Precocious Arrivals

Paulo Futre
Born on February 28th 1966.
First Called up to Senior Team on September 21st 1983.
1st International Cap aged 17 years and 203 days.
Portugal beat Finland 5-0.

Fernando Chalana
Born on February 10th, 1959.
First Called up to Senior Team on November 17th 1976.
1st International Cap aged 17 years and 280 days.
Portugal beat Denmark 1-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo
Born on February 5th 1985.
First Called up to Senior Team on August 20th 2003.
1st International Cap aged 18 years and 197 days.
Portugal beat Kazakhstan 1-0.

Hugo Viana
Born on January 15th 1983.
First Called up to Senior Team on November 14th 2001.
1st International Cap aged 18 years and 310 days.
Portugal beat Angola 5-1.

Luis Figo
Born November 4th 1972.
First Called up to Senior Team on October 12th 1991.
1st International Cap aged 18 years and 342 days.
Portugal drew with Luxemburg 1-1 (he's not very lucky with the Luxemburg(o)s, is he?)

João Moutinho
Born on September 8th 1986.
First Called up to Senior Team on August 17th 2005.
1st International Cap aged 18 years and 343 days.
Portugal beat Egypt 2-0.

Manuel Fernandes (Benfica's)
Born on February 5th, 1986.
First Called up to Senior Team on February 9th 2005.
1st International Cap aged 19 years and 4 days.
Portugal lost to Ireland 1-0.

Simão Sabrosa
Born on October 31st 1979.
First Called up to Senior Team on November 18th 1998.
1st International Cap aged 19 years and 18 days.
Portugal beat Israel 2-0.

Dani (Daniel Carvalho)
Born on November 2nd 1976.
First Called up to Senior Team on December 12th 1995.
1st International Cap aged 19 years and 40 days.
Portugal drew with England 1-1.

Ricardo Quaresma
Born on September 26th 1983.
First Called up to Senior Team on June 10th 2003.
1st International Cap aged 19 years and 257 days.
Portugal beat Bolivia 4-0



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