Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Jorge dos Santos Dias CvIH [2] (born 25 February 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga 3 club Alverca .
Club career
Born in Aveiro , Dias joined FC Porto 's youth system at the age of 15. On 17 October 2009, still a junior, he made his competitive debut for the first team, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 home win against Sertanense F.C. in the third round of the Taça de Portugal .[3] He split the 2010–11 season on loan, to G.D. Tourizense and C.D. Santa Clara .[4]
Dias signed a two-year contract with S.C. Beira-Mar on 26 July 2011.[5] He played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 6 November, featuring the entire 2–1 home victory over C.D. Feirense .[6] He finished his debut campaign with a further ten games, in a 13th-place finish.
In late November 2014, after cutting ties with the club, then in the Segunda Liga , Dias returned to the top division and joined C.F. Os Belenenses until 30 June 2018.[7] He scored his first goal in the competition on 14 March 2015, the hosts' first in the 2–2 home draw with G.D. Estoril Praia .[8]
Dias was then consecutively loaned to Feirense and Académica de Coimbra , the former side competing in the top tier, the latter in the second.[9] [10] He scored a career-best five goals in his season at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra , but his team failed to win promotion as fourth; Belenenses were also renamed B-SAD , and he agreed to another temporary deal in June 2018.[11]
On 18 July 2019, Dias signed a permanent contract with Académica.[12] In June 2022, following their relegation to Liga 3 , he remained in division two by joining U.D. Vilafranquense ,[13] and was later part of the renamed AVS Futebol SAD .[14]
On 23 January 2024, Dias' link was terminated by mutual agreement.[15] The following day, he moved to third-tier F.C. Alverca .[16]
International career
Dias won 50 caps for Portugal across five youth levels . He was part of the under-20 team that took part in the 2011 FIFA World Cup , making four appearances in Colombia for the runners-up.[17] [18]
Honours
Porto
Portugal U20
Orders
References
^ a b c d "Ricardo Dias" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
^ "Presidente Cavaco Silva condecorou selecção nacional de futebol sub-20" [President Cavaco Silva decorated national under-20 football team] (in Portuguese). Arquivo Presidência. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
^ a b Assunção, Manuel (17 October 2009). "O clássico bis de Farías, o clássico 4–0 e um adolescente recordista" [Classic Farías brace, classic 4–0 and teenage record breaker]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 June 2017 .
^ Resendes, Manuel (27 January 2011). "Mercado: Portista Dias começa a treinar sexta-feira com o Santa Clara" [Market: Porto man Dias starts training with Santa Clara on Friday] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Ricardo Dias e André Sousa são reforços" [Ricardo Dias and André Sousa are additions] (in Portuguese). SAPO . 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Beira-Mar afunda Feirense" [Beira-Mar sink Feirense] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal . 6 November 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Ricardo Dias no restelo [sic ] até 2018" [Ricardo Dias to the Restelo until 2018]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Belenenses-Estoril, 2–2 (resultado final)" [Belenenses-Estoril, 2–2 (final score)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ Lima, Fábio (5 July 2016). "Ricardo Dias chega por empréstimo do Belenenses" [Ricardo Dias arrives on loan from Belenenses]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ Pereira, Sérgio (24 August 2017). "Belenenses empresta Ricardo Dias à Académica" [Belenenses loan Ricardo Dias to Académica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Académica: Ricardo Dias continua por empréstimo mais um ano" [Académica: Ricardo Dias remains on loan for another year] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ Gonçalves, Bruno (18 July 2019). "Ricardo Dias regressa à Académica" [Ricardo Dias returns to Académica]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Ricardo Dias é o primeiro reforço do Vilafranquense para a nova época" [Ricardo Dias is Vilafranquense's first reinforcement for the new season] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024 .
^ "Vilafranquense SAD assume nova imagem na transferência para Vila das Aves" [Vilafranquense SAD takes on new image in relocation to Vila das Aves]. Público (in Portuguese). 17 April 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024 .
^ "AVS SAD anuncia a saída de Ricardo Dias" [AVS SAD announce departure of Ricardo Dias]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024 .
^ "Ricardo Dias é reforço do Alverca" [Ricardo Dias is addition to Alverca] (in Portuguese). Bola Na Rede. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024 .
^ a b "Oscar treble wins thrilling final for Brazil" . FIFA. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016 .
^ Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (14 January 2021). "Caetano desistiu aos 29 anos. E os outros heróis do Mundial2011 sub20?" [Caetano called it quits at the age of 29. What about the other under20 World Cup2011 heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). President of Portugal . Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
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