Ricardo José Dognella Lima de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaʁdu oliˈvejɾɐ]; born 6 May 1980) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Oliveira represented São Paulo and Santos in two different spells, but also played in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 120 games and 58 goals for three teams.

[1] Oliveira made his professional debut on 24 September 2000, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring the game's only in a Copa João Havelange home win against Sport Club do Recife.

[7] Under the guidance of Rafael Benítez he scored eight La Liga goals in 21 games, including a fantastic long-range effort at FC Barcelona in a 1–0 win in October,[8] netting a hat-trick the following month at RCD Mallorca (5–0 victory).

Oliveira moved on loan to São Paulo in early 2006, in a bid to gain a place in Brazil's 2006 World Cup squad – prolonged recovery time meant he never made it but he did continue to compete for the club in all the fronts until 10 August 2006.

[18] The Serie A giants had just lost Andriy Shevchenko after the 2006 Italian football scandal, and signed Oliveira as his replacement on 31 August 2006, to a five-year deal.

Johann Vogel moved in the opposite position as part of the deal after the two clubs negotiated nearly a week over the transfer fee, which reportedly reached €17.5 million.

[19] Oliveira made his debut in the second half of the 2006–07 opening-day match against S.S. Lazio, heading past Angelo Peruzzi from the goalline in a 2–1 home win.

[20] He scored twice more after that for the Rossoneri in the league, adding two more in their run in the Coppa Italia;[21] he spent most of the season under the stress of the October 2006 kidnapping of his sister, Maria Lourdes, who was released unharmed on 12 March 2007.

[22][23] On 14 July 2007, Oliveira moved back to Spain and joined Real Zaragoza on loan, forming an impressive striker partnership with Argentine Diego Milito[24] as the two scored 33 of the side's 50 goals during the campaign, which nonetheless ended in relegation.

[29] Betis would be eventually relegated, as both Oliveira (who struck in the last match, a 1–1 home draw with Real Valladolid) and former Zaragoza teammate Sergio García met the same fate for the second consecutive year.

In Al Jazira's opening match of the 2012 AFC Champions League, Oliveira scored his side's last goal in a 4–2 defeat of FC Nasaf on 7 March 2012,[32] netting three against the same opponent on 2 May (4–1 victory).

On 24 September 2015, exactly 15 years after his professional debut and eight after his last cap, he was called up as a replacement to injured Roberto Firmino for the first two matches of the 2018 World Cup qualification campaign against Chile and Venezuela,[62] starting in the latter and scoring his side's last in a 3–1 win in Fortaleza.