Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ricardo Jorge da Luz Horta[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 September 1994 [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sobreda, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Braga | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Ginásio Corroios | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2011 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Vitória Setúbal | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Vitória Setúbal | 34 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Málaga | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Braga (loan) | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Braga | 219 | (82) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | Portugal U19 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Portugal U21 | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Portugal U23 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014– | Portugal | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:39, 19 November 2023 (UTC) |
Ricardo Jorge da Luz Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈkaɾðuˈɔɾtɐ]; born 15 September 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Primeira Liga club Braga and the Portugal national team.
He spent most of his career with Braga after coming through Benfica's youth academy, playing more than 350 games for the former and scoring a club record 123 goals while winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal and two Taça da Liga. In the Primeira Liga, he also represented Vitória de Setúbal, and spent two years with Málaga in La Liga.
Horta finished second with Portugal at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship, also being an international at various youth levels. He made his debut with the full side in 2014, being selected for the 2022 World Cup.