Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha (born 11 September 1962) is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Rocha was born in

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. During his career he represented

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(then known as Associação Atlética Santo Amaro), Santa Cruz Futebol Clube,

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, Sporting Clube de Portugal (having a brief spell with the Primeira Liga giants), São Paulo FC, Real Madrid – where he helped to the 1993 conquest of the

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–

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

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, Fluminense FC,

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and Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, retiring at nearly 37. Rocha was coach of Santa Cruz in 2001 and 2007, without, however, the same success as a player.

International career

Rocha played 38 matches with the Brazilian national team in eight years, his debut coming on 19 May 1987 in an exhibition game with

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(1–1). He went on to take part in two

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and

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. In the latter edition Rocha was the starting center back. However, he could only appear 69 minutes for the eventual champions, a 2–0 group stage win against

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, remaining injured for the remainder of the tournament. His last international match was also a friendly, a 5–0 win over

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on 22 February 1995.

Honours

Club

;Santa Cruz * Campeonato Pernambucano: 1983 ;São Paulo * Campeonato Paulista: 1989, 1991 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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;Vasco * Campeonato Carioca: 1994 ;Real Madrid *

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International

;Brazil *

* Pan American Games:

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* Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1987 *

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: 1987

Individual

Bola de Ouro The ''Bola de Ouro'' (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine '' Placar'' to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and ra ...

: 1989 * Bola de Prata: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993

References

External links

Futpédia profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocha, Ricardo 1962 births Living people Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Guarani FC players Santos FC players CR Vasco da Gama players Olaria Atlético Clube players Fluminense FC players São Paulo FC players CR Flamengo footballers Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers La Liga players Real Madrid CF players Argentine Primera División players Newell's Old Boys footballers Brazil international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1987 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players FIFA World Cup-winning players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Argentina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian football managers Santa Cruz Futebol Clube managers Clube de Regatas Brasil managers Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Recife