Ricardo Esteves

Ricardo Esteves
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Felipe dos Santos Esteves
Date of birth (1979-09-16) 16 September 1979
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back / Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1998 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Oriental
1999–2001 Benfica B 26 (0)
2000 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 14 (0)
2000 → Alverca (loan) 4 (0)
2001 Benfica 10 (0)
2002 → Braga B (loan) 2 (0)
2002 → Braga (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2004 Nacional 24 (0)
2004 Paços Ferreira 15 (0)
2004–2007 Reggina 30 (2)
2005–2006 → Vicenza (loan) 18 (0)
2007–2008 Marítimo 25 (0)
2008–2010 Asteras Tripoli 24 (0)
2010 Seoul 11 (4)
2010–2011 Marítimo 20 (0)
2012 Dalian Shide 7 (1)
Total 235 (7)
National team
1998–1999 Portugal U20 19 (0)
1999–2000 Portugal U21 7 (0)

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


Ricardo Felipe dos Santos Esteves (born 16 September 1979) is a retired Portuguese footballer. On the right side of the pitch, he could play as either a defender or midfielder.

He played in 117 Primeira Liga games over the course of seven seasons, representing Vitória de Setúbal, Alverca, Benfica, Braga, Nacional, Paços de Ferreira and Marítimo in the competition. He also competed professionally in four other countries, mainly Italy.

Football career

Esteves was born in Lisbon. After arriving at S.L. Benfica at the age of 11 he moved constantly between the club's main and reserve squads, only appearing in ten games in the Primeira Liga, all in the same season. He was loaned once during his contract, and also had a brief spell with feeder club F.C. Alverca.[1]

Released in January 2002 Esteves represented, in quick succession, S.C. Braga, C.D. Nacional and F.C. Paços de Ferreira, after which he began an abroad adventure, playing three years in Italy with Reggina Calcio (two) and Vicenza Calcio in both major levels.

Esteves played in the 2007–08 campaign back in his country, with C.S. Marítimo, after which he moved again, now to Greece and Asteras Tripoli FC. In January 2010 he was sold to FC Seoul, scoring in his debut against Daejeon Citizen FC.

In June, after four goals and as many assists, Esteves was released. Late in that month he returned to his country and former side Marítimo, which had qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

References

  1. ↑ "Proposta de renovação para Ricardo Esteves" [Renewal proposal for Ricardo Esteves] (in Portuguese). Record. 12 August 2000. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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