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 90 (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 13 May 2018

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]

Riquicho scored his first goal in the competition on 11 December 2013, but in a 1–3 away loss to S.L. Benfica B.[3] He went on to have a long spell on the sidelines, due to a fracture to his left fibula.[4]

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.[5]

Riquicho won his first and only cap for the under-21 team on 8 September 2015, playing the entire 6–1 away routing of Albania for the 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[6]

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. ↑ "Benfica B vence Sporting B por 3–1 no Seixal" [Benfica B beat Sporting B 3–1 in Seixal]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 11 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sporting: Riquicho fraturou perónio esquerdo" [Sporting: Riquicho fractured left fibula] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brazil through as profligate Portugal pay the penalty". FIFA. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Caminhada rumo à Polónia começa com goleada" [Road to Poland starts with routing] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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