Ricardinho with Tosno in 2018
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ricardo Cavalcante Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-09-04) September 4, 1989 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007 | Santo André | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Santo André | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | Mogi Mirim | 24 | (5) |
| 2011 | → Górnik Łęczna (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Wisła Płock | 33 | (12) |
| 2012–2013 | Lechia Gdańsk | 27 | (7) |
| 2013–2017 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 91 | (48) |
| 2016 | → Al-Sharjah (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2017 | Red Star Belgrade | 3 | (1) |
| 2018 | Tosno | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Wisła Płock | 52 | (14) |
| 2020–2021 | Khor Fakkan | 18 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | ŁKS Łódź | 37 | (6) |
| 2023– | Sheriff Tiraspol | 29 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 | |||
Ricardo Cavalcante Mendes (born September 4, 1989), or simply Ricardinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a strikerorleft winger for Sheriff Tiraspol.
In February 2011, he was loaned to Górnik Łęczna on a half-year deal.[1]
Ricardinho joined Sheriff Tiraspol on 1 July 2013, for a fee of 350,000 euros.[2][3] During the first half of the 2014–15 Moldovan National Division season, Ricardinho scored 11 goals in 14 games, but, due to the withdrawal of Veris Chișinău and Costuleni from the league, Ricardinho's goals against these teams were canceled. As a result, 2 goals were stripped off from Ricardinho's total goal tally.[4][5]
On 21 January 2016, Ricardinho moved to UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al-Sharjah on loan,[6] returning to Sheriff Tiraspol on 5 July 2016.[7]
On 16 June 2017, Ricardinho signed a two-year deal with Red Star Belgrade, choosing number 89 on his jersey.[8] He made his Red Star debut in a 3–0 win against Floriana.[9] He stayed in the club for only half of a season and played 10 matches and scored 1 goal in total. Ricardinho was released in December 2017 after being injured for most of the season.[10]
On 11 January 2018, Ricardinho signed a 1.5-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Tosno.[11] He came off the bench as Tosno won the 2017–18 Russian Cup final against FC Avangard Kursk on 9 May 2018 in the Volgograd Arena.[12]
On 11 March 2023, Ricardinho returned to Sheriff.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santo André | 2009 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6[a] | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
| Mogi Mirim | 2010 | N/A | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Górnik Łęczna | 2010–11 | I liga | 16 | 5 | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | |||
| Wisła Płock | 2011–12 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 12 | |||
| Lechia Gdańsk | 2012–13 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 7 | ||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2013–14 | Moldovan National Division | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | – | 41 | 10 | |
| 2014–15 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 36 | 23 | ||
| 2015–16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 34 | 18 | ||
| Total | 93 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 57 | ||
| Sharjah (loan) | 2015–16 | UAE Arabian Gulf League | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |
| Tosno | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Wisła Płock | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 11 | ||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15 | ||
| Khor Fakkan | 2019–20 | UAE Pro League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | ||
| ŁKS Łódź | 2020–21 | I liga | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | ||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2022–23 | Moldovan National Division | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 21 | 4 | |||
| Total | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 316 | 104 | 24 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 386 | 117 | ||
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FC Sheriff Tiraspol – current squad
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