Futebol Clube do Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

is a Portuguese

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based in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

that is best known for its professional

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team playing in the country's top-tier division, the

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. Porto played their first match a few days after the club's foundation in 1893, but only began playing competitively in 1911, when they took part and won the first José Monteiro da Costa Cup. Since then, the team has entered and often achieved success in several domestic and international football competitions. This list includes all the players that have made at least 100 competitive appearances for the first team, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute. João Pinto, former

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and

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, holds Porto's record for most appearances, having played 587 matches during an uninterrupted senior career of 16 years at the club. He is one of only two players with over 500 first-team appearances; the other is former

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and also captain

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, who appeared in 566 matches in 17 seasons. Four other players have made at least 400 appearances; among them is Aloísio, a former Brazilian

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who holds the team record for most appearances by a foreign player. Fernando Gomes is Porto's top goalscorer, with 347 goals in 455 appearances. The only other club player with more than 300 goals is

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, who scored 314 times in 15 consecutive seasons. As of , six players currently active in the first team have made at least 100 appearances:

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(defender, Portugal),

Wilson Manafá Wilson Migueis Manafá Jancó (born 23 July 1994), known as Manafá, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a full-back. After making his Primeira Liga debut for Portimonense at the age of 23 he transferred to Porto ...

(defender, Portugal),

Iván Marcano Iván Marcano Sierra (; born 23 June 1987) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Portuguese club FC Porto. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left-back. After starting out at Racing de Santander ...

(defender, Spain),

Mateus Uribe Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Portuguese club Porto and the Colombia national team. After coming through the ranks of Envigado's youth academy, Urib ...

(midfielder, Colombia), Otávio (midfielder, Portugal) and

Mehdi Taremi Mehdi Taremi ( fa, مهدی طارمی; born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Iran national team. A late bloomer, he begun his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iranjav ...

(forward, Iran).

Table key

*The list is ordered first by year of first appearance, then by total number of appearances. *Players active in the first team have their name shown in ''italics'', and can add to their totals. *Appearances and goals are counted only for first-team competitive matches in the

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(including the predecessor Campeonato de Portugal),

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese football match played since 1979 between the winners of the Portuguese League (Primeira Liga) and Portuguese ...

, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League,

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, and defunct competitions such as Campeonato do Porto,

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

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, and Intercontinental Cup. *Position – Playing position: GK =

, DF = defender, MF =

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, FW =

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*Club career – First and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed above. *Appearances – Number of matches played with the club (as starter and substitute) *Goals – Number of goals scored with the club *National team – Country represented by the player at international level during his career with the club. *Caps – Number of international appearances made by a player during his career with the club (n/a = information not available). * – Player is a club record holder.

Players with 100 or more appearances

Footnotes

References

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