Luis Ricardo Silva Umbelino (born 21 January 1984), known as Luis Ricardo, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Portuguesa. Mainly a

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, he can perform equally as a

right midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

Born in

Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...

, Luis Ricardo began his professional career on Grêmio, and played for

Marcílio Dias Marcílio or Marcilio is a Brazilian name which may refer to: * Marcílio (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian footballer * Marcílio (footballer, born 1995) Marcílio da Silva Miguel (born 10 August 1995), known as Marcílio, is a Brazilian fo ...

. After this, he signed a contract with

Avaí Avaí is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 milli ...

. However, he failed to impress in the club, and was loaned to Ponte Preta and Mirassol. After the end of

2009 Campeonato Paulista The 2009 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 108th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 21 and ended on May 3. Corinthians were crowned the lea ...

, he returned to Avaí. He was a starter in a brilliant 2009 Série A made by Avaí, and on 5 February 2010, he was transferred to Portuguesa. On 2013, after three years playing for

Portuguesa de Desportos Portuguesa is a Portuguese, Catalan, and Spanish feminine adjective meaning "Portuguese". It may also refer to: Places *Portuguesa (state), one of the 23 states of Venezuela * Portuguesa (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

, Luis Ricardo was honored by fans of club. A big screen, in the game against Grêmio FBPA, for the last date of Brazilian League, showed his main moments for '' Lusa''. In 2014, Ricardo will play for

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube (), commonly referred to as São Paulo, is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1930. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista (the State of São Paulo's premier state leag ...

.Agora tricolor, Luis Ricardo é homenageado durante despedida da Lusa
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Honours

;Portuguesa *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

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* Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2013 ;Botafogo *

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Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

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;Portuguesa * Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2022

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Goiânia Brazilian men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Avaí FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players São Paulo FC players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Figueirense FC players Esporte Clube Água Santa players Oeste Futebol Clube players Men's association football forwards {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub