Paulo Ricardo
Personal information
Full name Paulo Ricardo Ferreira
Date of birth (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994
Place of birth Laguna, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Hazem
Number 2
Youth career
2008–2009 Atlético Catarinense
2009 Brusque
2009–2012 Figueirense
2012–2014 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Santos 13 (0)
2016–2017 → Sion (loan) 15 (2)
2016–2017 → Sion II (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2019 Sion 17 (0)
2018–2019 → Fluminense (loan) 9 (0)
2019 → Goiás (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2021 Figueirense 30 (1)
2021–2023 KuPS 37 (2)
2023– Al-Hazem 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2023

Paulo Ricardo Ferreira (born 13 June 1994), known as Paulo Ricardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hazem. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Laguna, Santa Catarina, Paulo Ricardo joined Santos' youth system in 2012, aged 18, after stints with Atlético Catarinense, Brusque and Figueirense. At the latter he also suffered with recurrent back injuries which included a vertebral fracture.[1]

On 21 March 2014 Paulo Ricardo signed a new deal with Peixe, running until 2017.[2] He made his first team debut on 18 July, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home success against Palmeiras for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A championship.[3]

On 26 April 2015, after Werley's illness and Gustavo Henrique's injury, Paulo Ricardo was made a starter in 2015 Campeonato Paulista final against Palmeiras, but was sent off after committing a penalty in a 1–0 away loss.[4] He appeared more regularly with the club during the campaign, being sometimes utilized as a defensive midfielder by manager Dorival Júnior.[5]

On 7 July 2016, Paulo Ricardo was loaned to FC Sion for one year.[6] He made his debut for the club on 10 August, starting in a 3–1 away loss against FC Lugano.

On 24 July 2017, Paulo Ricardo joined Sion permanently, with Santos receiving a compensation fee.[7] On 8 August of the following year, he returned to his homeland after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Fluminense.[8] In the summer of 2021, he moved to the Finnish club KuPS.[9]

On 22 January 2023, Ricardo joined Saudi club Al-Hazem.[10]

Career statistics

As of 3 January 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2014 Série A 10—10——20
2015 1101060——180
2016 00000000—00
Total 1201070——200
Sion II 2016–17 Swiss Promotion League 40————40
Sion 2016–17 Swiss Super League 152—20——172
2017–18 170—1020—200
Total 322—3020—372
Fluminense 2018 Série A 90——3[lower-alpha 1]0—120
2019 0000001[lower-alpha 1]0—10
Total 90000040—130
Goiás 2019 Série A 10———2[lower-alpha 2]030
Figueirense 2020 Série B 1217040——231
2021 Série C 003000——30
Total 12110040——261
Career total 70311014060201033
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Verde

Honours

Santos

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Zagueiro supera grave lesão para ser titular do Santos na Copa São Paulo" [Stopper overcomes severe injury to become Santos' starter in Copa São Paulo] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Santos FC renova com zagueiro Paulo Ricardo até 2017" [Santos FC renews with stopper Paulo Ricardo until 2017] (in Portuguese). Santos' official profile. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Santos bate inofensivo Palmeiras na estreia de Gareca e encosta no G-4" [Santos defeats inoffensive Palmeiras in Gareca's debut and gets near to G-4] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Com arbitragem polêmica, Palmeiras sai na frente do Santos na decisão" [With controversial refereeing, Palmeiras goes ahead of Santos in the final] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Polivalente e titular, Paulo Ricardo lidera evolução da defesa do Santos" [Versatile and starter, Paulo Ricardo leads Santos' defensive evolution] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Santos Libera Paulo Ricardo para empréstimo ao Sion, da Suíça" [Santos release Paulo Ricardo for a loan to Sion, from Switzerland] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Santos recebe compensação e vende Paulo Ricardo para clube da Suíça" [Santos receive compensation and sell Paulo Ricardo to Swiss club] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Zagueiro Paulo Ricardo é apresentado no Fluminense" [Stopper Paulo Ricardo is presented at Fluminense] (in Portuguese). Fluminense FC. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Após deixar o Figueirense, Paulo Ricardo acerta com clube da Finlândia". ge.
  10. ↑ "رسميا | الحزم يعلن التعاقد مع أوباما ومدافع برازيلي".
  11. ↑ Paulo Ricardo at Soccerway
  12. ↑ Liimatta, Ville (1 December 2022). "Vuoden 2022 Captain's Ball: Kaikki voittajat ja palkitut kootusti". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty - jalkapallotoimittajien valinnat kauden parhaiksi". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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