João Ricardo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | João Ricardo Pereira Batalha dos Santos Ferreira | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Sá da Bandeira, Angola | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1993 | Leiria Marrazes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1993 | Leiria Marrazes | ||
1993–1998 | Académico Viseu | 107 | (0) |
1998–2001 | Salgueiros | 1 | (0) |
2001–2005 | Moreirense | 97 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Petro Atlético | 21 | (0) |
2011 | Semarang United | 15 | (0) |
Total | 241 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1996–2006 | Angola | 29 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
João Ricardo Pereira Batalha dos Santos Ferreira (born 7 January 1970 in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola), known as João Ricardo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃ ʁiˈkaɾðu]), is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
The son of Portuguese settlers in Angola, João Ricardo returned to his parents' homeland in 1974, aged four, with the family moving to Leiria where he started playing youth football, making his senior debuts with the same team, amateurs Sport Clube Leiria e Marrazes.
João Ricardo joined Académico de Viseu FC in the 1993 summer, playing four seasons in the second division and one in the third with the club. His first Primeira Liga experience arrived with S.C. Salgueiros, but he could only appear once in the league in his three seasons combined.
João Ricardo returned to the second level in 2001 with Moreirense FC, playing in all the matches in his first year as the Moreira de Cónegos side, led by Manuel Machado, promoted to the top flight for the first time ever. He maintained his first-choice status in two of the following three years, suffering relegation in 2005.
After more than one year without a club, 37-year-old João Ricardo returned to his nation of birth and signed for Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, being included in the squad that competed in the 2007 edition of the CAF Champions League. He retired from the game in the following year, but returned three years later for a brief spell in Indonesia with Semarang United FC.
International career
João Ricardo opted to represent Angola internationally, his first cap coming in 1996 at the age of 26. Ten years later, he appeared with the national team in the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, in an eventual group stage exit.
João Ricardo was also selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, being a free agent with no competitive football played in one year at the time. He started in all three group stage matches for the Africans in their first FIFA World Cup presence, conceding only twice[1][2] and performing most notably in the 0–0 draw against Mexico.[3]
After the tournament, João Ricardo was offered a contract by Iran's Zob Ahan Isfahan FC (the Iranian national team also faced Angola in the World Cup), but the deal eventually fell through due to undisclosed circumstances.[4]
References
External links
- João Ricardo at footballzz.co.uk
- João Ricardo profile at ForaDeJogo
- João Ricardo at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Luanda
- Angolan people of Portuguese descent
- Angolan footballers
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- Académico de Viseu FC players
- S.C. Salgueiros players
- Moreirense FC players
- Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players
- Indonesia Super League players
- Angola international footballers
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Angolan expatriate footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Indonesia
- Portuguese expatriates in Angola