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Ricardo Goulart

Ricardo Goulart
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Goulart Pereira
Date of birth (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth São José dos Campos, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Guangzhou Evergrande
Number 11
Youth career
1998–2005 Moreira's Sport
2006–2009 Santo André
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Santo André 14 (1)
2011 Internacional (loan) 10 (1)
2012 Goiás 34 (12)
2013–2014 Cruzeiro 59 (25)
2015– Guangzhou Evergrande 56 (38)
National team
2014 Brazil 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2014

Ricardo Goulart Pereira or simply Ricardo Goulart (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁiˈkaʁdu ɡuˈlaʁ]; born 5 June 1991), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao in the Chinese Super League as an attacking midfielder.

Goulart started his career with Brazilian club Santo André with 2008 and stayed there till 2011, when he was loaned to Internacional. He played the 2012 season Goiás in the second tier, before joining Cruzeiro the following year. Here he cemented a place in the first team, and during his two-year stint, he made a total of 99 appearances and scored 34 times. He won the 2014 Brasileiro with the club. His personal awards include the 2014 Bola de Ouro, besides featuring in the team of the season. In 2015, he entered Asian football by signing for Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, where he won the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League in his first season.

Goulart made his international debut for the Brazil national football team against Colombia in 2014.

Goulart kicked off his career with Santo André in 2008. In the following year, he was the top scorer of São Paulo Junior Football Cup, scoring three goals. He was then promoted to the first team, but the club ended the season being relegated from the first tier. He made his debut against Corinthians on 30 July 2009. In that match, he came as a 68th-minute substitute for Osny Almeida. He scored his only goal in the season against Grêmio.


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