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

Manchete Futebol Clube do Recife Manchete Futebol Clube do Recife, also known as Manchete, was a Brazilian football club based in Recife, Pernambuco state. The club has been runner-up in the Série C once, in 1981. History The club was founded on January 1, 1950 as Associaç ...

(then known as Associação Atlética Santo Amaro),

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco stat ...

Guarani Futebol Clube Guarani Futebol Clube, colloquially called Guarani, is a Brazilian association football club in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is the only club not based in a state capital or coastal city to have won the top tier of the Brazilian Championsh ...

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

(having a brief spell with the

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giants),

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

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– where he helped to the 1993 conquest of the

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–

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Va ...

Olaria Atlético Clube Olaria Atlético Clube (''Olaria Athletic Club'' in English), usually abbreviated to Olaria, is a Brazilian football club established in 1915, since expanded into other sports. Mostly known for its Brazilian football team based in the city o ...

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest Association football, football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato B ...

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

and

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

, 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 Brazil national team in eight years, his debut coming on 19 May 1987 in an

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with

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(1–1). He went on to take part in two

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1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

and

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. 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

Santa Cruz *

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

: 1983 São Paulo *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

: 1989, 1991 *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

Vasco *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

: 1994 Real Madrid *

: 1992–93 Brazil *

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

* 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 * La Liga Team of The Year: 1992

References

External links

Futpédia profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocha, Ricardo 1962 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players São Paulo state football team 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 men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's 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 gold medalists in football Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Footballers from Recife 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen