On 10 September 2013, shortly after having moved to Porto, Licá made his debut for the Portuguese national team, playing the last six minutes of a 1–3 friendly loss with Brazil in Boston, United States.
Manager Traian Ionescu used the following standard squad: Iuliu Uţu (Gheorghe Cozma) - Corneliu Popa, Ion Nunweiller, Nicolae Panait - Vasile Alexandru, Lică Nunweiller (Gheorghe Dragomir) - Vasile Anghel, Iosif Varga (Mircea Sasu), Gheorghe Ene (Constantin David), Ion Ţîrcovnicu (Mircea Stoenescu), Haralambie Eftimie (Tiberiu Selymesi).