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Career

Ricardo Lopes Pereira started his career with regional lower league side Ituano where he made his debut on 8 February 2012 in a

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league game against Bragantino that ended in a 4–1 defeat. The following season he joined a national league club in Gurupi, who were playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D before having spells at

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and

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club

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in the 2014 league season. His time at Globo and in particular his 2014 campaign with them where he achieved a personal best of 23 goals in one season attracted the interests of top tier South Korean football club Jeju United who he joined on loan on 6 January 2015. After establishing himself as Jeju United's top goalscorer in the

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season, the reigning league champions

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signed him for 1.5 million USD. On 15 February 2020, Ricardo Lopes joined top tier Chinese football club Shanghai SIPG. He joined

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club

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on 15 July 2022. 31 January 2023 Lopes joined the Ukrainian club

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, and from 23 June the same year he returned to Korean football when he joined

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. On 8 January 2024, Lopes signed with K League 2 club

Career statistics

Honours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors * K League 1:

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Individual * K League 1 Best XI:

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* * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Tocantins Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Ituano FC players Gurupi Esporte Clube players Globo Futebol Clube players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Jeju United FC players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Shanghai Port F.C. players JEF United Chiba players FC Vorskla Poltava players Suwon FC players Busan IPark players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players K League 1 players K League 2 players Chinese Super League players J2 League players Ukrainian Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine AFC Champions League Elite winning players {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub