Ricardinho (futsal player)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Braga.
Ricardinho

Ricardinho playing for Benfica in 2012
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga
Date of birth (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985
Place of birth Valbom, Portugal[1]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Inter Movistar
Number 10
Youth career
–2002 Gramidense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Miramar
2003–2010 Benfica
2010–2013 Nagoya Oceans 70 (79)
2011 → CSKA Moscow (loan)
2011–2012 → Benfica (loan)
2013– Inter FS 28 (24)
National team‡
2003– Portugal 142 (122)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2014.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 November 2016

Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga (born 3 September 1985), best known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for Spanish club Inter FS[2] and the Portugal national team as a winger.

Nicknamed O Mágico (The Magician), he was named the Best Player of the World by Futsal Planet in 2010,[3] as a Benfica player, and in 2014 and 2015, as an Inter FS player.[4][5] Ricardinho is the first and only Portuguese futsal player to receive the award.

Club career

Ricardinho stated his futsal career at youth side Gramidense before moving to Miramar as a professional. Two years later he signed for S.L. Benfica.

Loan to CSKA Moscow

For the 2011–12 season, Ricardinho was loaned out to CSKA Moscow, though his time there was cut short, on 29 December 2011 he terminated his contract with the club stating a "lack of professionalism, and training quality" affecting his performance as factors in his decision.[6]

Loan to Benfica

On 3 January 2012, Ricardinho was loaned to Benfica for the remaining of the season, where he won the Liga Portuguesa and Taça de Portugal

Return to Nagoya Oceans

After completing his loan with Benfica, Ricardinho returned to Nagoya Oceans to complete the final year of his contract, wining the F.League for that season in the process

Inter FS

After completing his contract with Nagoya Oceans, Richardinho signed a 3 year deal with Inter FS.

International career

Ricardinho was a part of Portugal national team that finished fourth in the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship held in Portugal, scoring four goals.

Honours

Club

Benfica
Nagoya Oceans
Inter Movistar

Individual

References

  1. ↑ http://pt.uefa.com/futsaleuro/news/newsid=2330501.html
  2. ↑ Saffer, Paul; Hunter, Graham (24 August 2012). "Ricardinho on Portugal's Thailand potential". UEFA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Ranocchiari, Luca (8 June 2011). "UMBRO Futsal Awards 2010 - Best Player of the World". Futsal Planet. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Best Player of the World". Futsal Planet. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ricardinho selected again as futsal best player in the world". Observador. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ↑ http://rr.sapo.pt/bolabranca_detalhe.aspx?fid=44&did=44610
  7. ↑ Gonçalves, Álvaro (13 July 2015). "Futsal: Ricardinho considerado melhor jogador da Liga espanhola" [Futsal: Ricardinho considered the best player of the Spanish league]. zerozero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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