Ricardo Janota

Ricardo Janota
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Baleia Janota
Date of birth10 March 1987
Place of birthPêro Pinheiro, Sintra, Portugal
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Académico Viseu
Youth career
2001–2005Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2006Benfica B2(0)
2005–2006Benfica0(0)
2006–2007Estrela de Vendas Novas5(0)
2007–2009Atlético CP32(0)
2009–2010Estrela Amadora22(0)
2010–2011Trofense0(0)
2011–2012Mafra28(0)
2012–2013Atlético CP11(0)
2013–2014Académico Viseu30(0)
2014–Oriental0(0)
National team
2003Portugal U162(0)
2003–2004Portugal U177(0)
2005Portugal U182(0)
2005–2006Portugal U193(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:40, 23 January 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Ricardo Baleia Janota (born 10 March 1987) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Oriental.

Janota began his career with Benfica. He played twice for their B team in the Segunda Divisão, the third tier of Portuguese football, before moving on to third-tier clubs Estrela de Vendas Novas, Atlético CP and Estrela da Amadora. He spent the 2010–11 season with Liga de Honra (second-tier) Trofense, but never played for the first-team. After a season back in the third tier with Mafra, Janota returned to Atlético CP, where he finally made his first appearance in the newly renamed Segunda Liga. He spent the 2013–14 season with Académico Viseu, also playing in the Segunda Liga, before joining Oriental.

In international football, Janota played for his country from under-16 to under-19 level, and was part of Portugal's squad for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup without taking the field.

Club career

Janota was born in Pêro Pinheiro, Sintra, in the Greater Lisbon area. He began his football career in the youth system of Primeira Liga club Benfica, and made his senior debut for Benfica's B team as a 17-year-old, on 16 October 2005 in a 2–0 defeat of Pinhalnovense in the Segunda Divisão, the third tier of Portuguese football. A few days later, with the club's two main goalkeepers José Moreira out for six months and Quim receiving treatment for a recent injury, Janota received an unexpected call-up to train with the first-team squad ahead of the match with Estrela da Amadora; Quim recovered in time to start the match.[1] Janota played once more for Benfica B, and was once an unused substitute for the first team, before being released at the end of the 2005–06 season.[2] After reported interest from Belgian club Standard Liège and a trial in Spain with Espanyol,[3] he remained in Portugal.

He played five Segunda Divisão matches for Estrela de Vendas Novas in late 2006, then moved on to Atlético CP. Ahead of the 2007–08 season, he had a trial with Spanish third-tier club León,[4] and in October spent a week with Dutch Eredivisie side FC Utrecht to gain experience.[5] Janota made his senior debut for Atlético in February 2008, as a first-half substitute when goalkeeper Filipe Leão was sent off against Carregado, and kept a clean sheet the following week against Lusitânia. After Leão's return from suspension, he and Janota shared the goalkeeping duties for the remainder of the season.

Atlético's need to reduce spending meant Janota was one of only five players retained for 2008–09.[6] He was undisputed first-choice goalkeeper during the regular season, but shared the promotion group duties with Rui Santos. Atlético were not promoted, and Janota left the club at the end of the season. He spent the 2009–10 season as Estrela da Amadora's main goalkeeper, before moving up to the Liga de Honra (second tier) as one of eleven new signings for Trofense.[7] He was an unused substitute in 12 matches but played no competitive first-team football as Trofense came close to promotion to the Primeira Liga.

Janota returned to the Segunda Divisão for 2011–12 as Mafra's regular goalkeeper. He was ever-present until being sent off on 5 February 2012; Mafra had already used all three substitutes, so forward Nuno Sousa had to go in goal for the last few minutes of the match and was unable to prevent Caldas equalising.[8]

He then signed a two-year contract with former club Atlético CP, newly promoted to the Segunda Liga.[9] He began the season as understudy to Filipe Leão, playing only in one League Cup match and the Portuguese Cup second-round defeat to Naval before replacing Leão in the starting eleven on matchday 32 to make his first appearance in the second tier. He kept a clean sheet as Atlético beat Porto B 1–0 to secure only their second win of the season; he was beaten only once, by a shot that hit the post, and, in what Record's correspondent described as a great display, made several good interventions to contribute to the victory for his tiring team.[10] He kept his place for the last 11 matches of the campaign, before becoming the first signing for Segunda Liga newcomers Académico Viseu in June 2013.[11]

Viseu used Janota sparingly at the start of the season, but he then established himself at first choice, and played in 30 consecutive league matches. He then left the club for Oriental, themselves newly promoted to the Segunda Liga, where he found himself used as backup to Tiago Mota and selected only for cup matches.

International career

While a youngster with Benfica, he represented his country at under-16 level, and was first-choice goalkeeper at the European under-17 championship finals, at which Portugal's under-17s beat England 3–2 on penalties to win the third-place play-off; Janota saved the decisive penalty.[12] He appeared for the under-18s in 2005, and was in the squad for the European under-19 championship finals, but as second choice behind Porto's Igor Araújo.[13] The sixth-place finish achieved in this competition guaranteed qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup;[14] Janota, by this time an Atlético CP player, was again selected for the squad, but made no appearances.

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "Koeman trabalha com Rui Nereu e Ricardo Janota" [Koeman working with Rui Nereu and Ricardo Janota]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). 20 October 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
    "Quim adds to Benfica woe". UEFA. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Santos, Filipe Duarte (20 October 2005). "O resistente" [The tough one]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Standard Liège interessado em Ricardo Janota" [Standard Liège interested in Ricardo Janota]. Diario Digital (in Portuguese). 7 June 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
    "Francis está hospitalizado" [Francis taken to hospital]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 August 2006. p. 35. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "El portero internacional luso Ricardo Janota llega mañana" [Portuguese international goalkeeper Ricardo Janota arrives tomorrow]. Diario de León (in Spanish). 16 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Portugese keeper Ricardo loopt stage bij FC Utrecht" [Portuguese keeper Ricardo does work experience with FC Utrecht]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch) (Rotterdam). 23 October 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Goncalves, A. (17 July 2008). "Atlético: redução de despesas conduz a debandada" [Cost-cutting drives a stampede]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Regresso ao trabalho com 11 reforços" [Back to work with 11 reinforcements]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Futebol: CD Mafra com empate amargo" [Football: CD Mafra's bitter draw] (in Portuguese). Rádio do Concelho de Mafra. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  9. ↑ F.L. (30 June 2012). "Ricardo Janota é reforço" [Ricardo Janota signs]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Atlético surpreende FC Porto B" [Atlético surprises FC Porto B]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013. O guarda-redes do Atlético, aliás, realizou uma grande exibição, com um punhado de boas intervenções que contribuíram também para a vitória da sua equipa, que, à medida que o jogo caminhou para fim, deu claros sinais de défice físico. [Incidentally, Atlético's goalkeeper produced a great performance, with a handful of good interventions that also contributed to victory for his team, which towards the end of the game was visibly tiring.]
  11. ↑ Costa, Micaela (5 June 2013). "Futebol: Académico apresenta primeiro reforço" [Football: Académico present their first signing]. Jornal do Centro (in Portuguese) (Viseu). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Portugal clinch consolation prize". UEFA. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
    Martins, Nuno (16 May 2004). "Sub-17: Viagem à Turquia ganha na "lotaria"" [Sub-17: Trip to Turkey won in the "lottery"]. Record (in Portuguese) (Lisbon). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Dinis decides on Portugal squad". UEFA. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Intro" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.

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