Ricardinho

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Ricardinho
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Luiz Pozzi Rodrigues
Date of birth	May 23, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.73 m
Nickname	The Snitch
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Beşiktaş J.K.
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-2002 2002-2004 2004-2004 2004-2005 2006-2006 2006-present	Paraná Bordeaux Corinthians São Paulo FC Middlesbrough F.C. Santos FC Corinthians Beşiktaş J.K.	? (?)  ? (?) 254 (63)  ? (?) 0 (0)  ? (?) 21 (3) 23 (5)
National team2
2000-present	Brazil	21 (1)[1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of November 25, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ricardinho, real name Ricardo Luiz Pozzi Rodrigues (born May 23, 1976 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K..

Ricardinho played for Paraná before moving to France to play for Bordeaux in 1997. A year later, he moved back to Brazil and played for Corinthians from 1998 to 2002, and São Paulo from 2002 until January 2004. After a short spell at English club Middlesbrough between February and April 2004, Ricardinho joined Santos where he played until December 2005. He signed with Corinthians for the second time on January 18, 2006.

He has earned more than 20 caps for the Brazilian national team, the first in March 2000, and played four games during the World Cup 2002.

In 2005 he was elected by Brazilian football magazine Placar as the most hated footballer in Brazil, following a research done with first division fellow professionals. Several incidents in his club career have fuelled into a reputation of being a "snitch" and informer to the coaching staff of his teammates' actions.

He was selected by Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira among the 23 footballers to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He appeared in two matches as a substitute, against Japan and Ghana. In the latter, he made an assist to a late goal scored by midfielder Zé Roberto.

On August 18, 2006 Ricardinho signed with Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K.. His nickname in Besiktas is "Rico Pasa(General Rico)"

[edit] Honours

• World champion in 2002 with the Brazilian national team
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazilian championship) in 1998 and 1999 with SC Corinthians and in 2004 with Santos FC
• Campeonato Paranaense in 1995, 1996 and 1997 with Paraná Clube
• Campeonato Paulista in 1999 and 2001 with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
• FIFA Club World Championship in 2000 with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
• Brazilian Cup in 2002 with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
• Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 2002 with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
• He received the Brazilian Silver Ball in 1996, 2000 and 2004.

[edit] Notes

	Brazil squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Champions (5th Title)
1 Marcos | 2 Cafu | 3 Lúcio | 4 Roque Júnior | 5 Edmílson | 6 Roberto Carlos | 7 Ricardinho | 8 Gilberto Silva | 9 Ronaldo | 10 Rivaldo | 11 Ronaldinho | 12 Dida | 13 Belletti | 14 Anderson Polga | 15 Kléberson | 16 Júnior | 17 Denílson | 18 Vampeta | 19 Juninho | 20 Edílson | 21 Luizão | 22 Rogério Ceni | 23 Kaká | Coach: Scolari

	Brazil squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Dida | 2 Cafu | 3 Lúcio | 4 Juan | 5 Emerson | 6 Roberto Carlos | 7 Adriano | 8 Kaká | 9 Ronaldo | 10 Ronaldinho | 11 Zé Roberto | 12 Rogério Ceni | 13 Cicinho | 14 Luisão | 15 Cris | 16 Gilberto | 17 Gilberto Silva | 18 Mineiro | 19 Juninho | 20 Ricardinho | 21 Fred | 22 Júlio César | 23 Robinho | Coach: Parreira

Beşiktaş JK - Current Squad
1 Runje | 2 Serdar | 3 Mehmet | 4 Mustafa | 5 Gökhan Z. | 7 Burak | 8 Baki | 9 Gökhan G. | 10 Delgado | 11 Nobre | 13 Bobo | 14 Can | 15 Kléberson | 17 Ricardinho | 19 İbrahim | 20 Aydın | 22 Ali T. | 29 Murat | 30 Ali G. | 41 Koray | 53 Fahri | 55 İbrahim A. | 58 İbrahim T. | 77 Emre | 78 İbrahim K. | 80 Kenan | Manager: Tigana