Ricardo Dias

Ricardo Jorge dos Santos Dias CvIH^[2] (born 25 February 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Alverca.

Ricardo Dias

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Jorge dos Santos Dias[1]
Date of birth	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth	Aveiro, Portugal[1]
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alverca
Number	25
Youth career
1999–2006	Beira-Mar
2006–2010	Porto
2006–2007	→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Porto	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Tourizense (loan)	16	(1)
2011	→ Santa Clara (loan)	11	(1)
2011–2014	Beira-Mar	71	(1)
2015–2018	Belenenses	36	(1)
2016–2017	→ Feirense (loan)	17	(0)
2017–2018	→ Académica (loan)	29	(5)
2018–2019	B-SAD	0	(0)
2018–2019	→ Académica (loan)	26	(0)
2019–2022	Académica	75	(2)
2022–2023	Vilafranquense	17	(0)
2023–2024	AVS	6	(0)
2024–	Alverca	15	(1)
International career
2006–2007	Portugal U16	10	(0)
2007–2008	Portugal U17	10	(0)
2009	Portugal U18	4	(1)
2009–2010	Portugal U19	16	(3)
2010–2012	Portugal U20	10	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal FIFA U-20 World Cup Runner-up 2011 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Aveiro, Dias joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of 15. On 17 October 2009, still a junior, he made his competitive debut for the first team, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 home win against Sertanense F.C. in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.^[3] He split the 2010–11 season on loan, to G.D. Tourizense and C.D. Santa Clara.^[4]

Dias signed a two-year contract with S.C. Beira-Mar on 26 July 2011.^[5] He played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 6 November, featuring the entire 2–1 home victory over C.D. Feirense.^[6] He finished his debut campaign with a further ten games, in a 13th-place finish.

In late November 2014, after cutting ties with the club, then in the Segunda Liga, Dias returned to the top division and joined C.F. Os Belenenses until 30 June 2018.^[7] He scored his first goal in the competition on 14 March 2015, the hosts' first in the 2–2 home draw with G.D. Estoril Praia.^[8]

Dias was then consecutively loaned to Feirense and Académica de Coimbra, the former side competing in the top tier, the latter in the second.^[9][10] He scored a career-best five goals in his season at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, but his team failed to win promotion as fourth; Belenenses were also renamed B-SAD, and he agreed to another temporary deal in June 2018.^[11]

On 18 July 2019, Dias signed a permanent contract with Académica.^[12] In June 2022, following their relegation to Liga 3, he remained in division two by joining U.D. Vilafranquense,^[13] and was later part of the renamed AVS Futebol SAD.^[14]

On 23 January 2024, Dias' link was terminated by mutual agreement.^[15] The following day, he moved to third-tier F.C. Alverca.^[16]

International career

Dias won 50 caps for Portugal across five youth levels. He was part of the under-20 team that took part in the 2011 FIFA World Cup, making four appearances in Colombia for the runners-up.^[17][18]

Honours

Porto

• Taça de Portugal: 2009–10^[3]

Portugal U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2011^[17]

Orders

• Knight of the Order of Prince Henry^[19]

References

1. "Ricardo Dias" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
2. "Presidente Cavaco Silva condecorou selecção nacional de futebol sub-20" [President Cavaco Silva decorated national under-20 football team] (in Portuguese). Arquivo Presidência. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
3. Assunção, Manuel (17 October 2009). "O clássico bis de Farías, o clássico 4–0 e um adolescente recordista" [Classic Farías brace, classic 4–0 and teenage record breaker]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
4. Resendes, Manuel (27 January 2011). "Mercado: Portista Dias começa a treinar sexta-feira com o Santa Clara" [Market: Porto man Dias starts training with Santa Clara on Friday] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
5. "Ricardo Dias e André Sousa são reforços" [Ricardo Dias and André Sousa are additions] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
6. "Beira-Mar afunda Feirense" [Beira-Mar sink Feirense] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
7. "Ricardo Dias no restelo [sic] até 2018" [Ricardo Dias to the Restelo until 2018]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
8. "Belenenses-Estoril, 2–2 (resultado final)" [Belenenses-Estoril, 2–2 (final score)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
9. Lima, Fábio (5 July 2016). "Ricardo Dias chega por empréstimo do Belenenses" [Ricardo Dias arrives on loan from Belenenses]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
10. Pereira, Sérgio (24 August 2017). "Belenenses empresta Ricardo Dias à Académica" [Belenenses loan Ricardo Dias to Académica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
11. "Académica: Ricardo Dias continua por empréstimo mais um ano" [Académica: Ricardo Dias remains on loan for another year] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
12. Gonçalves, Bruno (18 July 2019). "Ricardo Dias regressa à Académica" [Ricardo Dias returns to Académica]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
13. "Ricardo Dias é o primeiro reforço do Vilafranquense para a nova época" [Ricardo Dias is Vilafranquense's first reinforcement for the new season] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
14. "Vilafranquense SAD assume nova imagem na transferência para Vila das Aves" [Vilafranquense SAD takes on new image in relocation to Vila das Aves]. Público (in Portuguese). 17 April 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
15. "AVS SAD anuncia a saída de Ricardo Dias" [AVS SAD announce departure of Ricardo Dias]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
16. "Ricardo Dias é reforço do Alverca" [Ricardo Dias is addition to Alverca] (in Portuguese). Bola Na Rede. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
17. "Oscar treble wins thrilling final for Brazil". FIFA. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
18. Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (14 January 2021). "Caetano desistiu aos 29 anos. E os outros heróis do Mundial2011 sub20?" [Caetano called it quits at the age of 29. What about the other under20 World Cup2011 heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
19. "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). President of Portugal. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

External links

• Ricardo Dias at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Ricardo Dias national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Ricardo Dias – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ricardo Dias at Soccerway