Cadinha

Cadinha
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Jorge Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth	1 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Matosinhos, Portugal
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Pedrouços
Youth career
1994–2003	Leixões
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2008	Leixões
2005–2006	→ Ovarense (loan)
2008	→ Ribeirão (loan)
2008–2009	Gondomar
2009–2012	Boavista
2012–2013	Chaves
2013–2016	Leixões
2016–2017	Rio Tinto
2017	Pasteleira
2017–	Pedrouços
International career
2003	Portugal U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2018

Ricardo Jorge Ferreira dos Santos (born 1 September 1984), known as Cadinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Pedrouços A.C. as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Cadinha spent the better part of his career with hometown club Leixões SC, reaching the youth academy at the age of 10. After two loans, he was released on 30 June 2008 and went on to represent, alternating between the Segunda Liga and the third division, Gondomar SC, Boavista F.C. and G.D. Chaves.

Cadinha returned to Leixões in January 2013, with the side still in the second level.^[1]

References

^ "Cadinha é reforço e já se treina" [Cadinha is an addition and is already training] (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

External links

Cadinha at ForaDeJogo (archived)
National team data (in Portuguese)
Cadinha at Soccerway

[1] "Cadinha é reforço e já se treina" [Cadinha is an addition and is already training] (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

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