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Mauro Riquicho

Mauro Riquicho

Portuguese footballer

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

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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]
    "Mauro Riquicho" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. [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. [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. [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. [5]
    "Sporting: Riquicho fraturou perónio esquerdo" [Sporting: Riquicho fractured left fibula] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. [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. [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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