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Ricardo Quaresma

Ricardo Quaresma
Quaresma against Dynamo Kyiv.jpg
Quaresma with Beşiktaş in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo
Date of birth (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 7
Youth career
1997–2001 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Sporting CP 59 (8)
2003–2004 Barcelona 22 (1)
2004–2008 Porto 114 (24)
2008–2010 Inter Milan 24 (1)
2009 Chelsea (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2012 Beşiktaş 46 (8)
2013 Al-Ahli 10 (2)
2014–2015 Porto 42 (10)
2015– Beşiktaş 42 (5)
National team
2000 Portugal U17 5 (2)
2000–2001 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2002–2006 Portugal U21 21 (6)
2003– Portugal 62 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2017

Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾdu kwɐˈɾɛʒmɐ]; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Portugal national team.

Quaresma began his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, and has also played for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Beşiktaş and Al-Ahli Dubai, however he spent the best years of his career at Porto. He is popular for incorporating a repertoire of tricks into his style of play, including the rabona and trivela. A winger who can play on either flank, his qualities of speed and finesse cause a regular problem for opposing defenses.

A full international since 2003, Quaresma has over 50 caps for Portugal and represented them at three European Championships, including his nation's victorious campaign at UEFA Euro 2016, also reaching the semi-finals at Euro 2012.

While he was a trainee at Sporting Clube de Portugal's famed academy, Quaresma made his professional debut during the 2000–01 season, playing 15 games for the B squad. In the next season, he was promoted to the senior squad by then club manager László Bölöni, playing 28 matches and scoring three goals and was a key player in Sporting's league and cup double triumph.


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