Ricardo Ferreira (footballer, born 1989)

Ricardo Abel Barbosa Ferreira (born 3 December 1989), known simply as Ricardo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Portimonense S.C. as a goalkeeper.

Ricardo
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Abel Barbosa Ferreira
Date of birth (1989-12-03) 3 December 1989
Place of birth Braga, Portugal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Portimonense
Number 33
Youth career
2001–2008 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Braga 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Olhanense (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 Olhanense 1 (0)
2010–2012 Marítimo B 62 (0)
2012–2014 Marítimo 8 (0)
2013–2014 → Portimonense (loan) 9 (0)
2014– Portimonense 204 (0)
National team
2007 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2009 Portugal U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2020

Club career

Ricardo was born in Braga. A product of hometown S.C. Braga's youth system, he was promoted to the first team for the 2007–08 season as fourth goalkeeper.

In the following two years, Ricardo played for S.C. Olhanense in Algarve, the first on loan, appearing in only a combined two matches. In the 2009–10 campaign, with the club in the Primeira Liga for the first time in 34 years, he started in the last matchday as the side was already safe from relegation, featuring in the 2–2 away draw against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[1]

In the summer of 2010, Ricardo signed with C.S. Marítimo, being mainly associated with the reserves during his spell in Madeira. Four years later, after a season-long loan at the club, he joined Portimonense S.C. from the Segunda Liga on a three-year contract;[2] he contributed with 40 games in 2016–17, helping to a top division return after six years.

International career

Ricardo won his first and only cap for the Portugal under-21s on 16 July 2009, in a 7–1 routing of India for that year's Lusophony Games.[3]

References
  1. "Olhanense empata em Paços de Ferreira" [Olhanense draw in Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. "Ricardo Ferreira e Fidélis por três épocas" [Ricardo Ferreira and Fidélis for three seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. "Portugal esmagador no futebol" [Portugal crush in football]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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