Nathan Motz, a complete outsider to the game of football let alone the Portuguese variety, decided to watch the 2006 World Cup on a whim. Fascinated by the electric style of Cristiano Ronaldo, Figo, and Deco, Nathan has been enchanted by Portuguese football ever since. An accredited journalist with the Portuguese Professional Journalists Authority (CCPJ) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Nathan is a regular contributor and Seleção correspondent for the world’s foremost online provider of Portuguese football news for the English-speaking world, PortuGOAL.net. He is the co-author of A Journeythrough Portuguese Football, and has personally followed the Seleção on their grand adventures through Euros 2012 and 2016 in Ukraine and France respectively.