- ✓Globoplay comes in two versions: Internacional (subscribe from Ireland, no VPN, but a trimmed catalogue) and Brasil (the full thing — novelas, live TV, football — which needs a Brazilian IP).
- ✓A VPN with a Brazil server unlocks Globoplay Brasil, RecordTV Play and SBT as if you were home in Brazil.
- ✓The big draw for many: the Brasileirão and other Brazilian football, carried on Globoplay/Premiere within Brazil.
- ✓Unlike some countries, Brazil servers are physical (Rio and São Paulo), so they’re fast and reliable.
- ✓Honest catch: the full Globoplay Brasil asks for a Brazilian CPF to sign up — a VPN gives you the IP, not the CPF.
The quick answer
There are two routes. Globoplay Internacional is sold abroad, so you can subscribe and watch it in Ireland with no VPN — but the catalogue is trimmed. For the full Globoplay Brasil — live TV, every novela, the football — connect a VPN to a Brazil server for a Brazilian IP, and open it as if you were home. The same Brazilian IP also unlocks RecordTV Play and SBT.
Globoplay Internacional needs no VPN but shows less · Globoplay Brasil needs a Brazil server (and a CPF) but shows everything.
Globoplay: Internacional vs Brasil
This is the single most important thing to understand, because most guides skip it:
- Globoplay Internacional — no VPN. A version made for the diaspora, sold in Ireland and elsewhere, and you can subscribe without a Brazilian CPF. The catch: the catalogue is much smaller — no live TV channels, little to no live sport, and many originals missing.
- Globoplay Brasil — VPN to Brazil. The complete service Brazilians know: live Globo, the full novela slate as it airs, films, originals and, via the Premiere add-on, Brazilian football. It’s locked to Brazil and asks for a CPF to register.
So the honest rule of thumb: if you mainly want big shows on catch-up, Internacional may be enough. If you want to watch the novela the same night as your family in Brazil, or the football, you want Brasil — and that means a Brazil server.
The main Brazilian services
With a Brazilian IP, here’s what opens up:
- Globoplay Brasil — the giant: Globo’s novelas, news, live channels and football via Premiere.
- RecordTV Play — RecordTV’s live stream and catalogue, including its own novelas and news.
- SBT — SBT’s shows and live content, geo-locked to Brazil.
- Brazilian Prime Video & Netflix — a Brazil IP also switches your existing Prime or Netflix to the Brazilian catalogue, with its own films and series.
Brazilian football (the Brasileirão)
For a lot of Brazilians in Ireland, this is the whole point. Brazilian league football — the Brasileirão — plus state championships and cup games are carried on Globoplay and its Premiere add-on inside Brazil, and both are geo-locked. Connect a VPN to a Brazil server, sign in to your Globoplay/Premiere subscription, and the match streams as it does at home, commentary and all. Kick-off times are already Ireland-friendly given the time difference, so a Brazil server plus your subscription is often the best way to follow your club from here.
The honest bit (the CPF catch)
We’ll be straight about the one real hurdle. The full Globoplay Brasil — and some other Brazilian services — ask for a CPF (Brazil’s individual taxpayer number) when you sign up. A VPN gives you a Brazilian IP address, but it can’t give you a CPF. Many Brazilians living in Ireland already have one, or an existing account from home, so this isn’t a blocker for most — but if you’ve never had a CPF, Globoplay Internacional (no CPF, no VPN) may be your simpler route. As always, a VPN reaches a service you’re entitled to; it never justifies a pirate stream, and we don’t point you at one.
How to watch, step by step
For the full Brasil route, start to finish is about four minutes:
- 1Decide which Globoplay you need
If the trimmed Globoplay Internacional catalogue is enough, you can subscribe from Ireland with no VPN. For the full Brasil catalogue — live TV, novelas and football — you’ll need a Brazilian IP and, to sign up, a Brazilian CPF. The steps below are for the Brasil route.
- 2Get a VPN with a Brazil server
You want a provider with physical servers in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo). NordVPN, ExpressVPN and Surfshark all have them and unblock Globoplay in our testing — see the picks below.
- 3Connect to Brazil
Open the VPN app, sign in, and connect to the Brazil location. You now have a Brazilian IP, so Brazilian services treat you as a local viewer.
- 4Open the app and play
Launch Globoplay, RecordTV Play or SBT, sign in to your account, choose your novela or match and press play. If a stream won’t load, switch to another Brazil server and reload.
Which VPNs work
The job is a fast physical Brazil server (Rio or São Paulo) with reliable Globoplay unblocking. From our testing, NordVPN, ExpressVPN and Surfshark all handle it, with Proton VPN and CyberGhost also offering Brazil servers. Our top three:
See the full picks in our best VPN for streaming ranking. Switching your existing Netflix to Brazil’s library? Our change your Netflix region guide covers that too, and our best VPN for Ireland ranking has the overall picks.