Ricardo Santos Lago (born 10 September 1980), best known as Ricardo Baiano, is a retired professional

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who is currently the Youth Academy Manager of

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. Born in Brazil, he represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Ricardo Baiano began playing football with

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. He would eventually play in

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and

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International career

Born in Brazil, Baiano played once for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a

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game against

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on 9 October 2004.

Managerial and coaching career

In May 2013, Baiano was appointed as Youth Academy Manager of his former club

Personal life

Ricardo Baiano was born in Ilhéus, a major city located in the southern coastal region of

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, Brazil, 430 km south of

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, the state's capital. His brother,

Wagner Santos Lago Wagner Santos Lago (born 1 January 1978), known as Wagner, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who is the current youth coach of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg. He played 13 years for Široki Brijeg, where he was also ...

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1980 births Living people People from Ilhéus Brazilian emigrants to Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazilian men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina Naturalised association football players Footballers from Bahia Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers Londrina Esporte Clube players São Paulo FC players NK Široki Brijeg players FC Kuban Krasnodar players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Moscow players FC Krasnodar players FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi players FC Khimki players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub