Frederico Varandas

Hailing from the Avenida de Roma area in Lisbon, in his childhood, he practised gymnastics at Sporting Clube de Portugal.[10] He studied medicine at the Medical School of the New University of Lisbon from where he graduated in medicine in 2005 as an external medical student since he was a pupil of the Portuguese Military Academy.[11] In 2008, as a lieutenant military doctor, he was deployed in Afghanistan with a detachment of Portuguese Commandos which was part of the International Security Assistance Force.[12][13][14][15] From 2011 to 2018,[16] Varandas was the chief doctor of Sporting Portugal's main men's professional football team.[17] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal and the ensuing state of emergency, Varandas, already the incumbent president of Sporting Portugal, was voluntarily commissioned by the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (Portugal's National Health Service) as a doctor.[18][19]

Frederico Varandas is married to Katarina Larsson, a Sweden-born Portuguese former triathlete who competed for Sporting Clube de Portugal and Portugal in the triathlon, and with whom he has two children.[20][21][22][23][24] Larsson has worked as supply chain manager for the Tetra Pak factory in Carnaxide.[25][26][27]