao Pinto, who came from the Porto youth echelon, played a total of 587 matches for Porto from 1981 to 1997, contributed 20 goals, and won 24 trophies with the team, including 9 Portuguese Super League titles and 1 Champions League.
III. Paul Futrey
Paulo Futre, a Portuguese football superstar, was active as a top left winger in the 1980s and 1990s. As a top-notch wing with great speed and flowers, Paul Futre has a long football career of fifteen years, playing for many football clubs such as Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Marseille, AC Milan, West Ham United, Yokohama Flying Wings and other football clubs, the most prominent of which is the three years of Porto and six years of Atletico Madrid, which is the peak of Futre.
Between 1984 and 1987, Paulo Futre played 33 goals in 115 games for Porto, helping the team win two Portuguese Premier League titles, one Champions League and two Portuguese Footballer of the Year.
What really established Futree's extraordinary position in the history of the team was the 1987 Champions League journey, Andrea performed brightly throughout the whole process, and was rated as the best in the final Champions League final. That same year, Futree finished second in the European Ballon d'Or, behind that year's winner, Gullit. After 1987, Paul Futre moved to Atletico Madrid. It can be said that although Futre's three years of playing are not long, his contribution is indelible, and his peak strength has reached the level of European silver ball, which almost represents the peak of the player's combat strength in the history of the Porto team.
Second, Deco
As a giant midfielder in the history of Portuguese football, Deco was born and grew up in Brazil and naturalized in Portugal, represented the Portuguese national team as the main midfielder, and helped Portuguese football enter the golden age of achievement leap after the new century, which is a model for the development of Brazilians in a foreign country.
Back in 1999, Deco, who had already played well in the Portuguese league, moved from Sagouelos club to the Portuguese Super League giants and began to truly enter the public eye. During his five seasons at Porto, Deco scored 48 goals in 229 games, being the most creative player in the Mourinho-style defensive counter-attack philosophy, known for his fast footwork, reading awareness and practical action.
During his time at Porto, in addition to helping the team dominate the country, Deco led the team to win the Europa League and then the Champions League as the core of the midfield. In 2004, the year Porto won the Champions League, Decaux had the best year of his career. At that year's European Golden Globe Awards, Deco finished second and lost to shevchenko. According to the peak combat effectiveness, Deco should be one of the top two figures in Porto.
After 2004 , Deco left for La Liga number Barcelona , where he won one Champions League and two La Liga titles at Barca , with a successful career for both the national team and the club.
Fernando Gomez
Fernando Gomez was a top Portuguese striker active in the mid-1970s and early 1990s, a legendary Portuguese Premier League player and a regular for the Portuguese national team from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s.
From 1974 to 1980, he played for Porto from 1982 to 1989, spending a total of 13 seasons with the team, briefly testing the la Liga at Athletic Gijón and ending his career at Sporting Lisbon for the twilight period.
As porto's all-time top scorer, Fernando Gomez made a total of 455 appearances and scored 347 goals, averaging a staggering 0.82 goals per game during his time at Porto, winning five Portuguese Premier League titles, one Champions League and one European Super Cup, during which he became the annual European Golden Boot twice.