Rico (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leandson Dias da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
CSA | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | CSA | ||
2002–2003 | São Paulo | 27 | (5) |
2003 | → Portuguesa Santista (loan) | 7 | (5) |
2004 | Grêmio | 22 | (2) |
2005 | Criciúma | 0 | (0) |
2005 | Portuguesa Santista | 5 | (1) |
2005–2010 | Al-Muharraq | 79 | (73) |
2010–2011 | Al-Riffa | 12 | (7) |
2011–2012 | Manama | ||
2012 | Hajer | 9 | (1) |
2012 | Náutico | 4 | (1) |
2013 | América de Natal | ||
2013 | Alecrim | ||
2014 | Vila Nova | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Hidd | ? | (3) |
2015–2016 | Busaiteen | ? | (3) |
2015–2016 | Al-Markhiya | 7 | (6) |
2017 | Portuguesa | 7 | (0) |
2018 | Lagarto | 2 | (0) |
2021 | São José de Ribamar | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Plácido de Castro | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leandson Dias da Silva (born 4 April 1981), commonly known as Rico, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
[edit]Born in Recife, Rico joined São Paulo Futebol Clube in 2002, and played on the same team as Brazil international and A.C. Milan midfielder Kaká. He also played for Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto-Alegrense.[1] Rico moved to Bahrain to play for Muharraq Club in 2005, and has spent the past five seasons there.
Last season Rico scored many important goals leading Muharraq to the Bahraini premiership. Rico scored in the last second of the match against Sitra by a penalty to secure the league for Muharraq. Rico also helped Muharraq to beat Riffa Club 2–1 in the final of the Crown Prince cup, and helped in Muharraq's run to the AFC Cup 2006 final where they narrowly lost on aggregate against Al Faisaly of Jordan.
In the 2006–07 season, Rico returned with Muharraq. At the beginning of the year he led Muharraq to the Bahraini Super Cup against Al Najma, by scoring a back heel goal to beat Bahrain international goalkeeper Abdulrahman AbdulKarim. He scored 25 goals in 21 games in the Bahraini league helping Muharraq to the championship. In 2008, he scored 19 goals in 11 games granting him the title of IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer.[2]
Rico transferred to Bahrain Riffa Club in May 2010,[3] and in September 2011 he transferred to Manama.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Futpédia: Rico (Leândson Dias da Silva)". Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ IFFHS
- ^ "الرفاع يعلن تعاقده المثير مع ريكو... واجتماع الأحد يحسم التعاقدات".
- ^ "البرازيلي ريكو يوقّع رسمياً لنادي المنامة - الأخــبــار - مجلة الأحمر الرياضية". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
External links
[edit]- Rico at Soccerway
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Recife
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Bahraini Premier League players
- Centro Sportivo Alagoano players
- São Paulo FC players
- Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players
- Grêmio FBPA players
- Al-Muharraq SC players
- Hajer FC players
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
- América Futebol Clube (RN) players
- Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
- Criciúma Esporte Clube players
- Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
- Lagarto Futebol Clube players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen