Mauro Riquicho

Mauro Riquicho

Personal information
Full name	Mauro Alves Riquicho
Date of birth	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). † Appearances (goals) ‡ 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.

External links

• Mauro Riquicho at footballzz.co.uk
• Mauro Riquicho profile at ForaDeJogo
• Mauro Riquicho – FIFA competition record
• Mauro Riquicho profile at Soccerway