Global InformationRicardo Esgaio information
 Esgaio playing for Sporting CP in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ricardo de Sousa Esgaio[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nazaré, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Nazarenos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Sporting CP | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Sporting CP B | 87 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Académica (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Braga | 117 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Sporting CP | 80 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U17 | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Portugal U19 | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U20 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Portugal U21 | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Portugal U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:15, 18 May 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ricardo de Sousa Esgaio (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðu ɨʒˈɣaju]; born 16 May 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP as a right-back.
He made over 200 Primeira Liga appearances with Sporting CP (two spells), Braga and on loan at Académica, winning several cup honours with the first two as well as the 2023–24 national championship with Sporting.
Esgaio earned 96 caps for Portugal across all levels, and was selected for the 2016 Olympic tournament.
- ^ a b c d "Ricardo Esgaio" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 July 2020.