Ricardo Pessoa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Pessoa.
Ricardo Pessoa
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Jorge Rodrigues Pessoa[1]
Date of birth (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Vendas Novas, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Portimonense (manager)
Youth career
1991–1994 Estrela Vendas Novas
1995–2001 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Vitória Setúbal 30 (1)
2005–2018 Portimonense 377 (41)
2012–2013 → Moreirense (loan) 23 (2)
Total 430 (44)
International career
2000–2001 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2003 Portugal U21 1 (0)
2004 Portugal B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2022 Portimonense (assistant)
2022–2024 Lusitânia
2024– Portimonense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Jorge Rodrigues Pessoa (born 5 February 1982) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Liga Portugal 2 club Portimonense.

He spent most of his 17-year professional career with Portimonense,[2][3] but also competed in the Primeira Liga with Vitória de Setúbal and Moreirense. He made a record 359 appearances in LigaPro.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ricardo Pessoa" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Pessoa insubstituível" [Irreplaceable Ricardo Pessoa]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Invulgar: Ricardo Pessoa não saía há cinco anos" [Unusual: Ricardo Pessoa had not been replaced in five years]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Luís Pedro é o jogador em competição com maior número de jogos na II Liga" [Luís Pedro is the active player with the highest number of games in the II League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.