Ricardo Alves Coelho da Silva (born 25 March 1993) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Iranian club

Tractor S.C. Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

as a

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Club career

Belenenses

Born in

Lourosa (Santa Maria da Feira) Lourosa () is a Portuguese civil parish (Pt.freguesia) and a city (Pt.cidade), located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto ...

, Alves played youth football with mainly

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, which he represented from ages 16 to 19 in his second stint. He made his senior debut with

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

on 1 August 2012, playing three minutes in a 1–0 home win against

S.C. Freamunde Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at ...

in the first round of the

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. On 20 January 2013, Alves made his first appearance in the Segunda Liga, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw with

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

. In the ensuing summer he was loaned to

Portimonense S.C. Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional association football, football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

in the same league, which he later considered to be a "step back" in his career.

Olimpija

In the summer of 2015, after a short spell in Romania with

FC Rapid București Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București () or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as ''Asoc ...

, Alves signed with

NK Olimpija Ljubljana Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana (; en, Olimpija Ljubljana Football Club), commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a professional football club, based in the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the Slo ...

from the

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

. He made his debut in top-flight football on 8 August, starting and scoring in a 2–0 away victory over

NK Krško Nogometni klub Krško ( en, Krško Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Krško or simply Krško, is a Slovenian football club from Krško which plays in the Slovenian Second League. The club was founded in 1922. Honours ;First team *Slo ...

. Alves and his team won the double in the 2017–18 campaign, with the player contributing a career-best ten league goals to the feat and adding one and two assists in

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of the domestic cup against

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(6–1 in

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Later career

On 6 September 2018, Alves joined

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

club

FC Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It ...

. On 2 October 2020, his contract was terminated by mutual consent; he remained in the country nonetheless, moving to Football National League side

PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

in February 2021. Alves agreed to an 18-month contract with

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional association football, football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 ...

on 13 July 2021. One year later, he left for the

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

with

Tractor SC Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

International career

Alves was part of the Portugal squad at the

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...

held in Turkey, playing three matches in an eventual round-of-16 exit.

Career statistics

Honours

Belenenses * Segunda Liga:

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Olimpija Ljubljana *

: 2015–16, 2017–18 *

Slovenian Football Cup The Slovenian Football Cup ( sl, Pokal Nogometne zveze Slovenije, ) is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship. The cup was establi ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

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PrvaLiga profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Ricardo 1993 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Santa Maria da Feira Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto players Padroense F.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players Portimonense S.C. players Liga I players FC Rapid București players Slovenian PrvaLiga players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players FC Orenburg players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Kairat players Persian Gulf Pro League players Tractor S.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Iran