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Ricardo Bóvio de Souza (born January 17, 1982), known as Ricardo Bóvio, is a Brazilian former professional
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 played as a defensive midfielder.


Career

Bóvio was born in
Campos dos Goytacazes Campos dos Goytacazes () is a municipality located in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 471,737 inhabitants. Location Campos dos Goytacazes has an area of 4,032 km2 (1,557 sq mi), which makes it the ...
,
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
. He began his career as a youth in
Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...
in 1995 and stayed there until 2002 season. Ricardo Souza was transferred to Russian side FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk but he could not adjust to the local climate and the following year returned to Brazil for
Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...
. Bóvio's next career station was
Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...
but the club board decided to loan him to Greek side
Panathinaikos F.C. Panathinaikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο. ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', "All-Athenian ...
with a purchase clause of €2 million. In summer 2007, he was signed for Profute. In January 2008, he joined
Corinthians Paulista Sport Club Corinthians Paulista () is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tatuapé district of São Paulo. Although competing in a number of different sports, Corinthians is mostly known for its professional association football team that plays ...
. In June 2008, he joined Al-Shabab in
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
.


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CBF

Spanish career at LFP
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bovio, Ricardo 1982 births Living people Footballers from Campos dos Goytacazes Men's association football midfielders Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Santos FC players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players CR Vasco da Gama players Figueirense FC players Ceará Sporting Club players Villa Nova Atlético Clube players Málaga CF players Panathinaikos F.C. players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Tombense Futebol Clube players Bonsucesso Futebol Clube players Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Russian Premier League players La Liga players Super League Greece players Goytacaz Futebol Clube managers Brazilian football managers Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)