 Ventura earned 37 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 13 for the under-21s.On 3 February 2011 he was called up for the first time to the full side by coach Paulo Bento for a friendly with Argentina in Geneva, Switzerland, receiving his second selection in March 2015 after being summoned by Fernando Santos ahead of a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Serbia and being retained as an unused substitute later that month in a 0–2 defeat to Cape Verde in Estoril.Porto