Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Valbom, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Riga Futsal Club | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2002 | Gramidense | ||
Miramar | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2010 | Benfica | 98 | (195) |
2010–2013 | Nagoya Oceans | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Benfica (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2013–2020 | Inter Movistar | 210 | (152) |
2020–2022 | ACCS | 8 | (5) |
2022–2023 | Pendekar United | 8 | (5) |
2023– | Riga Futsal Club | ||
International career‡ | |||
2003–2021 | Portugal | 187 | (141) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2019 |
Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga ComIH ComM (born 3 September 1985), best known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for Latvian club Riga Futsal Club. [3] He is regarded by many as the best futsal player 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". [4]
Nicknamed O Mágico (The Magician), he was named Best Player of the World a record six times by Futsal Planet in 2010, [5] 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. [6] [7] Ricardinho is the only player to have won the award more than four times, [8] 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. [9]
At international club level, Ricardinho has won the UEFA Futsal Cup, now known as the UEFA Futsal Champions League, thrice, in 2009–10 with Benfica and in 2016–17 and 2017–18 with Inter FS. 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 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018, 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. [10]
In 2021, right after his last FIFA Futsal World Cup match, [11] Ricardinho was awarded with the Golden Ball for the best player throughout the tournament, [12] adding another individual achievement to his World Cup Golden Shoe award for top scorer [13] 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. [14] 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 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 and the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
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. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
Benfica
Nagoya Oceans
Inter Movistar
ACCS Asnières Villeneuve 92
Portugal
Individual
Orders
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 18 November 2007 | Porto, Portugal | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship |
2. | 21 November 2007 | Romania | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
3. | 2–0 | |||||
4. | 23 November 2007 | Spain | 2–1 | 2–2 (3–4 p) | ||
5. | 4 October 2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Italy | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
6. | 1 February 2012 | Zagreb, Croatia | Italy | 4–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 |
7. | 7 February 2012 | Azerbaijan | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||
8. | 4 November 2012 | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | Japan | 2–0 | 5–5 | 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
9. | 5–1 | |||||
10. | 11 November 2012 | Bangkok, Thailand | Paraguay | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
11. | 4–1 | |||||
12. | 14 November 2012 | Italy | 1–0 | 3–4 ( a.e.t. ) | ||
13. | 2–0 | |||||
14. | 3–0 | |||||
15. | 1 February 2014 | Antwerp, Belgium | Russia | 1–0 | 4–4 | UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 |
16. | 6 February 2014 | Italy | 1–1 | 3–4 | ||
17. | 8 February 2014 | Spain | 1–3 | 4–8 | ||
18. | 18 March 2015 | Călărași, Romania | Georgia | 3–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying |
19. | 5–0 | |||||
20. | 19 March 2015 | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 1–3 | ||
21. | 21 March 2015 | Romania | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
22. | 3–0 | |||||
23. | 10 December 2015 | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | Poland | 6–2 | 6–2 | 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification |
24. | 13 December 2015 | Romania | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
25. | 5–0 | |||||
26. | 4 February 2016 | Belgrade, Serbia | Slovenia | 2–1 | 6–2 | UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 |
27. | 3–2 | |||||
28. | 5–2 | |||||
29. | 6 February 2016 | Serbia | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||
30. | 8 February 2016 | Spain | 1–3 | 2–6 | ||
31. | 2–4 | |||||
32. | 13 September 2016 | Cali, Colombia | Panama | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
33. | 3–0 | |||||
34. | 5–0 | |||||
35. | 6–0 | |||||
36. | 7–0 | |||||
37. | 9–0 | |||||
38. | 16 September 2016 | Medellín, Colombia | Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
39. | 2–1 | |||||
40. | 3–1 | |||||
41. | 21 September 2016 | Cali, Colombia | Costa Rica | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
42. | 2–0 | |||||
43. | 25 September 2016 | Azerbaijan | 3–1 | 3–2 | ||
44. | 31 January 2018 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Romania | 3–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 |
45. | 4 February 2018 | Ukraine | 5–2 | 5–3 | ||
46. | 6 February 2018 | Azerbaijan | 4–1 | 8–1 | ||
47. | 5–1 | |||||
48. | 7–1 | |||||
49. | 8–1 | |||||
50. | 10 February 2018 | Spain | 1–0 | 3–2 ( a.e.t. ) | ||
51. | 27 October 2019 | Viseu, Portugal | Czech Republic | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification |
52. | 4–1 | |||||
53. | 2 February 2020 | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | Italy | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
54. | 4–0 | |||||
55. | 16 September 2021 | Kaunas, Lithuania | Solomon Islands | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
56. | 24 September 2021 | Serbia | 1–0 | 4–3 ( a.e.t. ) | ||
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