Richard Almeida de Oliveira

Richard Almeida de Oliveira (Azerbaijani: Riçard Almeyda; born 20 March 1989 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a naturalized Azerbaijani football midfielder who plays for the Azerbaijan national football team.

Richard Almeida

Personal information
Full name	Richard Almeida de Oliveira
Date of birth	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Santo André	4	(0)
2010–2012	→ Gil Vicente (loan)	58	(6)
2012–2018	Qarabağ	163	(38)
2018–2019	Astana	8	(1)
2019	→ Qarabağ (loan)	28	(6)
2020	Baniyas	7	(1)
National team^‡
2017–	Azerbaijan	22	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2019

Career

In November 2014, Richard signed a three-year contract extension with Qarabağ, keeping him at the club till the Summer of 2018.[1] On 24 May 2018, Qarabağ announced that Richard had been released by the club following expiration of his contract.[2]

On 4 July 2018, Almeida signed contract with FC Astana.[3]

On 21 January 2020, Almeida signed contract with Baniyas Club on a season-long deal.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 December 2019[5][6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santo André	2010	Paulista	1	0	0	0	-		-		-		1	0
	2010	Série B	3	0	0	0	-		-		-		3	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
Gil Vicente (loan)	2010–11	LigaPro	28	6	2	0	8	0	-		-		38	6
	2011–12	Primeira Liga	29	0	1	0	7	0	-		-		37	0
	Total		57	6	3	0	15	0	-	-	-	-	75	6
Qarabağ	2012–13	Azerbaijan Premier League	30	13	4	1	-		-		-		34	14
	2013–14		28	6	3	0	-		7	1	-		38	6
	2014–15		32	3	5	1	-		12	0	-		48	4
	2015–16		31	9	6	1	-		12	4	-		49	14
	2016–17		20	2	2	1	-		12	2	-		34	5
	2017–18		22	5	1	1	-		12	0	-		35	6
	Total		163	38	21	5	-	-	55	7	-	-	239	49
Astana	2018	Kazakhstan Premier League	8	1	0	0	-		11	0	0	0	19	1
	2019		0	0	0	0	-		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		8	1	0	0	-	-	11	0	0	0	19	1
Qarabağ (loan)	2018–19	Azerbaijan Premier League	14	5	2	0	-		0	0	-		16	5
	2019–20		14	1	2	0	-		13	1	-		29	1
	Total		28	6	4	0	-	-	13	1	-	-	45	6
Career total			257	51	28	5	15	0	79	8	0	0	382	62

International

Azerbaijan
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	5	0
2018	9	3
2019	8	0
Total	22	3

Statistics accurate as of match played 16 November 2019[7]

International goals

As of match played 11 October 2018[7]

Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	27 March 2018	Mardan Sports Complex, Turkey	North Macedonia	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[8]
2.	11 October 2018	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1–0	3–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	[9]
3.				3–0

Honours

Qarabağ

• Azerbaijan Premier League (6): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Azerbaijan Cup (3): 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016-17

Astana

• Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 2018

References

1. Альмейда продлил контракт с Карабахом. www.azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azerifootball. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
2. "Qarabağ FK-dan bildiriş". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
3. "Ричард Алмейда подписал контракт с "Астаной"". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
4. "نادي بني ياس يعلن عن التعاقد مع ريتشارد الميدا". https://baniyasclub.ae (in Arabic). Baniyas Club. 21 January 2020. External link in |website= (help)
5. Richard Almeida at Soccerway
6. "Richard Almeida" (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
7. "Richard Almeida". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
8. "Azerbaijan 1–1 Macedonia". eu-football.info. eu-football. 27 March 2018.
9. "Faroe Islands 0-3 Azerbaijan". uefa.com. UEFA. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

External links

• Profile on official club website