Ricardinho (footballer, born 1985)

For other people named Ricardinho, see Ricardinho (disambiguation).

Ricardinho
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Dias Acosta
Date of birth (1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Rosário do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2005 Juventude
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Iraty
2007 → Ceará (loan) 1 (0)
2008 → Caxias (loan) 10 (1)
2009 → Linense (loan) 0 (0)
2010 Linense 11 (0)
2011–2012 XV de Piracicaba 43 (10)
2011 → Londrina (loan) 19 (4)
2012 → Ponte Preta (loan) 15 (3)
2013–2015 Ceará 79 (11)
2016 Al-Ettifaq 12 (5)
2017–2021 Ceará 159 (9)
2021 Botafogo 19 (0)
2022–2023 Paysandu 0 (0)
2023 Floresta 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2021

Ricardo Dias Acosta' (born 15 December 1985), commonly known as Ricardinho, is a former Brazilian football player who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Rosário do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Ricardinho finished his formation with Juventude, but made his senior debuts with Iraty in 2006.

Ricardinho was subsequently loaned to Ceará, Caxias and Linense, joining the latter permanently in 2010. In 2011, he moved to XV de Piracicaba.

On 13 May 2011 Ricardinho was loaned to Londrina,[1] returning to Nhô Quim in September.[2] On 9 May of the following year he moved to Ponte Preta, also in a temporary deal.[3]

Ricardinho made his Série A debut on 10 June 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute for Cicinho in a 0–0 away draw against Figueirense.[4] On the 24th he scored his first goal in the category, netting the winner in a 2–1 success at Botafogo.[5]

On 20 December 2012 Ricardinho agreed a deal with Ceará.[6]

Honours

Club

Paysandu
Botafogo
Ceará
Linense
XV de Piracicaba
Londrina

Individual

References

  1. ^ Londrina acerta com meia do XV de Piracicaba (Londrina signs with XV de Piracicaba midfielder); Lance!, 13 May 2011 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Meia Ricardinho está de volta ao XV de Piracicaba (Midfielder Ricardinho is back to XV de Piracicaba); Lance!, 2 September 2011 (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ Ponte Preta acerta com meia, ex-XV de Piracicaba (Ponte Preta signs midfielder, former XV de Piracicaba player); Lance!, 9 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Figueirense e Ponte Preta finalizam muito, mas sem precisão: 0 a 0 (Figueirense and Ponte Preta shoot much, but without precision: 0–0); Globo Esporte, 10 June 2012 (in Portuguese)
  5. ^ Conjunto da Ponte Preta brilha e vence o Botafogo na volta de Loco (Ponte Preta's teamwork shines and defeats Botafogo in Loco's return); Globo Esporte, 24 June 2012 (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ Ceará confirma contratação do meia Ricardinho (Ceará confirms signing of midfielder Ricardinho); Diário do Nordeste, 20 December 2012 (in Portuguese)