Mauro Riquicho

Mauro Riquicho
Personal information
Full name Mauro Alves Riquicho
Date of birth (1995-04-07) 7 April 1995
Place of birth Cascais, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Sporting B
Number 58
Youth career
2006–2007 Fontainhas
2007–2013 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Sporting B 63 (1)
National team‡
2012 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2013 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Portugal U19 9 (0)
2015 Portugal U20 7 (0)
2015– Portugal U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 21 December 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Mauro Alves Riquicho (born 7 April 1995) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal B as a right back.

Club career

Born in Cascais, Lisbon District of Mozambican descent, Riquicho joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 12.[1] On 27 April 2013, still a junior, he made his professional debut with the B-team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Aves for the Segunda Liga championship.[2]

International career

Riquicho represented Portugal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played all matches in New Zealand, helping his country reach the quarter-finals.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Riquicho para todo o serviço na direita" [Factotum Riquicho on the right] (in Portuguese). Notícias do Futebol. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Aves-Sporting B, 1–1: Empate penaliza anfitriões" [Aves-Sporting B, 1–1: Draw penalizes hosts]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brazil through as profligate Portugal pay the penalty". FIFA.com. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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