Ricardo Quaresma

Ricardo Quaresma
Quaresma with Portugal at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1991–1993 Domingos Sávio
1994–2000 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Sporting CP B 16 (0)
2001–2003 Sporting CP 59 (8)
2003–2004 Barcelona 22 (1)
2004–2008 Porto 114 (24)
2008–2010 Inter Milan 24 (1)
2009Chelsea (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2012 Beşiktaş 46 (8)
2013 Al Ahli 10 (2)
2014–2015 Porto 42 (10)
2015–2019 Beşiktaş 108 (13)
2019–2020 Kasımpaşa 26 (4)
2020–2022 Vitória Guimarães 51 (6)
Total 522 (77)
International career
1999 Portugal U15 3 (0)
2000 Portugal U16 12 (2)
2000 Portugal U17 7 (2)
2001–2002 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2002–2006 Portugal U21 28 (6)
2002–2006 Portugal B 4 (0)
2003–2018 Portugal 80 (10)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2016 France
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland-Ukraine
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2017 Russia
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2000 Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðu kwɐˈɾɛʒmɐ]; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.

He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto (twice),[3] Chelsea, Beşiktaş (twice), Al-Ahli Dubai, Kasımpaşa and Vitória de Guimarães. Regarded as a mercurial talent, his tricks, including the rabona and trivela (a bending shot with the outside of his right foot) made him a popular figure among fans around the world.[4][5]

A Portugal international for 15 years, Quaresma won 80 caps and played at three European Championships, including the victorious Euro 2016, and the 2018 World Cup.

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Quaresma: "Serei do FC Porto até morrer"" [Quaresma: "I will be FC Porto until I die"] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  4. ^ Liew, Jonathan (4 July 2016). "Ricardo Quaresma emerges from Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow to help duo to brink of career-defining glory". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ Adade, Aaron (10 November 2020). "Wonderkids of the past – Ricardo Quaresma edition". Back Page Football. Retrieved 4 July 2024.