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My Take
Ricardinho is the kind of athlete who makes me want to evangelize for a sport most people never watch. Futsal doesn't get prime-time love, yet here's a Portuguese player from Gondomar routinely called the greatest to ever play it, with the UEFA and FIFA hardware to back the claim. At 164 centimeters he's proof that this game rewards imagination and close control over size, and his trick goals are the sort of thing I'll happily lose an hour to on video. Being decorated with the Order of Prince Henry tells me his country knows what it has. I just wish more of the world did too.
Overview
Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga (born 3 September 1985), best known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for Latvian club Riga Futsal Club. He is regarded by many as one of the best futsal players of all time, winning numerous titles and accolades for both club and country, such as the UEFA Futsal Champions League, UEFA European Futsal Championship, FIFA Futsal World Cup, the Best Player…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ricardinho
- Name (Japanese)
- リカルド・フェリペ・ダ・シルバ・ブラガ
- Reading
- りかるど・ふぇりぺ・だ・しるば・ぶらが
- Born
- September 3, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 164 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / futsal player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal
- Order of Prince Henry
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Futsal player — see all → · More people from Portugal →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.