Dodô

There is something I love about Brazilian football culture in a name like Dodô, where Ricardo Lucas Figueredo Monte Raso gets distilled into two warm syllables. As a São Paulo-born striker turned coach, he embodies a transition I always find revealing: the goal-scorer's selfish, instinctive hunger reshaped into the coach's bird's-eye patience. Those are almost opposite mindsets, and the players who manage both earn my respect. I am curious how the street-honed technique that defined a generation of Brazilian forwards survives in his coaching philosophy. A modest profile, perhaps, but the kind of football lineage worth preserving.

Name (English)

Dodô

Name (Japanese)

リカルド・ルーカス

Reading

りかるど・るーかす

Born

May 2, 1974 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.