Ricardo Valente
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 April 1991||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leixões | ||
Number | 91 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2006 | Porto | ||
2006–2010 | Leixões | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Esmoriz | 23 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Aliados Lordelo | 24 | (7) |
2012–2013 | Fafe | 27 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Feirense | 30 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Leixões | 18 | (9) |
2015–2017 | Vitória Guimarães | 48 | (13) |
2016–2017 | → Paços Ferreira (loan) | 27 | (4) |
2017–2019 | Marítimo | 44 | (9) |
2019 | Marítimo B | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Hatta | 11 | (2) |
2020 | Tondela | 11 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 31 | (10) |
2021–2022 | Tuzlaspor | 6 | (0) |
2022 | Ionikos | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Mioveni | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Leixões | 46 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 25 December 2024 (UTC) |
Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Leixões.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Ricardo Valente at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Ricardo Valente at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Porto
- Men's association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- AD Fafe players
- C.D. Feirense players
- Leixões S.C. players
- Vitória S.C. players
- F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- C.D. Tondela players
- UAE Pro League players
- Hatta Club players
- Liga I players
- CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
- CS Mioveni players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Tuzlaspor players
- Super League Greece players
- Ionikos F.C. players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen