Ricardo Carvalho (footballer, born 1996)

Ricardo Carvalho
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Jorge Gomes Carvalho
Date of birth	6 March 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Almería B
Youth career
2007–2013	Vitória Guimarães
2013–2015	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015	Benfica B
2016–2018	Vitória Guimarães B
2018–2019	Salamanca
2019–2020	Villarrubia
2020–	Almería B
National team
2011	Portugal U15
2011–2012	Portugal U16
2012–2013	Portugal U17
2013–2014	Portugal U18
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Ricardo Jorge Gomes Carvalho (born 6 March 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería B as a defender.

Career[]

Born in Santo Tirso, Carvalho started his career at Vitória de Guimarães in 2007. In 2013, he joined Benfica's youth system and was promoted to Benfica B in 2015, but did not play any match. In 2016, he returned to Guimarães where he debuted professionally on 9 March, with Vitória Guimarães B in a 2015–16 LigaPro match against UD Oliveirense.^[1]

On 31 August 2018, Carvalho moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a contract with Segunda División B side Salamanca CF.^[2]

References[]

^ "Vitória Guimarães B 4-2 Oliveirense". ForaDeJogo. 2016-03-09.
^ "Ricardo Carvalho deixa V. Guimarães e reforça Salamanca" [Ricardo Carvalho leaves V. Guimarães and bolsters Salamanca] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

External links[]

Ricardo Carvalho at BDFutbol
Ricardo Carvalho at ForaDeJogo
Ricardo Carvalho at Soccerway
Stats and profile at LPFP (in Portuguese)
National team data (in Portuguese)

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[1] "Vitória Guimarães B 4-2 Oliveirense". ForaDeJogo. 2016-03-09.

[2] "Ricardo Carvalho deixa V. Guimarães e reforça Salamanca" [Ricardo Carvalho leaves V. Guimarães and bolsters Salamanca] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

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