Ricardo Pereira

Ricardo

Ricardo playing for Leicester City
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira[1]
Date of birth	(1976-02-11) 11 February 1976 (age 48)[2]
Place of birth	Montijo, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1987–1990	Unidos Barreiro
1990–1994	Montijo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Montijo	18	(0)
1995–2003	Boavista	154	(1)
2003–2007	Sporting CP	125	(0)
2007–2011	Betis	48	(0)
2011	Leicester City	8	(0)
2011–2012	Vitória Setúbal	3	(0)
2012–2014	Olhanense	13	(0)
Total		369	(1)
National team
1997	Portugal U21	1	(0)
2001–2008	Portugal	79	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2004 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira OIH (pt; born 11 February 1976), known simply as Ricardo, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career statistics

Club

^[3][4]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other[5]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Montijo	1994–95	18	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
	Total	18	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	0
Boavista	1995–96	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
	1996–97	16	0	6	0	–	–	0	0	–	–	22	0
	1997–98	34	0	4	0	–	–	2	0	2	0	42	0
	1998–99	5	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
	1999–00	9	0	3	0	–	–	3	0	–	–	15	0
	2000–01	28	0	1	0	–	–	2	0	–	–	31	0
	2001–02	29	0	0	0	–	–	12	0	1	0	42	0
	2002–03	33	1	0	0	–	–	16	0	–	–	49	1
	Total	154	1	16	0	–	–	35	0	3	0	208	1
Sporting CP	2003–04	34	0	0	0	–	–	4	0	–	–	38	0
	2004–05	33	0	0	0	–	–	15	0	–	–	48	0
	2005–06	30	0	3	0	–	–	2	0	–	–	35	0
	2006–07	28	0	3	0	–	–	6	0	–	–	37	0
	Total	125	0	6	0	–	–	27	0	–	–	158	0
Betis	2007–08	28	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	0
	2008–09	20	0	6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	0
	2009–10	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
	2010–11	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Total	48	0	6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	54	0
Leicester City	2010–11	8	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	8	0
	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	8	0
Vitória Setúbal	2011–12	3	0	1	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	6	0
	Total	3	0	1	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	6	0
Olhanense	2012–13	5	0	1	0	3	0	–	–	–	–	9	0
	2013–14	8	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	9	0
	Total	13	0	1	0	4	0	–	–	–	–	18	0
Career Total		369	1	30	0	6	0	62	0	3	0	470	1

International

Portugal[6]
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	7	0
2002	5	0
2003	11	0
2004	15	0
2005	8	0
2006	15	0
2007	11	0
2008	7	0
Total	79	0

Honours

Boavista

• Primeira Liga: 2000–01^[7]
• Taça de Portugal: 1996–97^[8]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1997^[9]

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2006–07^[10]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2004–05^[11]

Portugal

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004^[12]

Individual

• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006^[13]

Orders

• Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)^[14]

References

1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
2. "Ricardo" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
3. Ricardo Pereira at ForaDeJogo
4. "Ricardo". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
5. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
6. "Ricardo". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
7. "Finalmente um novo campeão, 55 anos depois: 2000–01, Boavista campeão nacional pela primeira vez" [A new champion at last, 55 years later: 2000–01, Boavista national champions for the first time] (in Portuguese). Mundo Desportivo. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
8. Ferreira, Luís Pedro (18 February 2022). "Nuno Gomes: "Nesse Boavista-Benfica, ainda alguém disse que tentei chutar para fora"" [Nuno Gomes: "In that Boavista-Benfica, some went as far as saying I tried to shoot it wide"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
9. Pereira, David (3 August 2018). "39 Supertaças e só dois tomba-gigantes. Aves quer ser o terceiro" [39 Supercups and only two giant-killers. Aves want to be the third]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
10. Gouveia, Ricardo (27 May 2007). "Taça de Portugal: Belenenses-Sporting, 0–1 (crónica)" [Portuguese Cup: Belenenses-Sporting, 0–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
11. Sanderson, Pete (18 May 2005). "Resilient CSKA sink Sporting". UEFA. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
12. Szreter, Adam (4 July 2004). "Greece are crowned kings of Europe after EURO 2004 final win against hosts Portugal". UEFA. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
13. "Terry makes Fifa World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
14. "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança] (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.