Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente

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 Forward
Club information
Current team
 Paços Ferreira
(on loan from Vitória Guimarães)
Number 91
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– Vitória Guimarães 48 (13)
2016–2017 → Paços Ferreira (loan) 3 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2016.


Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Paços de Ferreira on loan from Vitória S.C. as a forward.

Football career

Born in Porto, Valente spent his first years as a senior in the lower leagues. In the 2013 summer 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 Clube de Portugal 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Chaves-Feirense 3–1" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sporting B-Feirense, 1–1: Leões falham ataque à liderança" [Sporting B-Feirense, 1–1: Lions fail assault on first place] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Valente virou ponta de lança e já é talismã da equipa" [Valente turned striker and is already a team talisman] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 October 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] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (crónica)" [V. Guimarães-Académica, 4–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ricardo Valente: "Com golos tudo se torna mais fácil"" [Ricardo Valente: "Everything is easier with goals"] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Vitória empresta Ricardo Valente ao Paços de Ferreira" [Vitória loan Ricardo Valente to Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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