Fernando Couto made his debut with the Portuguese shirt on November 26th 1986 in Amiens, against France. He was then 17 years old and he was called up to the Under-18 National Team. He played 22 matches in the youth National Teams (11 as Under-18 and 11 as Under-20), of which the most memorable ones were those he played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the Portuguese Under-20 National Team became World Champion. In December 1990 he made his debut in the AA National Team, under Carlos Queiroz. Since then, Fernando Couto has been called up by every National Team coach until 2004: Nelo Vingada, António Oliveira (twice), Artur Jorge, Humberto Coelho, Agostinho Oliveira and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Fernando Couto has 110 AA caps (57 wins, 30 draws, 23 losses; 203 goals for and 90 against). He scored 8 goals and entered four major international competitions (Euro 96, in England, Euro 2000, in Belgium and Holland, World Cup 2002, in Japan and Korea, and Euro 2004, in Portugal). Here is a table that summarizes all the matches Fernando Couto played for Portugal AA National Team. Place the mouse cursor here to see the legend.


C

Date

Place

Match

G

Comp.

T

No.

1

19/12/90

Maia

1 Portugal : USA 0

-

Friendly

23

291

2

04/09/91

Porto

1 Portugal : Austria 1

-

Friendly

24

296

3

11/09/91

Porto

1 Portugal : Finland 0

-

Qual. EC

25

297

4

12/10/91

Luxembourg

1 Luxembourg : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

26

298

5

16/10/91

Rotterdam

1 Holland : Portugal 0

-

Qual. EC

27

299

6

20/11/91

Lisbon

1 Portugal : Greece 0

-

Qual. EC

28

300

7

15/01/92

Torres Novas

0 Portugal : Spain 0

-

Friendly

29

301

8

31/05/92

New Heaven

0 Portugal : Italy 0

-

Friendly

30

303

9

04/06/92

Chicago

1 USA : Portugal 0

-

Friendly

31

304

10

07/06/92

Massachussets

0 Portugal : Ireland 2

-

Friendly

32

305

11

02/09/92

Linz

1 Austria : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

33

306

12

14/10/92

Glasgow

0 Scotland : Portugal 0

-

Qual. WC

34

307

13

24/01/93

La Valleta

0 Malta : Portugal 1

-

Qual. WC

35

309

14

10/02/93

Faro

1 Portugal : Norway 1

-

Friendly

36

310

15

24/02/93

Porto

1 Portugal : Italy 3

1

Qual. WC

37

311

16

28/04/93

Lisbon

5 Portugal : Scotland 0

-

Qual. WC

38

313

17

19/06/93

Porto

4 Portugal : Malta 0

-

Qual. WC

39

314

18

05/09/93

Tallinn

0 Estonia : Portugal 2

-

Qual. WC

40

315

19

10/11/93

Lisbon

3 Portugal : Estonia 0

-

Qual. WC

41

317

20

17/11/93

Milan

1 Italy : Portugal 0

-

Qual. WC

42

318

21

19/01/94

Vigo

2 Portugal : Spain 2

-

Friendly

43

319

22

18/12/94

Lisbon

8 Portugal : Liechtenstein 0

1

Qual. EC

44

324

23

22/02/95

Eindhoven

0 Holland : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

45

327

24

25/04/95

Dublin

1 Ireland : Portugal 0

-

Qual. EC

46

328

25

03/06/95

Porto

3 Portugal : Latvia 2

-

Qual. EC

47

329

26

15/08/95

Eschen

0 Liechtenstein : Portugal 7

-

Qual. EC

48

330

27

03/09/95

Porto

1 Portugal : Northern Ireland 1

-

Qual. EC

49

331

28

15/10/95

Lisbon

0 Portugal : Ireland 1

-

Qual. EC

50

333

29

12/12/95

London

1 England : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

51

334

30

24/01/96

Paris

3 France : Portugal 2

1

Friendly

52

335

31

21/02/96

Porto

1 Portugal : Germany 2

-

Friendly

53

336

32

29/05/96

Dublin

0 Ireland : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

54

338

33

09/06/96

Sheffield

1 Portugal : Denmark 1

-

EC 1996

55

339

34

14/06/96

Nottingham

1 Portugal : Turkey 0

1

EC 1996

56

340

35

18/06/96

Nottingham

3 Portugal : Croatia 0

-

EC 1996

57

341

36

23/06/96

Birmingham

0 Portugal : Czech Republic 1

-

EC 1996

58

342

37

31/08/96

Erevan

0 Armenia : Portugal 0

-

Qual. WC

59

343

38

05/10/96

Kiev

2 Ukraine : Portugal 1

-

Qual. WC

60

344

39

09/10/96

Tirana

0 Albania : Portugal 3

-

Qual. WC

61

345

40

09/11/96

Porto

1 Portugal : Ukraine 0

1

Qual. WC

62

346

41

14/12/96

Lisbon

0 Portugal : Germany 0

-

Qual. WC

63

347

42

22/01/97

Braga

0 Portugal : France 2

-

Friendly

64

348

43

19/02/97

Athens

0 Greece : Portugal 0

-

Friendly

65

349

44

29/03/97

Belfast

0 Northern Ireland : Portugal 0

-

Qual. WC

66

350

45

07/06/97

Porto

2 Portugal : Albania 0

-

Qual. WC

67

351

46

20/08/97

Setúbal

3 Portugal : Armenia 1

-

Qual. WC

68

352

47

11/10/97

Lisbon

1 Portugal : Northern Ireland 0

-

Qual. WC

69

354

48

22/04/98

London

3 England : Portugal 0

-

Friendly

70

355

49

19/08/98

Ponta Delgada

2 Portugal : Mozambique 1

-

Friendly

71

356

50

10/10/98

Porto

0 Portugal : Romania 1

-

Qual. EC

72

358

51

14/10/98

Bratislava

0 Slovakia : Portugal 3

-

Qual. EC

73

358

52

18/11/98

Setúbal

2 Portugal : Israel 0

1

Friendly

74

360

53

10/02/99

Paris

0 Portugal : Holland 0

-

Friendly

75

361

54

26/03/99

Guimarães

7 Portugal : Azerbaijan 0

-

Qual. EC

76

362

55

31/03/99

Vaduz

5 Portugal : Liechtenstein 0

-

Qual. EC

77

363

56

05/06/99

Lisbon

1 Portugal : Slovakia 0

-

Qual. EC

78

364

57

09/06/99

Coimbra

8 Portugal : Liechtenstein 0

-

Qual. EC

79

365

58

04/09/99

Baku

1 Azerbaijan : Portugal 1

-

Qual. EC

80

367

59

08/09/99

Bucharest

1 Romania : Portugal 1

-

Qual. EC

81

368

60

23/02/00

Charleroi

1 Belgium : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

82

370

61

29/03/00

Leiria

2 Portugal : Denmark 1

-

Friendly

83

371

62

26/04/00

Reggio Calabria

2 Italy : Portugal 0

-

Friendly

84

372

63

02/06/00

Chaves

3 Portugal : Wales 0

-

Friendly

85

373

64

12/06/00

Eindhoven

3 Portugal : England 2

-

EC 2000

86

374

65

17/06/00

Arhem

1 Portugal : Romania 0

-

EC 2000

87

375

66

20/06/00

Rotterdam

3 Portugal : Germany 0

-

EC 2000

88

376

67

24/06/00

Amsterdam

1 Portugal : Turkey 0

-

EC 2000

89

377

68

28/06/00

Bruxelas

1 Portugal : France 2

-

EC 2000

90

378

69

16/08/00

Viseu

5 Portugal : Lithuania 1

-

Friendly

91

379

70

03/09/00

Tallinn

1 Estonia : Portugal 3

-

Qual. WC

92

380

71

07/10/00

Lisbon

1 Portugal : Ireland 1

-

Qual. WC

93

381

72

11/10/00

Rotterdam

0 Holland : Portugal 2

-

Qual. WC

94

382

73

15/11/00

Braga

2 Portugal : Israel 1

-

Friendly

95

383

74

28/02/01

Funchal

3 Portugal : Andorra 0

-

Qual. WC

96

384

75

28/03/01

Porto

2 Portugal : Holland 2

-

Qual. WC

97

385

76

25/04/01

Paris

4 France : Portugal 0

-

Friendly

98

386

77

15/08/01

Faro

3 Portugal : Moldova 0

-

Friendly

99

389

78

06/10/01

Lisbon

5 Portugal : Estonia 0

-

Qual. WC

100

392

79

14/11/01

Lisbon

5 Portugal : Angola 1

-

Friendly

101

393

80

13/02/02

Barcelona

1 Spain : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

102

394

81

27/03/02

Porto

1 Portugal : Finland 4

-

Friendly

103

395

82

17/04/02

Lisbon

1 Portugal : Brazil 1

-

Friendly

104

396

83

25/05/02

Macau

2 Portugal : China 0

-

Friendly

105

397

84

05/06/02

Suwon

2 Portugal : USA 3

-

WC 2002

106

398

85

10/06/02

Jeonju

4 Portugal : Poland 0

-

WC 2002

107

399

86

14/06/02

Incheon

0 Portugal : Korea 1

-

WC 2002

108

400

87

07/09/02

Birmingham

1 England : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

109

401

88

12/10/02

Lisbon

1 Portugal : Tunisia 1

-

Friendly

110

402

89

16/10/02

Goteborg

2 Sweden : Portugal 3

-

Friendly

111

403

90

20/11/02

Braga

2 Portugal : Scotland 0

-

Friendly

112

404

91

12/02/03

Genoa

1 Italy : Portugal 0

-

Friendly

113

405

92

29/03/03

Porto

2 Portugal : Brazil 1

-

Friendly

114

406

93

02/04/03

Lausanne

1 Portugal : Macedonia 0

-

Friendly

115

407

94

30/04/03

Eindhoven

1 Holland : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

116

408

95

06/06/03

Braga

0 Portugal : Paraguay 0

-

Friendly

117

409

96

10/06/03

Lisbon

4 Portugal : Bolivia 0

1

Friendly

118

410

97

20/08/03

Chaves

1 Portugal : Kazakhstan 0

-

Friendly

119

411

98

06/09/03

Guimarães

0 Portugal : Spain 3

-

Friendly

120

412

99

10/09/03

Oslo

0 Norway : Portugal 1

-

Friendly

121

413

100

11/10/03

Lisbon

5 Portugal : Albania 3

-

Friendly

122

414

101

15/11/03

Aveiro

1 Portugal : Greece 1

-

Friendly

123

415

102

19/11/03

Leiria

8 Portugal : Kuwait 0

-

Friendly

124

416

103

18/02/04

Faro/Loulé

1 Portugal : England 1

-

Friendly

125

417

104

31/03/04

Braga

1 Portugal : Italy 2

-

Friendly

126

418

105

28/04/04

Coimbra

2 Portugal : Sweden 2

-

Friendly

127

419

106

29/05/04

Águeda

3 Portugal : Luxemburg 0

-

Friendly

128

420

107

05/06/04

Setúbal

4 Portugal : Lithuania 1

1

Friendly

129

421

108

12/06/04

Porto

1 Portugal : Greece 2

-

EC 2004

130

422

109

20/06/04

Lisbon

0 Spain x Portugal 1

-

EC 2004

131

423

110

30/06/04

Lisbon

2 Portugal : Holland 1

-

EC 2004

132

424



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