All-time Primeira Liga defenders bracket

The greatest defenders in Primeira Liga history, by their honours. Fill out a all-time Primeira Liga defenders bracket.

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Round of 16

1Victor Lindelöf

16Vasili Kulkov

8Humberto Coelho

9Dimas Teixeira

4Jorge Andrade

13Alberto Festa

5Branco

12Eliseu

2Miguel Monteiro

15António Veloso

7João Domingos Pinto

10Danilo

3Fernando Meira

14Hélder Cristóvão

6Ricardo Gomes

11Cristian Săpunaru

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Seeds

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Victor Lindelöf2013–2017

Miguel Monteiro1999–2005

Fernando Meira1996–2001

Jorge Andrade1997–2002

Branco1988–1991

Ricardo Gomes1988–1996

João Domingos Pinto1981–1997

Humberto Coelho1968–1985

Dimas Teixeira1990–1996

Danilo2012–2015

Cristian Săpunaru2008–2012

Eliseu2014–2018

Alberto Festa1960–1968

Hélder Cristóvão1992–2004

António Veloso1980–1995

Vasili Kulkov1991–2000

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Germano de Figueiredo1960–1966

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Stefan Schwarz1991–1994

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Fernando Cruz1959–1970

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Carlos Gamarra1997–1998

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Jorge Ribeiro1999–2011

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Armando Sá1998–2004

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Frederico Rosa1979–1994

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Augusto Inácio1982–1989

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Aloísio Pires Alves1990–2001

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Ricardo Rocha1997–2007

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Marco Zoro2007–2011

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Domiciano Cavém1955–1969

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Paulo Ferreira2002–2004

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ÂM

Ângelo Martins1952–1965

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Paulo Madeira1989–2004

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Hugo Ibarra2001–2005

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Abdoulaye Ba2010–2017

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Nuno Frechaut2005–2009

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Artur Correia1971–1977

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Minervino Pietra1976–1987

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Argel Fuchs1999–2004

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Miguel Vítor2007–2013

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Tonel1999–2005

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Marco Caneira1999–2002

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DIT

Dito1980–1994

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Henrique Sereno2005–2013

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António Henriques Jesus Oliveira1982–1990

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Eduardo Luís1974–1990

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Takis Fyssas2003–2005

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Leonardo Lourenço Bastos2005–2009

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César Peixoto2002–2014

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Jan Bednarek2025–

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André Almeida Pinto2008–2017

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Giourkas Seitaridis2004–2005

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Adelino Lopes1998–2003

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Mário João1955–1962

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József Szabó

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Marco Abreu1994–1998

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Gabriel Mendes1973–1983

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António Morato1989–1993

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Jorge Sánchez Ramos2023–2024

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Jacinto Santos1965–1970

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Milan Stepanov2007–2010

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Geraldo Dutra Pereira1987–1991

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José Leal1984–2003

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Jakub Kiwior2025–

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Fernando Nélson1998–2002

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Rogério Matias2000–2009

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Alfredo de los Santos1974–1979

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Jorge Bermúdez1996–1997

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Abdelkrim El Hadrioui1997–1998

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Wilson Constantino Novo Estrela1994–1999

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Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa2001–2013

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Nélson Marcos2005–2008

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Manuel da Costa2012–2013

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António Pinho1920–1927

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Vítor Moreno2006–2009

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António Fonseca1990–1999

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Fatih Sonkaya2005–2008

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Washington González1980–1983

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João Soares Cardoso1977–1985

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Carina Baltrip-Reyes2023–

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Patrick Vervoort1996–1997

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José Carlos da Silva José1974–1975

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Mário Silva2001–2005

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Attila Dragóner2004–2006

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Rui Marques2004–2005

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Pablo Contreras2008

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Mohamed Abarhoun2017–2019

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Ricardo Rojas1999–2001

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Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva2001–2011

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Okey Isima

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Alejandro Cichero1997–1998

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NEL

Nelo1997–2000

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Gustavo Teixeira1926–1930

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João Manuel Pinto1995–2001

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Virgílio Lopes1978–1990

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Edevaldo de Freitas1985–1986

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Alfredo Esteves

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Jorge Ferreira1992–1996

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Miguel Alberto Marques1981–1997

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Lucas Veríssimo2021–2023

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José Carlos Martins Ferreira1993–1999

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Joaquim Jorge1965–1972

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A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

The greatest defenders in Primeira Liga history, by their honours.

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