Ricardo Valente

Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.D. Tondela as a forward.

Ricardo Valente
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente
Date of birth (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Tondela
Number 33
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020

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]

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References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Ricardo Valente é reforço" [Ricardo Valente an addition] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. "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.
  6. "V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (crónica)" [V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. "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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Ricardo Valente de verde-rubro" [Ricardo Valente in green-red] (in Portuguese). C.S. Marítimo. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
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