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Ricardo Adé
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Adé Kat
Date of birth	21 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Saint-Marc, Haiti
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	L.D.U. Quito
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2013	Baltimore SC
2014	Miami United
2015–2016	Don Bosco
2017–2018	Santiago Morning
2019–2020	Magallanes
2021	Mushuc Runa
2022	Aucas
2023–	L.D.U. Quito
International career‡
2016–	Haiti
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024

Ricardo Adé Kat (born 21 May 1990) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ecuadorian club L.D.U. Quito and the Haiti national team.

Career

Adé intended to play in Thailand but he was victim of a fraud when the agent abandoned him while in Thailand.^[2] Since he couldn't play in Thailand, Adé moved to the United States and started playing for Miami United.^[3]^[4]

In 2017, Adé went to Santiago Morning. In his first season, he played 23 matches and scored 1 goal.^[1] An agent sent the videos of Adé playing for Miami United to the president of Primera B de Chile club Magallanes and the club hired Adé.^[2] After 4 years in Chile, Adé had the opportunity to play at First Division level in Ecuador, when he signed with Mushuc Runa S.C. in 2021.^[2] A year later, Adé was crowned as champions of 2022 Ecuadorian Serie A with S.D. Aucas.^[2] In 2023, Adé became a top player in Ecuador playing for L.D.U. Quito.^[2]

Adé made his international debut for Haiti in 2016.^[4] He became captain in 2021.^[2]

List of international goals scored by Ricardo Ade
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	March 25, 2021	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Belize	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	18 July 2021	Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States	Martinique	2–1	2–1	2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

Don Bosco FC

Ligue Haïtienne (1): 2015

Aucas

Ecuadorian Serie A (1): 2022

Liga de Quito

Ecuadorian Serie A (2): 2023, 2024
Copa Sudamericana (1): 2023

References

^ ^a ^b Ríos, Javier (8 November 2017). "Ricardo Adé, el héroe de los haitianos que sueña con triunfar en el fútbol chileno" [Ricardo Adé, the haitian hero who dreams on succeeding in Chilean football.] (in Spanish). El Gráfico Chile. Publimetro Chile. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cordoba, Martha. "Ricardo Adé, de dormir en las calles de Tailandia a ser figura en Liga". Primicias. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
^ Cordova, Martha (14 May 2023). "Ricardo Adé, de dormir en las calles de Tailandia a ser figura en Liga". Primicias. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b Ricardo Adé at National-Football-Teams.com