Ricardo Bóvio

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Personal information
Ricardo Bóvio
Full name	Ricardo Bóvio de Souza
Date of birth	January 17, 1982 (1982-01-17) (age 26)
Place of birth	Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Corinthians Paulista
Youth clubs
1995-2001	Vasco da Gama
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2002 2003 2004-2005 2006-2007 2006-2007 2007 2008-	Vasco da Gama Chernomorets Santos FC Málaga CF → Panathinaikos FC (loan) Profute Corinthians Paulista	15 (2) 15 (0) 48 (?) 17 (1) 12 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ricardo Bóvio full name Ricardo Bóvio de Souza (born January 17, 1982 in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Corinthians Paulista.

[edit] Career

Bóvio begun his career as a youth in Vasco da Gama in 1995 and stayed there until 2002 season. Ricardo Souza was transferred to Russian side FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk but he couldn't adjust to the local climate and the following year returned to Brazil for Santos FC. In Santos, Bóvio proved he was a very talented youngster and many European clubs were interested for his services. Bóvio's next career station was Málaga CF but the club board decided to loan him to Greek side Panathinaikos FC^[1] with a buy clause of 1.5m €.^{[citation needed]}

In summer 2007, he was signed for Profute.[1]

In January 2008, he joined Corinthians Paulista.