Ricardo Jorge Gomes Carvalho (born 6 March 1996) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Spanish club

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as a defender.

Career

Born in Santo Tirso, Carvalho started his career at Vitória de Guimarães in 2007. In 2013, he joined Benfica's youth system and was promoted to

Benfica B Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B", commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Seixal. Founded in 1999, dissolved in 2006, and restarted in 2012, it is the reserve team of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play in ...

in 2015, but did not play any match. In 2016, he returned to Guimarães where he debuted professionally on 9 March, with Vitória Guimarães B in a

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match against

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. On 31 August 2018, Carvalho moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a contract with

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side

Salamanca CF Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS, previously known as ''CF Salmantino'', is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013 after the dissolution of UD Salamanca, it currently plays in ...

References

External links

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Stats and profile at LPFP

National team data
1996 births Living people People from Santo Tirso Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica B players Vitória S.C. B players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Salamanca CF UDS players UD Almería B players Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Sportspeople from Porto District {{Portugal-footy-defender-stub