Stars of Portugal UEFA Euro 2024

Martínez likes to get up early, doesn't drink alcohol and, while playing for Wigan, studied marketing. A good talker, he is regularly invited to comment on football matches on TV channels such as Sky Sports. The current coach of the Portuguese national team seeks to build a team that has the identity and stability of a club team, always with good manners and a soft, seductive speech. Discover Robe...

He never drinks alcohol, is extremely careful with what he eats and is the last to leave training. Who still doesn't know the story of the Madeiran kid from poor origins who landed alone in Lisbon at the age of 11 to play for Sporting? At 39, Cristiano Ronaldo is still chasing goals and victories. Listen here to the biography of one of the greatest players in the history of world football.  See om...

He was born in Almada and grew up in the neighbourhood of Jamaica, in Seixal, where the streets became a privileged place to do what he loves most: play football. But Rafael Leão is an artist and a creative: he makes music, has a clothing brand and launched a book in 2024. Discover Rafael Leão's biography here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This season he has been the best player in the Paris Saint-Germain team that won the French championship twice. The club's own coach says so. As a teenager he thought he'd give up football, but now he's working to secure a place playing for Portugal. Discover Vitinha's biography here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In England, at Manchester City, they say he's the first to arrive and the last to leave the training centre. As a child, in the school playground, he was bossy and liked to organise the teams. From an early age he proved to be a born leader, disciplined and very confident. Find out more about Rúben Dias' life here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shy and quiet, he always shied away from the limelight. But the quality of the quiet, left-footed defender soon caught the eye of those who knew about football. And it was with the current Spanish coach that he got the chance to play for the national team. Listen to Gonçalo Inácio's biography here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Born in Lisbon to an upper-middle class family, he went to a private school and even enrolled in college. A Benfica fan at heart, he is highly praised by coaches such as Pep Guardiola, who says that Bernardo Silva reminds him of Lionel Messi. Find out more about this Portuguese player's biography here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The coach of the national team calls him “a dream” of a player and much of Portugal’s dream at the European will pass through his boots and refined brain. Discover here more details of Bruno Fernandes's biography. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anyone who came across Francisco Conceição in the early years of his career praises his mentality and his courage to face his opponents and go at them with the ball. At FC Porto, the club with which he has a contract until 2029, he broke his personal record for games, goals and assists. Listen to other details of coach Sérgio Conceição's son's biography here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

When he got into soccer as a kid, he didn't want to be between goalposts. He didn't like the idea of having to throw himself into the dirt of the pitch: he liked scoring goals. In October 2022, he became the first player in the history of the Champions League to save a penalty and make an assist in the same game against Bayer Leverkusen. Find out more about Diogo Costa's biography here.  See omnys...

João Cancelo says he's competitive and doesn't like to lose. He never gives up on the ball and it's no coincidence that he has the word 'resilience' tattooed on his skin. His life changed the day he lost his mother in a car accident, but since then soccer has become a serious matter. Find out more about João Cancelo's biography here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He was born in Maceió, Brazil, in 1983, and came to Portugal at the age of 18 to play football. In 2007 he naturalized Portuguese and, if he now enters the field in Euro 2024, he will be the oldest player ever to compete in the tournament. Discover here more details of the biography of Pepe, the football lover. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Stars of Portugal' is the special podcast of Tribuna Expresso about the national football team. Do not miss, every day, until the start of the European Championship, new episodes with the essence of the biography of the greatest players representing Portugal. It premieres on June 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.