Ricardo Alves (footballer, born 1993)


Ricardo Alves Coelho Silva is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Russian club FC Orenburg as a midfielder.

Club career

Belenenses

Born in Lourosa, Alves played youth football with mainly FC Porto, which he represented from ages 16–19. He made his senior debut with C.F. Os Belenenses on 1 August 2012, playing three minutes in a 1–0 home win against S.C. Freamunde for the season's Portuguese League Cup.
On 20 January 2013, Alves made his first appearance in the second division, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw to C.D. Santa Clara. In the ensuing summer he was loaned to Portimonense S.C. in the same level, which he later considered to be a "step back" in his career.

Olimpija

In the summer of 2015, after a short spell in Romania with FC Rapid București, Alves signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana from the Slovenian PrvaLiga. He made his debut in top-flight football on 8 August, starting and scoring in a 2–0 away victory over NK Krško.
Alves and his team won the double in the 2017–18 campaign, with the player contributing with a career-best ten league goals to the feat and adding one and two assists in the final of the domestic cup against NK Aluminij.

Orenburg

On 6 September 2018, Alves joined Russian Premier League club FC Orenburg.

International career

Alves was part of the Portuguese squad at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Turkey, playing three matches in an eventual round-of-16 exit.

Club statistics

Honours

Belenenses
Olimpija Ljubljana