Ricardo Cavalcante Mendes (born September 4, 1989), or simply Ricardinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a

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or left winger for

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Club career

Górnik Łęczna

In February 2011, he was loaned to

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on a half-year deal.

Sheriff Tiraspol

Ricardinho joined

on 1 July 2013, for a fee of 350,000 euros. During the first half of the

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season, Ricardinho scored 11 goals in 14 games, but, due to the withdrawal of

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and Costuleni from the league, Ricardinho's goals against these teams were canceled. As a result, 2 goals were stripped off from Ricardinho's total goal tally.

Al-Sharjah loan

On 21 January 2016, Ricardinho moved to

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side

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on loan, returning to Sheriff Tiraspol on 5 July 2016.

Red Star Belgrade

On 16 June 2017, Ricardinho signed a two-year deal with Red Star Belgrade, choosing number 89 on his jersey. He made his Red Star debut in a 3–0 win against

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. He stayed in the club for only half of a season and played 10 matches and scored 1 goal in total. Ricardinho was released in December 2017 after being injured for most of the season.

Tosno

On 11 January 2018, Ricardinho signed a 1.5-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Tosno. He came off the bench as Tosno won the

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final against

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on 9 May 2018 in the Volgograd Arena.

Sheriff Tiraspol Return

On 11 March 2023, Ricardinho returned to

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Career statistics

Notes

Honours

;Sheriff Tiraspol * Moldovan National Division: 2013–14, 2016–17 * Moldovan Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17 *

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: 2015 ;Tosno * Russian Cup: 2017–18

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