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Ricardo Valente
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente
Date of birth	3 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Leixões
Number	33
Youth career
2001–2006	Porto
2006–2010	Leixões
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Esmoriz
2011–2012	Aliados Lordelo
2012–2013	Fafe
2013–2014	Feirense
2014–2015	Leixões
2015–2017	Vitória Guimarães
2016–2017	→ Paços Ferreira (loan)
2017–2019	Marítimo
2019	Marítimo B
2019–2020	Hatta
2020	Tondela
2020–2021	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2021–2022	Tuzlaspor
2022	Ionikos
2022	Mioveni
2022–	Leixões
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:33, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Leixões.

Club career

Born in Porto, Valente spent his first years as a senior in the lower leagues. In summer 2013 he signed for C.D. Feirense in the Segunda Liga, making his debut as a professional on 27 July by starting in a 3–1 away loss against G.D. Chaves in the first round of the Taça da Liga.^[2] He scored his first league goal on 23 November, contributing to a 1–1 draw at Sporting CP B after entering the field as a late substitute.^[3]

Valente joined Leixões S.C. of the same tier in the 2014 off-season, quickly excelling to become one of the Matosinhos side's top scorers.^[4] In the following transfer window, he moved to Vitória de Guimarães.^[5]

Valente's first game in the Primeira Liga occurred on 10 January 2015, as he played 33 minutes of the 3–0 away defeat to S.L. Benfica.^[6] He found the net in the next match, a 4–0 home win over Académica de Coimbra,^[7] and finished the campaign with 17 league goals between Leixões and Vitória.^[8]

On 31 August 2016, Valente joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira on a season-long loan deal.^[9] The following 12 July, he signed a permanent two-year contract with C.S. Marítimo.^[10]

In March 2019, it was confirmed that Valente would not appear in any more matches for the Madeira club after having subject to disciplinary proceedings;^[11] president Carlos Pereira commented that the player had an "irreverent temper", this not being the first time he had been internally suspended.^[12]

Subsequently, Valente represented in quick succession Hatta Club (UAE Pro League), C.D. Tondela,^[13] CS Gaz Metan Mediaș (Romanian Liga I),^[14] Tuzlaspor (TFF First League), Ionikos F.C. (Super League Greece)^[15] and CS Mioveni (Romanian top division).^[16] In August 2022, the 31-year-old returned to Leixões after seven years.^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ricardo Valente" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Desp. Chaves-Feirense, 3–1: Reviravolta vale triunfo" [Desp. Chaves-Feirense, 3–1: Comeback gives win]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Sporting B-Feirense, 1–1: Leões falham ataque à liderança" [Sporting B-Feirense, 1–1: Lions fail assault on first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Valente virou ponta de lança e já é talismã da equipa" [Valente turned striker and is already a team talisman]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Ricardo Valente é reforço" [Ricardo Valente is addition] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ "Só um André não chega para defender o castelo" [Only one André is not enough to defend castle]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (crónica)" [V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Ricardo Valente: "Com golos tudo se torna mais fácil"" [Ricardo Valente: "Everything is easier with goals"]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Calção, Armindo (31 August 2016). "Vitória empresta Ricardo Valente ao Paços de Ferreira" [Vitória loan Ricardo Valente to Paços de Ferreira]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Ricardo Valente de verde-rubro" [Ricardo Valente in green-red] (in Portuguese). C.S. Marítimo. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ Travassos, Nuno (27 March 2019). "Marítimo: sob alçada disciplinar, Ricardo Valente não volta a jogar" [Marítimo: under disciplinary proceedings, Ricardo Valente will not play again] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Rodrigues, Carolina (8 March 2019). "Ricardo Valente com mais um processo disciplinar: "Tem um feitio irreverente"" [Ricardo Valente under disciplinary procedure again: "He has an irreverent temper"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Tavares, Ruben (4 April 2020). "Ricardo Valente: "Espero regressar com tudo"" [Ricardo Valente: "I hope I return with a blast"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (4 October 2020). "Zé Manuel e Ricardo Valente reforçam Gaz Metan de Jorge Costa" [Zé Manuel and Ricardo Valente bolster Jorge Costa's Gaz Metan] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ Gillen, Sean (1 February 2022). "Portuguese Abroad transfers: Sporting's Jovane joins Lazio, Ferro heads to Croatia; Tiago Tomás makes Stuttgart move; Fabio Carvalho's Liverpool switch collapses". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ Turcu, Luminiţa (3 August 2022). "Ricardo Valente a semnat cu CS Mioveni" [Ricardo Valente has signed with CS Mioveni] (in Romanian). News.ro. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "Ricardo Valente reforça ataque do Leixões" [Ricardo Valente bolsters Leixões' attack]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.