Bruno Vale
Made his debut for Portugal in August 2003, against Kazakhstan, aged 20. Currently playing for CF Estrela da Amadora, Vale has won 1 cap for Portugal (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: April 8, 1983
Height: 1.93m (6ft 4in)
Fact: Vale won the European Championships with Portugal's U16 side in 2000.

Quim
Made his debut for Portugal on August 18, 1999, against Andorra, aged 24. Currently playing for Benfica, Quim has won 24 caps for Portugal (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: May 13, 1975
Height: 1.84m (6ft)
Fact: Quim was suspended from the 2002 World Cup for testing positive for banned steroid nandrolone, but he travelled to the 2000 European Championships as Portugal's third-choice keeper and was second choice for the 2004 European Championship. However, he did not play a single match in either competition and looks likely to remain as Portugal's number two keeper this summer.

Ricardo
Made his debut for Portugal on June 2, 2001, against Republic of Ireland, aged 25. Currently playing for Sporting Lisbon, Ricardo has won 47 caps for Portugal (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: February 11, 1976
Height: 1.88m (6ft 1in)
Fact: Portugal's second round match against England in the European Championships in 2004 ended with a penalty shoot-out after the game finished 2-2 after extra time; remarkably, Ricardo saved Vassell's penalty attempt without his gloves, and then converted his own penalty kick to win the game for Portugal and eliminate England from the tournament.

Defenders

Ricardo Carvahlo
Made his debut for Portugal on October 11, 2003, against Albania, aged 25. Currently playing for Chelsea, Carvahlo has won 22 caps for Portugal and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: May 18, 1978
Height: 1.83m (6ft 0in)
Fact: In 2004 Carvalho was named Best Defender in the Champions' League in the UEFA European Football Awards.

Marco Caneira
Made his debut for Portugal on March 27, 2002, against Finland, aged 23. Currently playing for Valencia, Caneira has won 12 caps for Portugal and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: February 9, 1979
Height: 1.78m (5ft 10in)
Fact: A former captain of Portugal's U21 side, Caneira travelled as part of the senior squad to South Korea and Japan for the 2002 World Cup but did not feature in any of Portugal's games.

Miguel
Made his debut for Portugal on February 12, 2003, against Italy, aged 23. Currently playing for Valencia, Miguel has won 26 caps for Portugal and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 4, 1980
Height: 1.80m (5ft 11in)
Fact: Miguel began his footballing career playing as a winger for Portuguese side Estrela da Amadora; after transferring to Benfica in 2000, he continued to play in this position for two seasons before being moved by his coach to his more familiar role as a right-back.

Paulo Ferreira
Made his debut for Portugal on September 7, 2002, against England, aged 23. Currently playing for Chelsea, Ferreira has won 29 caps for Portugal and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 18, 1979
Height: 1.82m (6ft 0in)
Fact: Ferreira played for the full 90 minutes in every single one of FC Porto's 13 games in the club's successful Champions' League campaign in 2002.

Nuno Valente
Made his debut for Portugal on September 7, 2002, against England, aged 28. Currently playing for Everton, Valente has won 21 caps for Portugal and has scored 3 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: September 12, 1974
Height: 1.80m (5ft 10in)
Fact: Valente joined Everton from FC Porto ahead of the 2005-2006 season, after reportedly falling out with the Porto coaches over his decision not to retire from international football. Valente missed 5 months of the previous domestic season for Porto with a knee injury he sustained while playing for his country.

Fernando Meira
Made his debut for Portugal on October 11, 2000, against Holland, aged 22. Currently playing for VfB Stuttgart, Meira has won 28 caps for Portugal and has scored 2 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: June 5, 1978
Height: 1.88m (6ft 1in)
Fact: Dismissed by the referee for violent conduct in a Bundesliga match against Eintracht Frankfurt in March 2003, Meira was VfB Stuttgart's only player to be shown the red card in the whole of the 2002-2003 season.

Ricardo Costa
Made his debut for Portugal in February 2005, against Republic of Ireland, aged 23. Currently playing for FC Porto, Costa has won 2 caps for Portugal and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: May 16, 1981
Height: 1.88m (6ft 1in)
Fact: Costa played twice in Porto's victorious Champion's League campaign in 2003-2004.