Mauro Riquicho
Personal information
Full name Mauro Alves Riquicho[1]
Date of birth (1995-04-07) 7 April 1995[1]
Place of birth Cascais, Portugal[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
2006–2007 Fontainhas
2007–2013 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Sporting CP B 90 (1)
2019Louletano (loan) 0 (0)
2020Fátima (loan) 0 (0)
Total 90 (1)
International career
2012 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2013 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Portugal U19 9 (0)
2015 Portugal U20 9 (0)
2015 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauro Alves Riquicho (born 7 April 1995) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

Born in Cascais, Lisbon District of Mozambican descent, Riquicho joined Sporting CP's youth system at the age of 12.[2] On 27 April 2013, still a junior, he made his professional debut with the B team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Aves in the Segunda Liga.[3]

Riquicho scored his only goal in the competition on 11 December 2013, but in a 3–1 away loss to S.L. Benfica B.[4] He went on to have a long spell on the sidelines, due to a fracture to his left fibula.[5]

International career

Riquicho represented Portugal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played all matches in New Zealand, helping his country to reach the quarter-finals.[6]

Riquicho won his only cap for the under-21 team on 8 September 2015, starting and finishing the 6–1 away rout of Albania in the 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mauro Riquicho" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. "Riquicho para todo o serviço na direita" [Factotum Riquicho on the right] (in Portuguese). Notícias do Futebol. 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. "Aves-Sporting B, 1–1: Empate penaliza anfitriões" [Aves-Sporting B, 1–1: Draw penalises hosts]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. Farinha, Rui (11 December 2013). "Benfica B vence Sporting B por 3–1 no Seixal" [Benfica B beat Sporting B 3–1 in Seixal]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. "Sporting: Riquicho fraturou perónio esquerdo" [Sporting: Riquicho fractured left fibula] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. "Brazil through as profligate Portugal pay the penalty". FIFA. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. "Caminhada rumo à Polónia começa com goleada" [Road to Poland starts with rout] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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