 Goulart with Guangzhou in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Goulart Pereira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | São José dos Campos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2005 | Moreira's Sport | ||
| 2006–2009 | Santo André | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Santo André | 34 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | → Internacional (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 2012 | Goiás | 55 | (21) |
| 2013–2014 | Cruzeiro | 79 | (29) |
| 2015–2021 | Guangzhou FC | 117 | (78) |
| 2019 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Hebei China Fortune (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2022 | Santos | 20 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Bahia | 22 | (5) |
| Total | 371 | (154) | |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ricardo Goulart Pereira (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁiˈkaʁdu ɡuˈlaʁ]; born 5 June 1991), known as Ricardo Goulart, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Goulart started his career with Santo André in 2009, and remained at the club until 2011, with a loan to Internacional. He played the 2012 season Goiás in the second tier, before joining Cruzeiro the following year.
At Cruzeiro, Goulart cemented a place in the first team, and during his two-year stint, he made a total of 99 appearances and scored 34 times, winning the 2014 Brasileiro with the club. His personal awards include the 2014 Bola de Ouro, besides featuring in the team of the season. In 2015, he entered Asian football by signing for Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, where he won the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League in his first season.
Goulart made his international debut for the Brazil national football team against Colombia in 2014.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.