Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Portugal's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 28.6% |
| Without them | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| Ashley Cole | England | 3 |
| David James | England | 3 |
| Michael Owen | England | 3 |
| Owen Hargreaves | England | 3 |
| Alan Smith | England | 2 |
| Alessandro Birindelli | Italy | 2 |
| Angelos Basinas | Greece | 2 |
| Angelos Charisteas | Greece | 2 |
| Antonis Nikopolidis | Greece | 2 |
| Bernardo Corradi | Italy | 2 |
| Albania | 1 | 1 |
| England | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 24 Jun 2004 | v England | 2–2 | 110′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 16 Jun 2004 | v Russia | 2–0 | 89′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 · Group stage |
| 29 May 2004 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | 35′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2003 | v Albania | 5–3 | 55′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 16 Oct 2002 | v Sweden | 3–2 | 89′ | — | Winning goal | 3–2 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 4 Jul 2004 | v Greece | 0–1 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | UEFA Euro 2004 · Final |
| 24 Jun 2004 | v England | 2–2 | came on 79′ | 41 | 1 | — | UEFA Euro 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 16 Jun 2004 | v Russia | 2–0 | came on 63′ | 27 | 1 | — | UEFA Euro 2004 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2004 | v Greece | 1–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | UEFA Euro 2004 · Group stage |
| 29 May 2004 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2004 | v Italy | 1–2 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Feb 2004 | v England | 1–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2003 | v Albania | 5–3 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2003 | v Spain | 0–3 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Apr 2003 | v Netherlands | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Mar 2003 | v Brazil | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Feb 2003 | v Italy | 0–1 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 Nov 2002 | v Scotland | 2–0 | started, off 58′ | 58 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 Oct 2002 | v Sweden | 3–2 | came on 80′ | 10 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 12 Oct 2002 | v Tunisia | 1–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Sep 2002 | v England | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.