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Ricardo André de Pinho Sousa (born 11 January 1979) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of C.D. Mafra.

Ricardo Sousa

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo André de Pinho Sousa
Date of birth	(1979-01-11) 11 January 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth	São João da Madeira, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Mafra (manager)
Youth career
1988–1997	Sanjoanense
1997–1998	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Porto	1	(0)
1999	→ Beira-Mar (loan)	14	(5)
1999–2002	Porto B	6	(1)
1999–2000	→ Santa Clara (loan)	17	(2)
2000–2001	→ Beira-Mar (loan)	27	(11)
2001	→ Belenenses (loan)	14	(2)
2002–2003	Beira-Mar	33	(11)
2003–2004	Boavista	32	(14)
2004–2007	Hannover 96	18	(1)
2005	→ De Graafschap (loan)	10	(0)
2006–2007	→ Boavista (loan)	16	(2)
2007	Omonia	4	(0)
2008	Kickers Offenbach	16	(1)
2008	Beira-Mar	6	(0)
2009	União Leiria	4	(0)
2009–2010	Drava Ptuj	6	(1)
2010–2011	Oliveirense	15	(2)
2012–2013	São João Ver	4	(1)
2013–2015	Gafanha	34	(8)
Total		277	(62)
National team
1998–1999	Portugal U20	11	(3)
2001–2002	Portugal U21	4	(2)
Teams managed
2015	Sanjoanense
2016–2017	Lusitano VRSA
2017	Anadia
2018–2019	Felgueiras 1932
2019–2021	Beira-Mar
2021–	Mafra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 154 matches and 47 goals over seven seasons, representing in the competition Porto, Beira-Mar, Santa Clara, Belenenses and Boavista. He scored the only goal of the 1999 Taça de Portugal final for Beira-Mar, and also competed professionally in Germany, the Netherlands, Cyprus and Slovenia.

Sousa began coaching in 2015, leading clubs including Beira-Mar and taking Mafra to the cup semi-finals in 2022.

Playing career

Club

Sousa was born in São João da Madeira. Growing up as a footballer in FC Porto,[1] he would play only three games for its first team – a 0–0 Primeira Liga draw against C.D. Santa Clara and two UEFA Champions League appearances, twice as a substitute – and went on to represent S.C. Beira-Mar, where he made his top-division debut in the second part of the 1998–99 season, Santa Clara and C.F. Os Belenenses in consecutive loans; on 16 June 1999, he scored arguably the most important goal of his career as the Aveiro club defeated S.C. Campomaiorense 1–0 to win the Taça de Portugal.[2]

Sousa was finally released by Porto in July 2002, returning to Beira-Mar and representing Boavista F.C. in the following campaign. He netted 14 times for a team that only achieved 32, one of the worst records in that year's top flight.[3]

Subsequently, Sousa left Boavista, signing for three years with German club Hannover 96, during which time he spent the second half of the 2004–05 on loan to De Graafschap of the Dutch Eredivisie and the whole of the 2006–07 season in the Portuguese top tier with Boavista, also on loan.[3]

In summer 2007, Sousa joined Cypriot First Division's AC Omonia. The following January, he returned to Germany and joined 2. Bundesliga side Kickers Offenbach, starting in all 16 appearances he made and providing five assists in an eventual relegation.[4]

Sousa split the 2008–09 campaign in Segunda Liga, starting with Beira-Mar and signing for U.D. Leiria in January 2009. After contributing only four matches and 138 minutes to the latter's return to the he division, he moved abroad again, now with NK Drava Ptuj in Slovenia. In July 2010, he returned to Portugal's division two with U.D. Oliveirense, before ending his playing career in the lower leagues with SC São João de Ver and G.D. Gafanha.[5][6][7]

International

Sousa represented Portugal at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring once against South Korea and playing all four matches.[8]

Coaching career

Sousa began coaching in the third tier with A.D. Sanjoanense in 2015; he had left his hometown club as a teenager 18 years earlier.[9] In August 2016, he was hired for one season at Lusitano F.C. in the same league.[10] During his year in Vila Real de Santo António, they won the Algarve Football Association Cup with a 2–1 victory over C.D.R. Quarteirense.[11]

In June 2017, Sousa returned to his home district by joining Anadia FC,[12] leaving at the turn of the year due to a "new project".[13] This turned out to be at F.C. Felgueiras 1932, where he succeeded Horácio Gonçalves at the fifth-placed side.[14] After play-off elimination by S.C. Farense, he signed a new contract in May.[15]

Sousa returned to Beira-Mar in June 2019, with the club having just been promoted from the Aveiro Football Association's district leagues.[16] He left by mutual accord 18 months later, as they eventually went back down.[17]

On 16 April 2021, Sousa was hired in his first professional managerial post, taking over at tenth-placed C.D. Mafra in the second division after the resignation of Filipe Cândido.[18] He debuted two days later in a goalless draw at Oliveirense.[19] In his first full season, he guided his team to the quarter-finals of the national cup for the first time, with a 3–1 home defeat of top-flight Moreirense F.C. with one man fewer.[20] In the next round, they ousted Portimonense S.C. of the same tier with a 4–2 away win.[21]

Personal life

Sousa was the son of another footballer – and midfielder – António Sousa, who played club football in the 1980s for Porto and Sporting CP, also being a mainstay with the national team during that decade. After retiring, he went on to have a lengthy spell in management, coaching Ricardo at Beira-Mar in four different stints (1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2008).[22]

His son Afonso was also involved in the sport,[23] and they were also related to fellow footballer José Sousa.

References

External links

• Ricardo Sousa at ForaDeJogo
• Ricardo Sousa manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Ricardo Sousa at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• PrvaLiga player profile
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• Ricardo Sousa – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ricardo Sousa at Soccerway

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Ricardo André de Pinho Sousa, noto semplicemente come Ricardo Sousa (São João da Madeira, 11 gennaio 1979), è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore portoghese, di ruolo centrocampista, tecnico del Mafra.

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