The Portugal defender Fábio Coentrão has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with a thigh injury.

The Real Madrid full-back pulled up sharply during the second half of Portugal’s 4-0 defeat by Germany on Monday night and was replaced by André Almeida.

Coentrao underwent scans on the injury on Tuesday and the Portuguese football federation confirmed afterwards that the 26-year-old would play no further part in the tournament.

A federation statement read: “According to the tests, Fábio Coentrão is unfit for competition for a period exceeding the duration of the World Cup.”

The striker Hugo Almeida (hamstring) and goalkeeper Rui Patrício (thigh) also had scans picked up in the match but neither has been ruled out of the tournament.

Portugal’s heavy defeat by Germany, which saw Pepe sent off in the first half, has left them bottom of Group G with matches against the USA and Ghana to come.