Ricardo Esgaio
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Esgaio playing for Sporting CP in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ricardo de Sousa Esgaio | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nazaré, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 89 | (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 00:07, 19 April 2025 (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 243 Primeira Liga appearances with Sporting CP (two spells), Braga and on loan at Académica, winning several cup honours with the first two clubs as well as the 2023–24 and 2024–25 national championships with Sporting.
Esgaio earned 91 caps for Portugal across all levels, and was selected for the 2016 Olympic tournament.