Ricardo Lopes Pereira or simply Ricardo Lopes (born 28 October 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Busan IPark.

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Ricardo Lopes
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Lopes Pereira in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Lopes Pereira
Date of birth (1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Nova Rosalândia, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
Busan IPark
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Ituano
2013 Gurupi 9 (1)
2014–2016 Globo 10 (23)
2014Fortaleza (loan) 2 (0)
2015Jeju United (loan) 33 (11)
2016–2019 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 124 (41)
2020–2021 Shanghai SIPG 31 (9)
2022–2023 JEF United Chiba 10 (0)
2023 Vorskla Poltava 7 (0)
2023 Suwon FC 14 (3)
2024– Busan IPark 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Career

Ricardo Lopes Pereira started his career with regional lower league side Ituano where he made his debut on 8 February 2012 in a Campeonato Paulista league game against Bragantino that ended in a 4–1 defeat.[1] The following season he joined a national league club in Gurupi, who were playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D before having spells at Globo and Campeonato Brasileiro Série C club Fortaleza in the 2014 league season.[2] His time at Globo and in particular his 2014 campaign with them where he achieved a personal best of 23 goals in one season attracted the interests of top tier South Korean football club Jeju United who he joined on loan on 6 January 2015.[3] After establishing himself as Jeju United's top goalscorer in the 2015 K League Classic season, the reigning league champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors signed him for 1.5 million USD.[4] On 15 February 2020, Ricardo Lopes joined top tier Chinese football club Shanghai SIPG.[5] He joined J2 League club JEF United Chiba on 15 July 2022. 31 January 2023 Lopes joined the Ukrainian club Vorskla Poltava, and from 23 June the same year he returned to Korean football when he joined Suwon FC.[6]

On 8 January 2024, Lopes signed with K League 2 club Busan IPark.[7]

Career statistics

As of 9 December 2023.[8]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ituano 2012 - -1[a]0---10
Gurupi 2013 Série D 910[b]020--111
Globo 2014 10723[c]1600--3323
Fortaleza (loan) 2014 Série C 200[d]000--20
Jeju United (loan) 2015 K League Classic 3311-30--3611
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2016 3513-301230[e]05016
2017 224-00--3611
2018 3113-3084-4217
2019 K League 1 3611-1071-4412
Total 1244100702780015849
Shanghai SIPG 2020 Chinese Super League 175-1061-246
2021 144-0000-144
Total 319001061003810
JEF United Chiba 2022 J2 League 100-00--100
Vorskla Poltava 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 70-00--70
Suwon FC 2023 K League 1 143---21164
Career total 240722416131033921330113
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  1. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  2. Appearances in Campeonato Potiguar
  3. Appearances in Campeonato Cearense
  4. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Individual

References

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