Miguel Portela de Morais (born 4 March 1974 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. He played as a center, although he was also capable of nearly all positions, except

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and hooker. He was a leading member of the

Grupo Desportivo Direito Grupo Desportivo Direito is a Portuguese rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football ...

team. Professionally, he is a lawyer. Miguel Portela had 56 caps, from 1996 to 2010, with 5 tries and a drop goal scored, in an aggregate of 28 points. He was a member of the

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squad present at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He played in all four matches, without scoring.He had 4 children Jerónimo Portela Morais , Duarte Portela Morais, Benedita Portela Morais and Rosinha Portela Morais a mais linda

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