Rafael Leão also reaches 50 internationalizations

ANDm Oslo, Leão started the departure of the second day of the Group A4 in the bench of alternates, but was placed on the lawn of the Stadium Ullevaal shortly after the second part, reaching the half hundred internationalizations by Portugal.

At the service of the ‘quinas’ team, the current Galatasaray player was in two World Championships in 2022 and 2026, in the final phase of the Euro2024, and in the conquest of the League of Nations in 2025.

Formed at Sporting, Leon’s ‘adventure’ in the Portuguese team began on October 9, 2021, at the Algarve Stadium, in a 3-0 win in a particular with Qatar.

With Fernando Santos in charge, the advanced replaced Cristiano Ronaldo at the start of the second part and was in time to sign an assistance, for André Silva, in the third goal, the same day that the guard Diogo Costa (today also at 50) and Matheus Nunes debuted.

It was necessary to wait a year for Rafael Leão to reach his first goal (takes six) and took place in November 2025, in the first game of Portugal in the World Cup2022, in Qatar, making the last of the national team against Ghana (3-2).

In this competition, Leo would again score, in the eighths of the finals, in the 6–1 round against Switzerland, and also signed his name in the World Cup2026, in the 5-0 to Uzbekistan still in the group stage, in Houston, United States.

In Munich, Germany, in the triumph over Spain in the final of the League of Nations (2-2, 5-3 in the major penalties), Rafael Leão was released in the final by Roberto Martínez at 73 minutes.

In his first 50 games by Portugal, Rafael Leão never managed to reach the status of undisputed holder, oscillating between the initial ‘eleven’ and the bench of alternates.

The advance has not joined the Portuguese starting team for almost a year, with the last presence to take place in November 2025, at the Dragon Stadium in Porto, in a 9-1 triumph over Armenia, which confirmed the qualification for the World Cup2026.