He won 127 caps for the Portuguese national football team, making him the most capped Portuguese player in history.
This received widespread criticism from the English press, who largely saw it as a sign of conspiracy from the Portuguese player.
On 20 August 2011, deemed surplus to requirements as practically all Portuguese players, he joined German club 1.
The Portuguese players said that Boulahrouz's flying elbow was intentional and that he should have been sent off.
He became the first Portuguese player to qualify for either version of the World Darts Championship.
On one of the most surreal nights in World Cup history, Sanchez sent off two Portuguese players for violent play.
In the last few years, some Portuguese players have been in the headlines of newspapers all over the world.
He did, however, redeem himself in injury time when a French defender fumbled the ball, enabling a Portuguese player to mount a last-moment attack.
Their team is composed mostly of Portuguese players.
The team is almost exclusively made of Portuguese players.