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Objective: To understand the motivations that lead adolescents to choose a medical career in Brazil and in Portugal.  Method: Exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which used open interviews. The participants were 17 Portuguese and 14 Brazilian freshman medical students attending a public university in the north of Portugal and a private university in the northeast of Brazil in 2018. Bardin\u2019s Content Analysis was used for the analysis and interpretation of the speeches, using the thematic modality.  Result:  Two thematic modalities were identified: intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and six cores of meaning: willingness to help others, natural tendency, Medicine as a science, interest in research, influence of models, professional stability\/social status.  Conclusion:  Adolescent freshman medical students in Brazil and Portugal showed similar motivations for their professional choice. 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