THE VITALS:

Team: Portugal

Brand: Nike

Era: 2020-22 (Used for the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, the 2020 UEFA European Championships and during both the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Campaign and the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League)

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CONDITION: EXCELLENT

This shirt comes to you in nothing short of excellent of condition, with the material showing little sign of wear and the elasticated elements also remaining robust.

DIMENSIONS:

Size: Small

Pit to Pit Measurement: 20 inches

Shirt Length: 27.5 inches

Made by Nike in their ‘Dri-Fit’ mould of shirts that they introduced in 2020; the dimensions of this shirt provide a very relaxed size small fitting shirt.

DESCRIPTION:

Nike and Portugal’s relationship entered the decade of the 2020’s with their 13^th home shirt collaboration under the cloud of world never seen before with the coronavirus pandemic in full swing. It is a testimony to those at Nike that this 13^th home shirt would be instantly distinguished from any of its predecessors. This shirt is the epitome of minimalism meets classy with the shirt a crimson polo shirt with the use of green and black accents around the sleeve bands and down the side panels. This shirt would be the first Portugal home shirt to use a polo collar since the pair of shirts Nike produced in the 90’s, and the black accents would also be a first time inclusion for the ‘Selecao’. The national side would play their first game for 10 months when this shirt debuted in the 2-0 win versus Sweden on 8^th September 2020. This shirt would be worn as Portugal fell bitterly short of a chance to defend the Nations League crown in 2020, and was also worn during their disappointing defence of the European Championship in 2021 before the shirt cycle was retired ahead of the fixtures in autumn 2022 in what was a congested international calendar between the resuming of international football in 2020 and the World Cup in Qatar kicking off in November 2022.

THE SEASON(S):

In honour of the Portugal Football Federation’s 100^th year anniversary; Nike equipped the ‘Selecao’ with a dazzling horizontal striped outfit ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Portugal! 2 shades of red and crimson are implemented, with the latter beginning at the base of the shirt before ghosting into the paler shade of red as the shirt progresses to the collar! Moreover, the shirt is complemented with a v-neck collar, and very subtle green trim! Regrettably, the tournament in Brazil would be a disappointment, but during the cycle of this strip; Portugal were able to defeat both: Argentina and Italy!  

The notable players that season(s) were:

Helder Postiga, Eder, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Almeida, Nani, Vierinha, Silvestre Varela, Rafa Silva, Ruben Amorim, Raul Meireles, Joao Moutinho, William Carvalho, Miguel Veloso, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Ricardo Costa, Luis Neto, Andre Almeida, Joao Perreira, Beto, Rui Patricio, Eduardo