Place of birth Porto, Portugal Name Ricardo Oliveira Playing position Role Footballer | Number 91 Height 1.81 m 2001–2006 Porto Weight 76 kg | |
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Full name Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente Date of birth (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 24) Current team Vitoria S.C. (#7 / Forward) | ||
Ricardo Jorge Oliveira Valente (born 3 April 1991) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.S. Marítimo as a forward.
Football career
Born in Porto, Valente spent his first years as a senior in the lower leagues. In the 2013 summer he signed for C.D. Feirense in the second division, making his debut as a professional on 27 July by starting in a 1–3 away loss against G.D. Chaves for the Portuguese League Cup. He scored his first league goal on 23 November, contributing to a 1–1 draw at Sporting Clube de Portugal B after entering the field as a late substitute.
Valente joined fellow league club Leixões S.C. in the 2014 off-season, quickly excelling to become one of the Matosinhos side's top scorers. Subsequently, in the following transfer window, he moved to Vitória de Guimarães.
Valente's first game in the Primeira Liga occurred on 10 January 2015, as he played 33 minutes in 0–3 away defeat to S.L. Benfica. He found the net in the following matchday, a 4–0 home win over Académica de Coimbra, and finished the campaign with 17 league goals between Leixões and Vitória.
On 31 August 2016, Valente joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira on a season-long loan deal. The following 12 July, he signed a permanent two-year contract with C.S. Marítimo.