Ricardo Barros (footballer)

Ricardo Filipe Barros Rodrigues (born 27 April 1990), known as Barros, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Valadares Gaia FC as a centre forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Barros and the second or paternal family name is Rodrigues.
Ricardo Barros
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Filipe Barros Rodrigues[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990[1]
Place of birth Paços de Brandão, Portugal[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre forward
Club information
Current team
 Valadares Gaia
Number 31
Youth career
1999–2009 Paços Brandão
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Espinho 3 (0)
2010–2011 São João Ver 30 (13)
2011–2012 Marítimo B 9 (0)
2012–2013 São João Ver 28 (8)
2013–2014 Feirense 29 (3)
2014 Benfica Castelo Branco 6 (2)
2014–2015 Sertanense 24 (8)
2015–2016 Leixões 43 (12)
2016–2017 Cova Piedade 23 (5)
2017 Gwangju 1 (0)
2017–2018 Leixões 19 (3)
2019–2020 Varzim 25 (2)
2020– Valadares Gaia 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:23, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Paços de Brandão, Santa Maria da Feira, Barros spent his entire youth career with CD Paços de Brandão in his hometown before making his senior debut with third division club S.C. Espinho in 2009. He continued no higher than that level with SC São João de Ver and C.S. Marítimo B, before signing a one-year contract with Segunda Liga side C.D. Feirense in June 2013, after the exit of Jorge Pires.[2]

After two years down a level at Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco and Sertanense FC, Barros returned to the second league in July 2015 by joining Leixões SC.[3] He scored a career-best 11 goals for the team from Matosinhos, earning him a move to C.D. Cova da Piedade for the following season.[4]

In February 2017, Barros moved abroad for the first time, signing a two-year deal with Gwangju FC of South Korea.[5] He made only one K League 1 appearance, playing 56 minutes of a 2–0 away loss against Pohang Steelers before being substituted with an adductor muscle injury; in May, he told his country's TVI 24 that while he was financially better off in Asia, he disliked the culture of longer working hours.[6]

Leixões brought Barros back to his homeland's second tier in June 2017, on a three-year deal.[7] Injured in September, he had surgery on his right ankle in November, and was ruled out for a further four months.[8] On 4 October 2018, having played one league match in the campaign, he reached an agreement with his employer to cancel his contract.[9]

Days after severing his link, Barros signed for Varzim S.C. of the same league on a deal effective from January 2019.[10] In July, having contributed two goals in 19 games to stave off relegation, he earned another year at the Estádio do Varzim SC.[11]

On 6 February 2020, shortly after having become a free agent, Barros moved to third-division Valadares Gaia FC.[12]

References
  1. "Ricardo Barros" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "Ricardo Barros é o primeiro reforço" [Ricardo Barros is the first addition]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. "Ricardo Barros reforça o plantel" [Ricardo Barros strengthens the squad]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. "II Liga: Cova da Piedade contrata melhor marcador do Leixões" [II League: Cova da Piedade sign Leixões' top scorer] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. Martins, Arnaldo (19 February 2017). "Ricardo Barros oficializado no Gwangju da Coreia do Sul" [Ricardo Barros confirmed at South Korea's Gwangju]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. Pires, Sérgio (1 May 2017). "De Paços de Brandão a Gwangju: "Aqui é treinar até desmaiar"" [From Paços de Brandão to Gwangju: "Here you train until you pass out"] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. "Leixões anuncia a chegada de sete reforços" [Leixões announce arrival of seven additions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. "Ricardo Barros vai parar quatro meses" [Ricardo Barros will be out for four months]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. "II Liga: Ricardo Barros já não é jogador do Leixões" [II League: Ricardo Barros is no longer a Leixões player] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. "Varzim reforça-se com 2 jogadores que estavam sem clube" [Varzim strengthen with 2 players who were without a club]. Mais Semanário (in Portuguese). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  11. "Ricardo Barros renova com o Varzim" [Ricardo Barros renews with Varzim]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  12. Maia, João (6 February 2020). "Ricardo Barros já tem novo clube depois de ter saído do Varzim" [Ricardo Barros now has new club after having left Varzim]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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