 Soares in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Ricardo Soares Ribeiro | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Felgueiras, Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beijing Guoan (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Felgueiras | ||
| 1990–1993 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Vizela | 8 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Lixa | 22 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Freamunde | 20 | (3) |
| 1996–1997 | Lousada | 20 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Lixa | 27 | (4) |
| 1998 | Felgueiras | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Fafe | 26 | (6) |
| 1999 | Felgueiras | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Trofense | 24 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Vizela | 30 | (3) |
| 2001–2003 | Paredes | 55 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Felgueiras | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Sandinenses | ||
| Total | 239 | (28) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Caçadores Taipas | ||
| 2007 | Torcatense | ||
| 2009–2011 | Lixa | ||
| 2011–2012 | Académico Felgueiras | ||
| 2012–2013 | Felgueiras 1932 | ||
| 2013 | Ribeirão | ||
| 2014–2015 | Felgueiras 1932 | ||
| 2015–2016 | Vizela | ||
| 2016–2017 | Chaves | ||
| 2017 | Aves | ||
| 2017–2018 | Académica | ||
| 2019 | Covilhã | ||
| 2019–2020 | Moreirense | ||
| 2020–2022 | Gil Vicente | ||
| 2022 | Al Ahly | ||
| 2023 | Estoril | ||
| 2023– | Beijing Guoan | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Ricardo Soares Ribeiro (born 11 November 1974), known as Soares, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a winger, currently manager of Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.
After a playing career spent almost entirely at the amateur level, he began managing in 2005, and took Vizela to the second tier eleven years later. He led Chaves, Aves, Moreirense, Gil Vicente and Estoril in the Primeira Liga, and had a brief spell at Al Ahly in Egypt.