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Ricardo Silva (footballer, born 1999)

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Ricardo Silva
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Manuel Rodrigues Vieira da Silva
Date of birth (1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Mafamude, Portugal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
NK Celje
Number 41
Youth career
2007–2009 Candal
2009–2011 CB Estarreja
2011–2018 Porto
2014–2015Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Porto B 76 (0)
2022 Santa Clara 0 (0)
2023 Moreirense 2 (0)
2023–2024 Tondela 28 (0)
2024 Dinamo Batumi 5 (0)
2025- NK Celje 3 (0)
International career
2018 Portugal U19 1 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 July 2020

Ricardo Manuel Rodrigues Vieira da Silva (born 9 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Slovenian PrvaLiga club NK Celje.

Club career

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Born in Mafamude, Vila Nova de Gaia, Silva began his career at FC Porto. He made his LigaPro debut for FC Porto B on 19 April 2019 in a 2–1 loss at Sporting Covilhã.[1] On 18 August, he was sent off in a 1–1 draw at home to Varzim.[2]

On 29 June 2022, Silva signed a three-year contract with Primeira Liga club Santa Clara.[3]

On 30 January 2023, Silva signed with Liga Portugal 2 side Moreirense until the end of the season.[4]

On 4 July 2023, Silva signed a two-year contract with Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela.[5]

On 7 July 2024, Georgian reigning champions Dinamo Batumi announced signing Silva.[6]

He joined the reigning Slovenian PrvaLiga champions NK Celje in the winter transfer window in January 2025, signing a contract lasting until 30 June 2027.[7] Despite not being a regular starter in the Slovenian League in the following period, he notably kept a clean sheet in the first leg and saved a penalty shot in penalty shootout against Lugano in the second leg of Round of 16 of the 2024-25 UEFA Conference League, contributing to Celje becoming the first Slovenian club to ever reach quarter-finals of any of the major UEFA club competitions.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Covilhã vira resultado frente a FC Porto B que termina com nove jogadores" [Covilhã turn the result around against FC Porto B who finish with nine players]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "FC Porto B empata por uma bola frente ao Varzim" [FC Porto B draw one-each with Varzim] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Bem-vindo, Ricardo Silva" [Welcome, Ricardo Silva] (in European Portuguese). C.D. Santa Clara. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ^ "RICARDO SILVA É REFORÇO DO MOREIRENSE" [RICARDO SILVA IS MOREIRENSE'S REINFORCEMENT] (in Portuguese). Moreirense. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Oficial: Ricardo Silva é reforço do Tondela até 2025" [Official: Ricardo Silva is Tondela's reinforcement until 2025] (in European Portuguese). Record. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Aí vem o Ricardo!". Dinamo Batumi. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Celjani imajo novega vratarja: v vratih bo stal Portugalec". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  8. ^ G, A. "Celjani v dramatični tekmi po enajstmetrovkah do zgodovinskega četrtfinala". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
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