List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2012
This is a List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2012. The summer transfer window opened on 1 July and closed at midnight on 31 August. Only moves involving Primeira Liga clubs are listed. Players without a club may join a club at any time, either during or in between transfer windows.
Transfers
| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 11 1 2012 |  Djaniny |  União de Leiria | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 23 1 2012 | Salvador Agra | Olhanense |  Real Betis | €200,000 |
| 30 1 2012 | André Pires | Belenenses | Beira-Mar | Undisclosed |
| 18 2 2012 | José Coelho | Benfica |  Sheriff Tiraspol | Free |
| 3 4 2012 |  Zakaria Labyad |  PSV Eindhoven | Sporting CP | Free |
| 13 5 2012 |  Airton | Benfica | Flamengo | Loan |
| 14 5 2012 |  Éder | Académica de Coimbra | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 15 5 2012 | Fernando Alexandre | SC Braga | Olhanense | Loan |
| 16 5 2012 | Lucas Patinho | Fluminense | Sporting CP | Loan |
| 17 5 2012 |  Fredy Guarín | FC Porto |  Inter Milan | €11,000,000 |
| 17 5 2012 | Hugo Vieira | Gil Vicente | Benfica | Free |
| 18 5 2012 |  Mexer | Sporting CP | Nacional | Free |
| 21 5 2012 |  Nazmi Faiz | Harimau Muda A | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 22 5 2012 | Brito | Torreense | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 22 5 2012 |  Saleh Al-Shehri | Al-Ahli SC | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 23 5 2012 |  Caleb Patterson-Sewell | Atlético CP | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 23 5 2012 | Fabiano | Olhanense | FC Porto | €480,000 |
| 24 5 2012 | Eduardo Gottardi | União de Leiria | Nacional | Free |
| 24 5 2012 | Ola John | Twente | Benfica | €9,000,000 |
| 24 5 2012 | João Pereira | Sporting CP | Valencia | €3,600,000 |
| 25 5 2012 | Mário Felgueiras | SC Braga |  Cluj | Free |
| 26 5 2012 | André Pires | Beira-Mar | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 28 5 2012 | Diogo Valente | Académica de Coimbra | Cluj | Free |
| 28 5 2012 |  Cristian Rodríguez | FC Porto | Atlético Madrid | Free |
| 29 5 2012 | João Vilela | Gil Vicente |  Tractor Sazi | Free |
| 29 5 2012 | Anselmo | Nacional | Tractor Sazi | Free |
| 29 5 2012 | Bruno China | Rio Ave | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 30 5 2012 | Bruno Miguel | Astra Ploiești | Estoril | Free |
| 31 5 2012 | Luisinho | Paços de Ferreira | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 31 5 2012 | Michel | Paços de Ferreira | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 31 5 2012 | André Teixeira | FC Porto | Belenenses | Free |
| 1 6 2012 | Gégé | SC Covilhã | Marítimo | Free |
| 1 6 2012 | Paulo Sérgio | Vitória de Guimarães |  AEL Limassol | Free |
| 5 6 2012 | Hugo Leal | Vitória de Setúbal | Estoril | Free |
| 5 6 2012 | Júnior Caiçara | Gil Vicente |  Ludogorets Razgrad | Free |
| 5 6 2012 | Mano |  Levadiakos | Estoril | Free |
| 5 6 2012 | Babanco | Arouca | Olhanense | Free |
| 6 6 2012 |  Igor Stefanović | Santa Clara | FC Porto | Undisclosed |
| 7 6 2012 |  Tope Obadeyi |  Bolton Wanderers | Rio Ave | Free |
| 8 6 2012 | Anderson Santana | Vitória de Guimarães |  Chornomorets Odesa | Free |
| 8 6 2012 | Fabinho | Fluminense | Rio Ave | Undisclosed |
| 9 6 2012 | André Santos | Sporting CP | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 10 6 2012 | Nelson Pedroso | Desportivo das Aves | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 10 6 2012 | Jô | União de Leiria | Moreirense | Free |
| 10 6 2012 | Ivo Pinto | Rio Ave | Cluj | Undisclosed |
| 11 6 2012 | André André | Varzim | Nacional | Undisclosed |
| 11 6 2012 |  Jan Oblak | Benfica | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 11 6 2012 | Marcos Paulo | União de Leiria | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 12 6 2012 | Carlos Saleiro |  Servette | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 12 6 2012 | Tiago Valente | Desportivo das Aves | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 13 6 2012 | Diogo Salomão | Sporting CP | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 13 6 2012 | Rafael Ramazotti | Zürich | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 13 6 2012 | Diogo Melo | Académica de Coimbra | Sanat Naft | Free |
| 14 6 2012 | Elízio | Penafiel | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 14 6 2012 | Artur | Beira-Mar | Chornomorets Odesa | Free |
| 15 6 2012 | Rui Santos | Oeiras | Moreirense | Free |
| 15 6 2012 | Mário Mateus | Atlético CP | Moreirense | Free |
| 15 6 2012 | Diego Gaúcho | Astra Ploiești | Moreirense | Free |
| 16 6 2012 | David Silva |  Kilmarnock | Olhanense | Free |
| 16 6 2012 | Ismaily | Olhanense | SC Braga | Free |
| 16 6 2012 |  Florent Hanin | Leixões | SC Braga | Free |
| 16 6 2012 |  Selim Benachour | Marítimo | APOEL | Free |
| 18 6 2012 | Otávio Silva | América Mineiro | Nacional | Free |
| 18 6 2012 |  Paolo Hurtado | Alianza Lima | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 18 6 2012 | Filipe Souza | Bahia | Rio Ave | Undisclosed |
| 19 6 2012 | Éder Luís | Benfica | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed |
| 19 6 2012 | Fellipe Bastos | Benfica | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed |
| 19 6 2012 | Makelele | ABC | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 20 6 2012 | Bruno Turco | Macaé | Vitória de Setúbal | Loan |
| 20 6 2012 | Paulinho | Leixões | Moreirense | Undisclosed |
| 20 6 2012 |  Daniel Wass | Benfica | Evian | €2,000,000 |
| 20 6 2012 |  Jonathan Bru | Moreirense | Melbourne Victory | Free |
| 20 6 2012 |  Ebo Andoh | FC Porto | AEL Limassol | Free |
| 21 6 2012 | Cauê | Olhanense | Vaslui | €200,000 |
| 21 6 2012 | Ricardo Villarraga | Independiente Santa Fe | Benfica | Loan |
| 21 6 2012 | William Soares | FC Porto | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 21 6 2012 | Sérgio Semedo | Portimonense | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 21 6 2012 | Lúcio | Portuguesa | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 21 6 2012 | Rafael Silva | Portuguesa | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 21 6 2012 | Ricardo Pessoa | Portimonense | Moreirense | Free |
| 22 6 2012 | Rúben Ribeiro | Penafiel | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 23 6 2012 | Diego Lopes | Benfica | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 24 6 2012 | Boka | Noroeste | Olhanense | Free |
| 24 6 2012 | Nuno Silva | União da Madeira | Olhanense | Free |
| 24 6 2012 | Jefferson | Santa Cruz | Estoril | Free |
| 25 6 2012 | Manoel | Penafiel | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 25 6 2012 | André Costa | Gondomar | Rio Ave | Free |
| 26 6 2012 | Paulo Lopes | Feirense | Benfica | Free |
| 26 6 2012 |  Maximilian Haas | União de Leiria | SC Braga | Free |
| 26 6 2012 | Bergson | Grêmio | SC Braga | Free |
| 26 6 2012 | João Paulo | Vitória Guimarães |  Changchun Yatai | Free |
| 26 6 2012 | Rafael Batatinha | Tondela | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 28 6 2012 | Vitorino Antunes | Roma | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 28 6 2012 | Faouzi Abdelghani | Vitória Guimarães | Ittihad | Undisclosed |
| 28 6 2012 | Júnior Lopes | Bragantino | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 29 6 2012 | Pio | Monte Azul | Gil Vicente | Loan |
| 29 6 2012 | Diego | Vitória de Setúbal |  Gabala | Free |
| 29 6 2012 | Gelson Fernandes | Saint-Étienne | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 29 6 2012 | João Pedro | CD Aves | Estoril | Free |
| 29 6 2012 |  Felipe Desco | Metz | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 30 6 2012 | Henrique | Feirense | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 1 7 2012 |  Danijel Stojanović | Nacional | Hajduk Split | Undisclosed |
| 1 7 2012 | Diogo | Internacional | FC Porto | Undisclosed |
| 1 7 2012 | Juary Soares | Sporting CP | União de Leiria | Free |
| 1 7 2012 | William Carvalho | Sporting CP |  Cercle Brugge | Free |
| 1 7 2012 | William Owusu | Sporting CP | Westerlo | Free |
| 1 7 2012 | André Marques | Sporting CP | Sion | Free |
| 2 7 2012 | Nilson Júnior | CRB | Moreirense | Free |
| 2 7 2012 | Rafael Lopes | Vitória de Setúbal | Moreirense | Free |
| 2 7 2012 | Adilson | Estoril | Marítimo | Free |
| 2 7 2012 | André Pinto | FC Porto | Panathinaikos | Free |
| 2 7 2012 | Cleyton | Corinthians Alagoano | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 3 7 2012 |  Alphousseyni Keita | União de Leiria | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 3 7 2012 | Pedro Beda | Bahia | Moreirense | Free |
| 3 7 2012 | Nuno Assis | Vitória de Guimarães | Omonia | Free |
| 3 7 2012 | Nuno Gomes | SC Braga | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 3 7 2012 | Bruno Jorge | Moreirense | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 3 7 2012 | Miguelito | Vitória de Setúbal | Apollon Limassol | Free |
| 3 7 2012 | Pedro Beda | Bahia | Moreirense | Free |
| 4 7 2012 | Ernesto Cornejo | Barcelona B | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 4 7 2012 | Hélder Lopes | Tondela | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 4 7 2012 |  Sunil Chhetri | Mohun Bagan | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 5 7 2012 |  Salim Cissé | Arezzo | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 5 7 2012 | Paulo Tavares | Leixões | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 5 7 2012 |  Amessan | Académica de Coimbra | Arouca | Loan |
| 5 7 2012 | Rafael | Corinthians Alagoano | Nacional | Loan |
| 6 7 2012 | John Ogu | União de Leiria | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 6 7 2012 | Nivaldo |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | Rio Ave | Free |
| 6 7 2012 | Diogo Tavares | Como | Estoril | Free |
| 6 7 2012 |  Pape Sow | Académica de Coimbra | Panathinaikos | Undisclosed |
| 6 7 2012 | Revson | São Caetano | Nacional | Free |
| 6 7 2012 | Isael | São Caetano | Nacional | Free |
| 6 7 2012 | Edgar | Vitória de Guimarães |  Al Shabab | Undisclosed |
| 7 7 2012 | André André | Varzim | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed |
| 7 7 2012 | Jackson Martínez |  Chiapas | FC Porto | €8,800,000 |
| 7 7 2012 | Danilo | Macaé | Moreirense | Free |
| 8 7 2012 | Edinho | Málaga | Académica de Coimbra | Loan |
| 9 7 2012 | Gonçalo Silva | Vitória de Guimarães | SC Braga | Free |
| 9 7 2012 |  Jaime Valdés | Sporting CP | Parma | €1,800,000 |
| 9 7 2012 | Paulo Loureiro | Boavista | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 10 7 2012 | Aderlan Santos | Trofense | SC Braga | Free |
| 10 7 2012 | Afonso | Corinthians Alagoano | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 11 7 2012 | Miguel Pedro | Feirense | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 12 7 2012 |  Yonathan Del Valle | Auxerre | Rio Ave | Free |
| 12 7 2012 | Boka | Noroeste | Olhanense | Free |
| 12 7 2012 | Pizzi | SC Braga | Deportivo La Coruña | Undisclosed |
| 13 7 2012 | Danijel Pranjić | Bayern Munich | Sporting CP | Free |
| 13 7 2012 | Beto | FC Porto | SC Braga | Undisclosed |
| 13 7 2012 | Luan Scapolan | Audax São Paulo | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 14 7 2012 | Fonseca | Leixões | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 14 7 2012 | Evaldo | Sporting CP | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 15 7 2012 | Nejc Pečnik | Nacional | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 16 7 2012 | Leonardo Cipriano | Santa Cruz | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 16 7 2012 | Saulo | Académica de Coimbra | AEP Paphos | Free |
| 16 7 2012 | Dieguinho | Paraná | Estoril | Free |
| 16 7 2012 | Bernardo | Coritiba | Estoril | Free |
| 16 7 2012 | Manuel Curto | União de Leiria | Moreirense | Free |
| 17 7 2012 | Yohan Tavares | Beira-Mar | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 17 7 2012 | Dady | Olhanense | Apollon Limassol | Free |
| 18 7 2012 | Tiago Targino | Vitória de Guimarães | CSKA Sofia | Free |
| 18 7 2012 | Khalid Boulahrouz | Stuttgart | Sporting CP | Free |
| 18 7 2012 | Abdullah Alhafith | União de Leiria | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 18 7 2012 | Vincent Sasso | Nantes | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 19 7 2012 |  Marcos Rojo |  Spartak Moscow | Sporting CP | €4,000,000 |
| 21 7 2012 | Ishmael Yartey | Benfica | Sochaux | €2,000,000 |
| 21 7 2012 | Jorge Gonçalves | Vitória de Setúbal | Feirense | Free |
| 21 7 2012 | Franco Jara | Benfica | San Lorenzo | Loan |
| 23 7 2012 | Fábio Felício | Marítimo | Portimonense | Free |
| 26 7 2012 | Rúben Micael | Atlético Madrid | SC Braga | Loan |
| 27 7 2012 | Valentín Viola | Racing Club | Sporting CP | €4,000,000 |
| 27 7 2012 | Joan Capdevila | Benfica | Espanyol | Free |
| 27 7 2012 | Marcos | SC Braga | Feirense | Free |
| 27 7 2012 | Luis Aguiar | Sporting CP | San Lorenzo | Undisclosed |
| 28 7 2012 | Matías Fernández | Sporting CP | Fiorentina | €3,100,000 |
| 30 7 2012 | Renato Neto | Sporting CP |  Videoton | Loan |
| 30 7 2012 | Marco Ramos | SC Braga | Auxerre | Free |
| 30 7 2012 |  Emmanuel Imorou | SC Braga | Clermont | Free |
| 30 7 2012 | Vinícius | SC Braga | Moreirense | Loan |
| 31 7 2012 | Nélson Oliveira | Benfica | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 31 7 2012 | Roderick Miranda | Benfica | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 31 7 2012 | David Simão | Benfica | Marítimo | Loan |
| 1 8 2012 | Cédric Collet | Stade de Reims | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 2 8 2012 | Luís Neto | Nacional | Siena | Undisclosed |
| 3 8 2012 | Tommaso Berni | SC Braga | Sampdoria | Free |
| 3 8 2012 | Rodrigo Galo | SC Braga | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 6 8 2012 |  Serge N'Gal |  USM Alger | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 6 8 2012 | Felipe Desco | Corinthians | Beira-Mar | Free |
| 9 8 2012 | Nuno Reis | Sporting CP | Olhanense | Loan |
| 10 8 2012 | Ouattara | Académica de Coimbra | União da Madeira | Loan |
| 12 8 2012 |  Márcio Rosário |  Náutico | Marítimo | Free |
| 13 8 2012 | William Tiero | Al-Qadisiyah | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 13 8 2012 | Leandro Grimi | Sporting CP | Godoy Cruz | Loan |
| 14 8 2012 | Luciano Amaral | Treze | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 16 8 2012 |  Djalma | FC Porto |  Kasımpaşa | Loan |
| 17 8 2012 | Patrick Bauer | VfB Stuttgart | Marítimo | Loan |
| 18 8 2012 |  Vinicio Angulo | Independiente José Terán | Paços de Ferreira | Free |
| 20 8 2012 | Rodrigo Mora | Benfica | River Plate | Loan |
| 21 8 2012 |  Paweł Kieszek | FC Porto | Vitória de Setúbal | Free |
| 22 8 2012 | André Luiz | Brasiliense | Moreirense | Free |
| 22 8 2012 | Djalma | Santo André | Gil Vicente | Loan |
| 22 8 2012 | Henrique Sereno | FC Porto |  Real Valladolid | Loan |
| 23 8 2012 | Álvaro Pereira | FC Porto | Inter Milan | €10,000,000 |
| 24 8 2012 | Hugo Vieira | Benfica | Sporting de Gijón | Loan |
| 24 8 2012 | Fernando Belluschi | FC Porto | Bursaspor | €2,500,000 |
| 24 8 2012 | Nuno Coelho | Benfica | Aris | Loan |
| 26 8 2012 | Júlio Alves | Beşiktaş | Sporting CP | Loan |
| 28 8 2012 | Wilson Eduardo | Sporting CP | Académica de Coimbra | Loan |
| 28 8 2012 |  Marc Janko | FC Porto | Trabzonspor | €2,400,000 |
| 28 8 2012 | Eliandro | Cruzeiro | Nacional | Free |
| 28 8 2012 | Amido Baldé | Sporting CP | Vitória de Guimarães | Free |
| 29 8 2012 | Gladstone | Duque de Caxias | Nacional | Free |
| 29 8 2012 | João Gonçalves | Sporting CP | Vitória de Guimarães | Loan |
| 29 8 2012 | Javier Saviola | Benfica | Málaga | Free |
| 30 8 2012 | Ukra | FC Porto | Rio Ave | Loan |
| 30 8 2012 | Manuel da Costa | Lokomotiv Moscow | Nacional | Loan |
| 30 8 2012 | João Vitor | Flamengo | SC Braga | Free |
| 30 8 2012 | Evandro Brandão | Videoton | Olhanense | Free |
| 30 8 2012 | Celsinho | Sporting CP | Târgu Mureș | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Yannick Djaló | Benfica | Toulouse | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Emerson | Benfica | Trabzonspor | €1,700,000 |
| 31 8 2012 | Valeri Bojinov | Sporting CP | Hellas Verona | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Atila Turan | Sporting CP | Orduspor | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Carlitos | Hannover | Estoril | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Djaniny | Benfica | Olhanense | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Rafik Halliche | Fulham | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Tiago Pinto | Rio Ave | Deportivo La Coruña | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | David Addy | FC Porto | Vitória de Guimarães | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Rafael Bracalli | FC Porto | Olhanense | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | José Luis Fernández | Benfica | Olhanense | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Renatinho | Palmeiras | Moreirense | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Saná | Real Valladolid | Académica de Coimbra | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Michel | Benfica | SC Braga | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Diogo Tavares | Estoril | Santa Clara | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 |  Oguchi Onyewu | Sporting CP | Málaga | Loan |
| 31 8 2012 | Javi García | Benfica | Manchester City | €20,000,000 |
| 31 8 2012 | Cristian Săpunaru | FC Porto | Real Zaragoza | Free |
| 31 8 2012 | Lima | SC Braga | Benfica | €4,500,000 |
| 31 8 2012 | Henrique | Académica de Coimbra | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 8 2012 | Diogo Rosado | Sporting CP | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 8 2012 | Héctor Quiñones | Atlético Junior | FC Porto | Undisclosed |
| 31 8 2012 | Thomas Agyiri | Manchester City | Gil Vicente | Loan |
- A player who signed with a club before the 1st of July 2012 will officially join his new club on 1 July 2012. While a player who joined after the 1st of July will join his new club following his signature of the contract.