Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga (born 3 September 1985), best known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Latvian club Riga Futsal Club. He is regarded by many as one of the best futsal players of all time, winning numerous titles and accolades for both club and country, such as the UEFA Futsal Champions League, UEFA European Futsal Championship, FIFA Futsal World Cup, the Best Player of the World awards, and many more. He operates mainly as a flank/winger, and commonly wears his iconic number "10". Nicknamed ''O Mágico'' (The Magician), he was named Best Player of the World a record six times by Futsal Planet, 5 of which he won consecutively from 2014 to 2018 a record as well. He won his first in 2010. Ricardinho is the only player to have won the award more than four times, being the only Portuguese player to receive it. In 2020 he was awarded a spot in the FutsalFeed's Best Team of the Year Award, the first time this award was conceived. At international club level, Ricardinho has won the

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, now known as the UEFA Futsal Champions League, thrice, in 2009–10 with Benfica and in 2016–17 and 2017–18 with

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. As a teenager he had already played and lost a final in 2003–04, for Benfica, against Boomerang Interviú. He also lost another final, while at Inter FS, in 2015–16, against Gazprom-Ugra. In European competitions with his country, he won the

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, in which he finished as top scorer and received the award for Best Player. He had already been named the Best Player in the 2007 edition and been joint-top scorer in the 2016 edition. He is now the all-time top scorer of the competition. In 2021, right after his last

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match, Ricardinho was awarded with the Golden Ball for the best player throughout the tournament, adding another individual achievement to his World Cup Golden Shoe award for top scorer that he had been awarded with the previous edition in 2016. This distinction was strongly associated with his contributions to help Portugal win the 2021 World Cup. Ricardinho captained his Portuguese national team to the first two of their back-to-back-to-back international trophies during the late 2010s and early 2020s, the country's first major honors: the

and the

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. Ricardinho is lauded by his defensive quality and workrate, which is very uncommon for a player of such significant offensive prowess, making him very well-rounded. For all his achievements and quality displays, he has been regarded by some experts as the greatest futsal player of all time.

Honours

Club

Benfica * Liga Portuguesa: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12 *

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: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12 * Supertaça de Portugal: 2006, 2007, 2009 *

: 2009–10 Nagoya Oceans * F. League:

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* F. League Ocean Cup: 2010, 2012 Inter Movistar * Primera División: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 *

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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: 2014–15 *

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: 2015, 2017, 2018 *

: 2016–17, 2017–18 ACCS Asnières Villeneuve 92 *

Championnat de France de Futsal The Championnat de France de Futsal "Division 1" or "D1" is the premier futsal league in France, organized by Fédération Française de Football. There are 12 teams in the first level, the team ranked first wins the title of national Champion and ...

: 2020–21 * Championnat de France de Futsal Division 2: 2021–22 Riga Futsal Club * Latvian Futsal Premier League: 2023–24

National team

Portugal *

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual

* Best Player of the World: 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 * Liga Portuguesa Best Player: 2006–07 * Liga Portuguesa Top scorer: 2006–07 (49 goals) * Liga Portuguesa Best Young Player: 2002–03 * F. League Best Player: 2010–11 *

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Best Player: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Best Player:

Top Scorer:

(6 goals, shared),

(7 goals) *

Best Player:

Golden Shoe:

Bronze Ball:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

* Best Team of the Year Winger:

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Orders *

PRT Order of Prince Henry - Commander BAR

Commander of the

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Commander of the

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International goals

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National team data

''Expresso'' interview
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