Editing Deco (section)

===2006 World Cup===
In the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], Deco scored the first goal in Portugal's second [[2006 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group D]] match against [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in the 63rd minute prior to [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'s 80th-minute penalty. During the first knockout stage of the competition, Deco received two yellow cards in [[Battle of Nuremberg (association football)|the match]] against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] with the first given for a rash tackle on [[John Heitinga]], suspending him from the quarter-final win against [[England national football team|England]], as he had already picked up a caution in the match with Iran. The win against [[England national football team|England]] in the quarter-final stage led to Portugal's defeat in the semi-final, which Deco was able to participate in.