Ricardo Valente
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente | ||
Date of birth | 3 April 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
Number | 28 | ||
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– | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 14 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2021 |
Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Romanian club CS Gaz Metan Mediaș as a forward.
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 second division, making his debut as a professional on 27 July by starting in a 1–3 away loss against G.D. Chaves for the Portuguese League Cup.[1] 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.[2]
Valente joined fellow league club Leixões S.C. in the 2014 off-season, quickly excelling to become one of the Matosinhos side's top scorers.[3] Subsequently, in the following transfer window, he moved to Vitória de Guimarães.[4]
Valente's first game in the Primeira Liga occurred on 10 January 2015, as he played 33 minutes in 0–3 away defeat to S.L. Benfica.[5] He found the net in the following matchday, a 4–0 home win over Académica de Coimbra,[6] and finished the campaign with 17 league goals between Leixões and Vitória.[7]
On 31 August 2016, Valente joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira on a season-long loan deal.[8] The following 12 July, he signed a permanent two-year contract with C.S. Marítimo.[9]
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.[10] President Carlos Pereira commented that the player had an "irreverent temper", this not being the first time he had been internally suspended.[11]
References
- ^ "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 an 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.
External links
- Ricardo Valente at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Ricardo Valente at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Porto
- Portuguese footballers
- 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
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania