Steven Moreira
Cabo Verde
DEF
Age
31
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0
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About Steven Moreira
Steven Moreira is among the defenders Pedro Leitão Brito named in Cabo Verde's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, an attacking right-back who reaches the finals aged 31. He plays his club football for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer, where he has made 15 appearances this season across MLS and the US Open Cup.
A France-born right-back, Moreira won the 2023 MLS Cup with Columbus Crew, the club he has represented since 2021. His international career to date runs to 18 senior caps for Cabo Verde. They open the group stage in Group H, alongside Spain, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay, having qualified by winning CAF Group D in October 2025 to reach the nation's first-ever World Cup.
A France-born right-back, Moreira won the 2023 MLS Cup with Columbus Crew, the club he has represented since 2021. His international career to date runs to 18 senior caps for Cabo Verde. They open the group stage in Group H, alongside Spain, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay, having qualified by winning CAF Group D in October 2025 to reach the nation's first-ever World Cup.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
An attacking right-back, Moreira likes to overlap down the right and support the attack from full-back, getting up to join the play down his right side. He can also fill in at centre-back when he is needed there, and is right-footed. He stands 1.78 m and has logged 1,211 club minutes for Columbus Crew this season. He is 31 and part of Pedro Leitão Brito's 26-man squad for the finals.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Steven Moreira's first at senior level, with no senior World Cup on his record. His international career to date runs to 18 senior caps for Cabo Verde. Pedro Leitão Brito has named him in the 26-man squad for the finals, where he is among the defensive options for the group stage. He stays among Cabo Verde's full-back choices on the final list, in line to make his World Cup debut.
National Team
Cabo Verde
Tier 5
£4m
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Goal Rush Impact
Moreira's work for Cabo Verde is at right-back, where his overlapping runs give the side an outlet down the flank, with 15 appearances for Columbus Crew this season. He offers width and support going forward from defence rather than goals at the other end. On the Goal Rush card Cabo Verde are a Tier 5 side at £4m, one of the lower bands within the game's £200m card budget.
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Moreira at the 2026 World Cup
Moreira is a confirmed defender in Pedro Leitão Brito's 26-man Cabo Verde squad for the 2026 World Cup. He is in the Cabo Verde side opening their Group H campaign in mid-June.
Picking Cabo Verde in Goal Rush
Cabo Verde carry a Tier 5 billing of £4m on the card. They open Group H against Spain on 15 June, with Moreira among the defenders in the confirmed 26.
Steven Moreira World Cup 2026 FAQs
Cabo Verde are a Tier 5 side at £4m on the Goal Rush card, one of the lower bands among the outsiders. Steven Moreira is in Pedro Leitão Brito's confirmed 26 as a defender, so his role is the quick reference at that team price.
Moreira is a defender for Cabo Verde, a right-back by trade. He plays his club football for Columbus Crew and is part of Pedro Leitão Brito's squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Cabo Verde's final 26.
No. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances. The 2026 World Cup would be his first, with his place confirmed in Pedro Leitão Brito's 26-man Cabo Verde squad after Cabo Verde won CAF Group D to reach the finals.
Moreira plays his club football for Columbus Crew in MLS. He is named among Cabo Verde's defenders in Pedro Leitão Brito's final 26, and takes his place in the squad for the group stage.
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