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{{Infobox football biography | name = Richarlison | image = Richarlison é homenageado na ALES (10.July.2019) 12 (cropped2).jpg | caption = Richarlison in 2019 | full_name = Richarlison de Andrade | birth_date = 10 May 1997 | birth_place = Nova Venécia, Espírito Santo, Brazil | height = 1.84 m | position = [[Forward Forward[Winger] | currentclub = Tottenham Hotspur | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = 2013–2014 | youthclubs1 = Real Noroeste | youthyears2 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs2 = América Mineiro | years1 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = América Mineiro | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 9 | years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = Fluminense | caps2 = 54 | goals2 = 17 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = Watford | caps3 = 38 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2018–2022 | clubs4 = Everton | caps4 = 135 | goals4 = 43 | years5 = 2022– | clubs5 = Tottenham Hotspur | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Brazil U20 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2021 | nationalteam2 = Brazil Olympic | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 5 | nationalyears3 = 2018– | nationalteam3 = Brazil | nationalcaps3 = 42 | nationalgoals3 = 20 | club-update = 16:31, 13 May 2023 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 23:15, 9 December 2022 (UTC) | medaltemplates = |- ! Men's football |- ! Representing Brazil |- ! Copa América |- | Winner| 2019 Brazil| |- | Runner-up| 2021 Brazil| |- ! Summer Olympics |- | | 2020 Tokyo| Team }} Richarlison de Andrade, known mononymously as Richarlison, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team.
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