Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva (born 19 August 1980), known simply as Ricardo, is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a central defender and a right-back, currently assistant manager of Primeira Liga club Famalicão.
He featured in 29 games in his first season (24 starts), but suffered relegation; he continued to appear regularly for the Aveiro team during his spell, spending two years apiece in each of Portugal's major levels.
In the following campaign's first round, he scored with his head to earn his side a point against FC Porto in a 1–1 home draw.
[3] In June 2010, Ricardo signed with Vitória de Guimarães also of the top tier – he had been brought up as a youth at the Minho club.
In June 2010, Ricardo started in the 0–0 draw that the minnows (ranked 117th) managed against Portugal,[9] as the Europeans were preparing for that year's FIFA World Cup.