Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira

Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
Full name Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
Former names Estádio Municipal de Chaves
Location Chaves, Portugal
Owner Chaves Municipality
Capacity 8,000
Field size 105 x 67 metres
Surface Grass
Construction
Built 1949
Opened 1949
Architect Nuno Magalhães
Tenants
GD Chaves

Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira 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. Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for the Portuguese national team against Kazakhstan in 2003, at this stadium.[1][2]

Portugal national football team

The following national team matches were held in the stadium.

Coordinates: 41°45′02″N 7°27′54″W / 41.75064°N 7.464985°W / 41.75064; -7.464985

References

  1. ↑ "Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira".
  2. ↑ "Lucky rebound gives Portugal narrow win over Kazakhstan". China Daily. Retrieved 25 August 2010.


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