Estádio Municipal de Chaves
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Estadio Municipal de Chaves is a multi-use stadium in Chaves
, Portugal
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of GD Chaves
. The stadium is able to hold 12,000 people. The stadium normally holds the national teams youth games and also some U21 games and also the senior team but rarely. This stadium is famous because it is where Cristiano Ronaldo
made his international career debut for his country.
matches were held in the stadium.
41.75064°N 7.464985°W
Chaves (Portugal)
Chaves is a municipality and municipal seat of an area 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín in the north of Portugal. The municipality is the second most populous of the district of Vila Real...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of GD Chaves
GD Chaves
Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as just Chaves, is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the Liga de Honra. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves with a capacity of 19,000 one of the biggest in the Liga de Honra...
. The stadium is able to hold 12,000 people. The stadium normally holds the national teams youth games and also some U21 games and also the senior team but rarely. This stadium is famous because it is where Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, , commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team...
made his international career debut for his country.
Portugal national football team
The following national teamPortugal national football team
The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...
matches were held in the stadium.
| # | Date | Score | Opponent | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 June 2000 | 3–0 | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
|
| 2. | 20 August 2003 | 1–0 | Friendly |
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