Mauro Riquicho | |
Fullname: | Mauro Alves Riquicho[1] |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1995 |
Birth Place: | Cascais, Portugal |
Height: | 1.73 m |
Position: | Right-back |
Youthyears1: | 2006–2007 |
Youthclubs1: | Fontainhas |
Youthyears2: | 2007–2013 |
Youthclubs2: | Sporting CP |
Years1: | 2013–2020 |
Caps1: | 90 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | → Louletano (loan) |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2020 |
Clubs3: | → Fátima (loan) |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 90 |
Totalgoals: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2012 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2013 |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2013–2014 |
Nationalcaps3: | 9 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2015 |
Nationalcaps4: | 9 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears5: | 2015 |
Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
Mauro Alves Riquicho (born 7 April 1995) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Born in Cascais, Lisbon District of Mozambican descent, Riquicho joined Sporting CP's youth system at the age of 12.[2] On 27 April 2013, still a junior, he made his professional debut with the B team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Aves in the Segunda Liga.[3]
Riquicho scored his only goal in the competition on 11 December 2013, but in a 3–1 away loss to S.L. Benfica B.[4] He went on to have a long spell on the sidelines, due to a fracture to his left fibula.[5]
Riquicho represented Portugal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played all matches in New Zealand, helping his country to reach the quarter-finals.[6]
Riquicho won his only cap for the under-21 team on 8 September 2015, starting and finishing the 6–1 away rout of Albania in the 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[7]