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 Porto, Portugal
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Inter Movistar
Number 10
Youth career
Estrelas de Fânzeres
Futebol Clube Cerco do Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Gramidense
2002–2003 Miramar
2003–2010 Benfica
2010–2013 Nagoya Oceans 70 (79)
2011 → CSKA Moscow (loan)
2011–2012 → Benfica (loan)
2013– Inter Movistar 28 (24)
National team‡
2003– Portugal 122 (105)

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

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 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 Movistar[1] 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,[2] as a Benfica player, and in 2014, as an Inter Movistar player.[3]

International career

Ricardinho helped Portugal national team finish fourth in the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship held in Portugal, scoring four goals.

Honours

Club

Benfica
Nagoya Oceans
Inter Movistar

Portugal

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Saffer, Paul; Hunter, Graham (24 August 2012). "Ricardinho on Portugal's Thailand potential". UEFA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Ranocchiari, Luca (8 June 2011). "UMBRO Futsal Awards 2010 - Best Player of the World". Futsal Planet. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Best Player of the World". Futsal Planet. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ 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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