Márcio Richardes de Andrade (born 30 November 1981) is a Brazilian

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. He is currently a free agent.

Career

Márcio Richardes played for

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and São Caetano in the Campeonato Brasileiro. He has also played for Alberex Niigata and

Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

in the J1 League. In 2010, Richardes became the first known player to score a perfect hat-trick of set pieces: successfully converting a free kick, corner kick, and penalty in the same game.

Club statistics

¹Includes Emperor's Cup.

²Includes

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Honors and awards

Individual

J. League Best Eleven The J.League Best XI is an acknowledgement of the best eleven players in J.League. J1 League (1993–present) Multiple appearances Appearances by club Appearances by country * Only in two occasions there was a full-Japanese Best XI (200 ...

: 1 :: 2010

References

External links

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sports 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Coritiba Foot Ball Club players União São João Esporte Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Marília Atlético Clube players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan J1 League players Albirex Niigata players Urawa Red Diamonds players Men's association football midfielders People from Andradina Footballers from São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub