Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente

Ricardo Valente
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente
Date of birth (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Vitória Guimarães
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2006 Porto
2006–2010 Leixões
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2011 Esmoriz 23 (2)
2011–2012 Aliados Lordelo 24 (7)
2012–2013 Fafe 27 (5)
2013–2014 Feirense 30 (1)
2014–2015 Leixões 18 (9)
2015– Vitória Guimarães 44 (13)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991 in Porto) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória S.C. as a forward.

Football career

Born in Porto, Valente spent his first years as a senior in the lower leagues. In the 2013 summer he signed for C.D. Feirense in the second division, making his debut as a professional on 27 July by starting in a 1–3 away loss against G.D. Chaves for the Portuguese League Cup.[1] He scored his first league goal on 23 November, contributing to a 1–1 draw at Sporting Clube de Portugal B after entering the field as a late substitute.[2]

Valente joined fellow league club Leixões S.C. in the 2014 off-season, quickly excelling to become one of the Matosinhos side's top scorers.[3] Subsequently, in the following transfer window, he moved to Vitória de Guimarães.[4]

Valente's first game in the Primeira Liga occurred on 10 January 2015, as he played 33 minutes in 0–3 away defeat to S.L. Benfica.[5] He found the net in the following matchday, a 4–0 home win over Académica de Coimbra,[6] and finished the campaign with 17 league goals between Leixões and Vitória.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Chaves-Feirense 3–1" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sporting B-Feirense, 1–1: Leões falham ataque à liderança" [Sporting B-Feirense, 1–1: Lions fail assault on first place] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Valente virou ponta de lança e já é talismã da equipa" [Valente turned striker and is already a team talisman] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ricardo Valente é reforço" [Ricardo Valente an addition] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Só um André não chega para defender o castelo" [Only one André is not enough to defend castle] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (crónica)" [V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ricardo Valente: "Com golos tudo se torna mais fácil"" [Ricardo Valente: "Everything is easier with goals"] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

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