Riquelme Rodrigues Mendes born 2 October 2002), known as just Riquelme, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays for
DAC Dunajská Streda as a
midfielder
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.
Club career
DAC Dunajská Streda
Riquelme made his professional
Fortuna Liga
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debut for
Dunajská Streda
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in a match against
Železiarne Podbrezová
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at
ZELPO Aréna
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on 30 April 2023. Riquelme started the goal at the bench and entered play after 68 minutes, replacing Syrian
international
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Ammar Ramadan, when DAC trailed to ''Železiari'' 1–0, following a first half goal by
Marek Bartoš. While on pitch, DAC conceded from
Christophe Kabongo, setting the final score of the 2–0 defeat. Two weeks later, Riquelme collected his second appearance at
pod Dubňom versus
Žilina
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after 75 minutes of play, when he replaced
Miroslav Káčer, with the final winning score of 0–1 already set, following a goal by season's top scorer
Nikola Krstović
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.
In his first season in
Slovakia
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, Riquelme also collected 7 appearances and 3 goals in
2. Liga for reserves side of
ŠTK Šamorín.
References
External links
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda official club profile
Futbalnet profile
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2002 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín players
Slovak First Football League players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
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