Born in Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, Portuga earned his nickname after playing for the youth sides of Portuguese side Benfica, but made his senior debut with Barcelona-SP in the 2016 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão.

Portuga made his debut for Juventus on 5 August 2018, in a 1–0 home loss to Atibaia, for the year's Copa Paulista.

[3] After making no appearances, he returned to Grêmio and featured with the under-23s before leaving as his contract ended.

[6] Announced at Camboriú for the fourth division on 11 May 2023,[7] Portuga subsequently returned to Oeste for the year's Copa Paulista.

[9] On 31 July, however, he joined Série B side Ponte Preta on loan for the remainder of the year.