| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-08-19)19 August 1980 (age 45)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Azurém, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Famalicão (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Famalicão | |||
| 1996–1999 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Ronfe | ||
| 2000–2001 | Serzedelo | ||
| 2001–2002 | Famalicão | 26 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Freamunde | 63 | (5) |
| 2004–2008 | Beira-Mar | 103 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Paços Ferreira | 54 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Vitória Guimarães | 17 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | (0) |
| 2012–2018 | Paços Ferreira | 140 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Famalicão | 32 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Feirense | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 468 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2016 | Cape Verde | 16 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Trofense (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Famalicão (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Famalicão (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva (born 19 August 1980), known simply asRicardo, is a Cape Verdean former professionalfootballer who played as acentral defender and aright-back, currently assistant manager ofPrimeira Liga clubFamalicão.
Ricardo was born in Azurém,Guimarães, Portugal, and started playing football with amateurs Centro de Cultura e Desporto Desportivo de Ronfe andG.D. Serzedelo. In the following three years he competed in thethird division, representingF.C. Famalicão (one season) andS.C. Freamunde (two).[2]
In the summer of 2004, Ricardo moved straight to thePrimeira Liga, signing withS.C. Beira-Mar. He featured in 29 games in hisfirst season (24 starts), but suffered relegation; he continued to appear regularly for theAveiro team during his spell, spending two years apiece in each ofPortugal's major levels.
Ricardo returned to the top flight for2008–09, joiningF.C. Paços de Ferreira. Inthe following campaign's first round, he scored with hishead to earn his side a point againstFC Porto in a 1–1 home draw.[3]
In June 2010, Ricardo signed withVitória de Guimarães also of the top tier – he had been brought up as a youth at theMinho club. In January 2012, after a brief spell in China, he returned to Portugal and Paços on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[4]
Ricardo retired at the end of2019–20 aged 39, after one-season spells in theLigaPro with Famalicão[5] andC.D. Feirense.[6][7]
Although born in Portugal, Ricardo opted to representCape Verde through ancestry. He received his first call-up in May 2008,[8] first appearing on 27 May in afriendly withLuxembourg.
In June 2010, Ricardo started in the 0–0 draw that the minnows (ranked 117th) managed againstPortugal,[9] as the Europeans were preparing forthat year'sFIFA World Cup.
