The Portuguese pronunciation given here is that of typical European Portuguese. English approximations of these are given in parentheses for illustrative purposes—in reality, Portuguese names are most often pronounced in English in accordance with the usual English spelling-to-sound rules, and it would probably not be advisable to imitate the Portuguese pronunciation too closely when saying these names within an English-speaking audience.
Contemporary European Portuguese pronunciation tends to elide unstressed vowels much more than is indicated below. For example, Ricardo [ʁi.ˈkaɾ.ðu] comes out more like [ʁi.ˈkaɾðʷ] in current everyday pronunciation, as if it were ‘Ricard’; Soares [ˈswa.ɾɨʃ] becomes [ˈswaɾʃ], as if it were ‘Soars’. Since final unstressed -e [ɨ] is usually dropped, it is treated as such in the English approximations below.
- Manager: Fernando Santos (Portugal) [fɨɾ.ˈnɐ̃n.du ˈsɐ̃n.tuʃ] (fər-NAHN-doo SAHN-tuush [fəɹ.ˈnɑːnd.u ˈsɑːnt.ʊʃ])
- Eduardo [e.ˈðwaɾ.ðu] (ed-WAHR-doo [ɛ.ˈdwɑːɹd.u])
- Anthony Lopes [ɐ̃n.ˈtɔ.ni ˈɫɔ.pɨʃ] (ahn-TOH-nee LOHP-(i)sh [ɑːn.ˈtoʊ̯n.i ˈloʊ̯p.ᵻʃ])
- Rui Patrício [ˈʁui̯ pɐ.ˈtɾi.sju] (ROOEE pə-TRISS-eeoo [ˈɹuː‿i pə.ˈtɹɪs.i‿u])
- Bruno Alves [ˈbɾu.nu‿ˈaɫ.vɨʃ] (BROO-noo AHLV-(i)sh [ˈbɹuːn.u ˈɑːlv.ᵻʃ])
- Cédric Soares [ˈsɛ.ðɾik ˈswa.ɾɨʃ] (SED-rik SWAHR-(i)sh [ˈsɛdɹ.ɪk ˈswɑːɹ‿ᵻʃ])
- Eliseu [e.ɫi.ˈzeu̯] (el-i-ZEH-oo [ˌɛl.i.ˈzeɪ̯.u])
- José Fonte [ʒu.ˈzɛ ˈfõn.tɨ] (zhuu-ZEH FONT [ʒʊ.ˈzeɪ̯ ˈfɒnt])
- Pepe [ˈpɛ.pɨ] (PEP [ˈpɛp])
- Raphaël Guerreiro [ʁɐ.fɐ.ˈɛɫ ɡɨ.ˈʁɐi̯.ɾu] (rahf-ə-EL gə-RAIR-oo [ˌɹɑːf.ə.ˈɛl ɡə.ˈɹɛə̯ɹ.u])
- Ricardo Carvalho [ʁi.ˈkaɾ.ðu kɐɾ.ˈva.ʎu] (ri-KAR-doo kər-VAHL-yoo [ɹɪ.ˈkɑːɹd.u kəɹ.ˈvɑːl.ju])
- Adrien Silva [ˈa.ðɾi.ẽ ˈsiɫ.vɐ] (AH-dree-en SIL-və [ˈɑːdɹ.i‿ɛn ˈsɪl.və])
- André Gomes [ɐ̃n.ˈdɾɛ ˈɡo.mɨʃ] (ahn-DREH GOHM-(i)sh [ɑːn.ˈdɹeɪ̯ ˈɡoʊ̯m.ᵻʃ])
- Danilo Pereira [dɐ.ˈni.ɫu pɨ.ˈɾɐi̯.ɾɐ] (də-NIL-oo pə-RAIR-ə [də.ˈnɪl.u pə.ˈɹɛə̯ɹ.ə])
- João Mário [ˈʒwɐ̃ũ̯ ˈma.ɾju] (ZHWOW(n) MAR-eeoo [ʒu‿ˈaʊ̯n ˈmɑːɹ.i‿u])
- João Moutinho [ˈʒwɐ̃ũ̯ mo.ˈti.ɲu] (ZHWOW(n) moh-TIN-yoo [ʒu‿ˈaʊ̯n moʊ̯.ˈtɪn.ju])
- Rafa Silva [ˈʁa.fɐ ˈsiɫ.vɐ] (RAHF-ə SIL-və [ˈɹɑːf.ə ˈsɪl.və])
- Renato Sanches [ʁɨ.ˈna.tu ˈsɐ̃.ʃɨʃ] (ri-NAHT-oo SAHNSH-ish [ɹᵻ.ˈnɑːt.u ˈsɑːnʃ.ᵻʃ])
- Vieirinha [vjɐi̯.ˈɾi.ɲɐ] (vee-ay-RIN-yə [ˌviː‿eɪ̯.ˈɹin.jə])
- William Carvalho [ˈwi.ljɐm kɐɾ.ˈva.ʎu] (WILL-yəm kər-VAHL-yoo [ˈwɪl.jəm kəɹ.ˈvɑːl.ju)
- Éder [ˈɛ.ðɛɾ] (ED-air [ˈɛd.ɛə̯ɹ])
- Nani [na.ˈni] (nah-NEE [nɑː.ˈniː])
- Ricardo Quaresma [ʁi.ˈkaɾ.ðu kwɐ.ˈɾɛʒ.mɐ] (ri-KAR-doo kwə-REZH-mə [ɹɪ.ˈkɑːɹd.u kwə.ˈɹɛʒ.mə])
- Cristiano Ronaldo [kɾɨʃ.tiˈɐ.nu ʁu.ˈnaɫ.du] (krisht-ee-AHN-oo ruu-NAHL-doo [ˌkɹɪʃt.i‿ˈɑːn.u ɹʊ.ˈnɑːld.u])
Raphaël Guerreiro, Anthony Lopes and Adrien Silva were born in France and have French given names, pronounced in French [ʁa.fa.ɛl], [ɑ̃.tɔ.ni] and [a.dʁi.ɛ̃] respectively. Pepe was born in Brazil, and in Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation is called [ˈpɛ.pi] (English approximation PEP-ee [ˈpɛp.i]). As he is a Brazilian-born member of the Portuguese national team, one could justifiably pronounce his name in English either as ‘peppy’ following the Brazilian pronunciation or as ‘pep’ following the European Portuguese pronunciation.
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