The side Alberto Costa, who works at FC Porto, is the first debut in the Portuguese team in Jorge Jesus’ “age” by jumping directly to the title in the meeting against Denmark, the League of Nations football.
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14/11/2026
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O alberto Costa, who works at FC Porto, is the first debut in the Portuguese team in Jorge Jesus' 'age', jumping directly to the title in the meeting against Denmark, the League of Nations football.
In the first presence on Portugal’s summons list, the 23-year-old player added his first internationalization and soon being part of the initial ‘eleven’ that the teams of ‘quinas’ are presenting at the Braga Municipal Stadium, starting from the fifth day of Group A4.
With João Cancelo punished for the meeting of Denmark and Nuno Mendes out of the call for injury, it was expected that Jorge Jesus could debut some player in this match from the beginning.
Flávio Nazinho, Rodrigo Mora, Quenda and Samuel Soares are in the substitute bank of Portugal and can also reach the first internationalization, although in the case of the Benfica goalkeeper is more unlikely due to the position it occupies.
Graduated in Vitória de Guimarães, Costa fulfills the second season at FC Porto and helped the ‘dragons’ win the last edition of the I Liga.
Before that, in 2024/25, the side had a brief passage through Juventus, during the second half of the season, after having made sights at Vitória de Guimarães.
In the three and a half years he spent in charge of the Portuguese team, Jorge Jesus' predecessor, the Spanish Roberto Martínez, operated a total of 16 debuts, the first with the defense Gonçalo Inácio, in 2023, right in his first match, and the last with the medium Mateus Fernandes, in 2026, players who are in the current call, but who were out of the game record.
At today's meeting, already with the final rooms guaranteed, Portugal is only one point away to ensure the first place of Group A4.