Ricardo Chaves

Ricardo Chaves
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Alberto Medeiros Chaves
Date of birth (1977-10-27) 27 October 1977
Place of birth Valpaços, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Mirandela (assistant)
Youth career
1988–1996 Valpaços
1996–1997 Chaves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Vila Pouca
1998–2004 Chaves 132 (16)
2004–2006 Vitória Setúbal 62 (4)
2006–2007 Braga 14 (1)
2007–2009 Vitória Setúbal 58 (4)
2009–2011 Rio Ave 31 (1)
2011–2012 Aves 17 (0)
2012–2015 Chaves 63 (3)
2015–2016 Mirandela 5 (0)
Total 382 (29)
Teams managed
2015 Chaves (assistant)
2015– Mirandela (assistant)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ricardo Alberto Medeiros Chaves (born 27 October 1977) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and the current assistant manager of SC Mirandela.

Football career

Born in Valpaços, Vila Real District, Chaves started playing for local club Vila Pouca FC. He went on to represent neighbouring G.D. Chaves (two games in the top division in the 1998–99 season, his first as a professional, plus five years in the second level), Vitória de Setúbal and S.C. Braga.

In 2008, while at Setúbal for the second time in his career, he won the inaugural edition of the Portuguese League Cup, in a penalty shootout win against Sporting Clube de Portugal. He played the full 120 minutes in the final.

Chaves moved to Rio Ave F.C. in late June 2009, after being instrumental in Setúbal's consecutive narrow top flight relegation escapes – he only missed two league matches in his two seasons combined. After being regularly used during his tenure, the 33-year-old returned to the second division and signed with C.D. Aves.

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