Ricardo Jorge Oliveira António (born 6 August 1998), known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for

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club Santa Clara.

Club career

Born in

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, Ricardinho played youth football with

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and Rio Ave FC, starting his senior career with the latter's under-23 and

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s. He joined

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in 2019, and shortly after went on successive loans with

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clubs

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and

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. Ricardinho returned to the Estádio de São Miguel for the 2021–22 season. He made his professional debut on 1 August 2021 in the

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of the

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against

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, as a 76th-minute substitute for

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; his team won on a penalty shootout after a 0–0 away draw. His

bow was a 3–0 loss at

C.D. Tondela Clube Desportivo de Tondela () is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Tondela, located in Viseu District, and play in the Estádio João Cardoso ...

a week later, also off the bench. His first professional goal was on 26 October, in a 3–1 win over

in the League Cup. Ricardinho scored for the first time in the Portuguese top flight on 7 January 2022, closing the 3–2 home defeat of Sporting CP shortly after having replaced Crysan.

Career statistics

Honours

Santa Clara * Liga Portugal 2: 2023–24

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ricardinho 1998 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Santa Maria da Feira Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Padroense F.C. players Rio Ave F.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Praiense players S.C.U. Torreense players