Paulo Ferreira

Early career

Born in Cascais, Lisbon District, Ferreira started his career in the Segunda Liga with Estoril. In the following two seasons he was relatively played, representing the club in both that and the third divisions. Ferreira signed with Vitória de Setúbal for 2000–01, scoring two goals in 33 games during the campaign to help his team promote to the Primeira Liga after finishing in third place. His first appearance in the competition took place on 13 August 2001, in a 3–1 away loss against Marítimo.

Porto

Ferreira moved to Porto in the summer of 2002, signed by coach José Mourinho who converted him from right midfielder to right-back. He only missed two league games over his two-year stint, as the club won back-to-back national championships. Ferreira was also in the starting XI in the 2003 UEFA Cup final against Celtic in Seville (which ended with a 3–2 win), that year's 1–0 defeat of União de Leiria in the Taça de Portugal which meant the conquest of the treble and the 2004 UEFA Champions League final, won against Monaco.

Chelsea

On 22 June 2004, Ferreira joined Chelsea for €20 million (£13.2 million), reuniting at Stamford Bridge with both Mourinho and former Porto teammate Ricardo Carvalho, both of whom were also signed in the off-season. He impressed greatly in his first year, appearing in 42 competitive matches and helping to the Premier League title after a 50-year wait. Ferreira scored his first competitive goal for the Blues on 19…

Between the Portuguese under-20 and under-21 sides, Ferreira appeared in a total of 27 matches. He made his debut for the full side on 7 September 2002, playing the second half of a 1–1 friendly draw with England at Villa Park. Ferreira was selected by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament. He started their opening match against Greece, but a series of mistakes in the 1–2 loss saw him dropped for Miguel for the rest of the tournament. Following an injury to the latter late into the first half of the final, however, he returned to action in another defeat to the same opponent, now 1–0. Ferreira made two appearances for Portugal in the 2006 World Cup: in the 0–1 semi-final loss against France, he replaced injured Miguel during the second half, and started the third place play-off against the host country Germany (1–3 defeat). Subsequently, he faced competition from Bosingwa and Miguel for the right-back slot, and was often deployed at the opposite flank following the retirement of Nuno Valente. Ferreira was named in the squad for the Euro 2008. He started all four games as a left-back, in an eventual quarter-final exit. A regular in the 2010 World Cup qualifying phase, Ferreira would then be included in the 23-men squad to represent the Selecção in the finals. He only played the opening game in South Africa, a goalless draw to the Ivory Coast. On 30 August 2010, Ferreira announced he would be also retiring from the national team, shortly after Simão…

Club

International

Porto

Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04 Taça de Portugal: 2002–03 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003 UEFA Champions League: 2003–04 UEFA Cup: 2002–03 Chelsea

Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10 FA Cup: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07 FA Community Shield: 2005 UEFA Champions League: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League: 2012–13 Portugal

UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004 Individual

UEFA Team of the Year: 2002–03 ESM Team of the Year: 2003–04 Orders

Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)