Porro Denies Affair with Joao Felix's Ex-Girlfriend
Tottenham defender Pedro Porro was once forced to deny having an affair with Joao Felix's girlfriend Magui Corceiro. One Spain star has taken the World Cup by storm, yet he was whipping up a different kind of storm before his heroics for his nation.
Pedro Porro has emerged as one of the tournament’s most eye-catching full-backs, exemplifying Spain’s panache and attacking flair with his surging runs forward. The Tottenham right-back's efforts have been rewarded with two goals, including a crucial one against France in the semi-finals, where he picked up the man-of-the-match trophy.
But some may remember a time when the 26-year-old was making headlines for the wrong reasons - most notably an allegation several years ago that he was playing the role of Casanova with a fellow footballer’s girlfriend. Naturally, Porro was forced to come out and deny the claims and has since steered clear of such debasing rumours with his current girlfriend, who will be cheering him on in the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday when he faces Lionel Messi and co.
Love Triangle Rumours
In 2022, Porro denied becoming romantically entangled with Joao Felix’s then partner, Margarida (Magui) Corceiro. At the time, Porro was playing football for Sporting Lisbon, where actress Corceiro and then-Atletico Madrid star Felix were from.
The gorgeous model, who later went on to date F1 world champion Lando Norris in 2023, sparked rumours that she had cheated on Felix with Porro. That was after allegedly being seen kissing the full-back in the VIP area of a Lisbon nightclub - while being in a three-year relationship with the Portugal striker.
The day before, Porro had stoked rumours of a romance between the pair by walking past several young Sporting fans at the end of the final match of the season to hand his match-worn shirt directly to Corceiro, before giving her a warm hug.
Porro, who was single at the time, denied the rumours that Sporting fan Corceiro had been unfaithful, but then bizarrely added that he had a 'special relationship' with the blonde bombshell.
Porro and Corceiro Respond
He said: 'The situation that is happening yesterday and today is very uncomfortable… I have a special relationship with her, no one is being unfaithful to anyone. My image is not going to be stained by anything and less by things like these. I can do whatever I want. Stop staining the image of the three of us because it is not like that.'
Corceiro herself claimed the pair were merely close friends, having met several months prior at a group dinner. She insisted that, had she wanted to cheat, she wouldn’t have done it in plain view of an entire nightclub.
'If I wanted to be kissing someone, in an intimate moment, it would not be in Lust In Rio, much less in the VIP area with that little balcony and in view of the entire nightclub,' she said when asked about the allegations.
'I also don't understand why those gentlemen who took the initiative to record that video and report it in such a nice way didn't remember to record me talking and hugging the other people who were there, the other guys, the players. Because if we want to talk about Magui Corceiro always with the players, and that this is a scene, there was a lot of material.'
Corceiro then followed up on her furious response with a very blunt and categorical statement of, 'There were no kisses, there was nothing.'
She added: 'I have just begun to understand the proportions that this is taking. It's getting out of control, and it's leaving me in a very boring position, and Joao too. On the one hand, I feel ridiculous for giving justifications to people who don't know me at all, but you guys are not understanding what's going on. This is being surreal, the messages that they are sending, they are sending death threats… people are crazy. I met Porro a few months ago unexpectedly at a group dinner and since then we have had a great time, we are very good friends, I love him, he is incredible and the people who know him know him very well.'
WAG Cheering Him On
Porro put the whole saga behind him after signing for Spurs in January 2023. Since late 2023, he has been in a relationship with Maria Hurtado.
In September 2025, the couple welcomed their first child together, a son. Porro reportedly also helps raise Hurtado’s daughter from a previous relationship. The brunette beauty lives with the Spurs star in north London, where she regularly shares fashion and lifestyle snaps on Instagram.
She boasts 22,500 followers on the platform and has posted several snaps of her attending Porro’s World Cup matches this summer alongside her children. Porro appeared to dedicate his goal against France to her with a love heart-shaped hand signal.
Hurtado posted a picture of the celebration, along with snaps of the couple kissing post-match, with the caption: 'We are so proud of you. One more step and no matter what, you’ve already made history,' along with a love heart.
