Ricardo Luis Pozzi Rodrigues (born May 23, 1976), better known as Ricardinho, is a Brazilian football

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, manager and retired footballer. He usually played as a deep-lying

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in midfield, and was best known for his accurate passing and technique.

International career

Ricardinho earned 23 caps for the Brazilian national team, the first on March 28, 2000, in a match against

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. He was called up by Luiz Felipe Scolari for the

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as a late replacement for Emerson who was injured before the tournament began. He appeared in three matches as a substitute during the tournament as Brazil won the World Cup for the record fifth time. On August 17, 2005, he scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Croatia, an equalizer in the 41st minute as Brazil drew 1–1 with Croatia. He was selected by Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira among the 23 footballers to participate in the

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. He appeared in two matches as a substitute, against

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and Ghana. In the latter, he made an assist to a late goal scored by midfielder Zé Roberto.

Managerial statistics

*1.Includes league, cup, state championships and CONMEBOL competitions.

Honours

Player

;SC Corinthians *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

: 1998, 1999 * FIFA Club World Championship: 2000 * Brazilian Cup: 2002 * Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 2002 ;Santos *

: 2004 ;Beşiktaş J.K. * Turkish Cup: 2007 ;Brazil * FIFA World Cup:

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Manager

;Paraná Clube * Campeonato Paranaense Série B: 2012 ;Santa Cruz *

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: 2015

Notes

External links

Ricardinho Profile from his official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricardinho 1976 births Living people Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Paraná Clube players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players São Paulo FC players Middlesbrough F.C. players Santos FC players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Al-Rayyan SC players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Esporte Clube Bahia players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ligue 1 players Süper Lig players Qatar Stars League players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Brazil international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Paraná Clube managers Ceará Sporting Club managers Avaí FC managers Santa Cruz Futebol Clube managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers Tupi Football Club managers Londrina Esporte Clube managers