Ricardinho (Paralympic footballer)
Appearance
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Full name | Ricardo Steinmetz Alves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 15 December 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Blind football (5-a-side football) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ricardo Steinmetz Alves (born 15 December 1988) is a Brazilian five-a-side football player.
Career
[edit]Born in Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Ricardinho lost his sight at the age of 8 due to toxoplasmosis. At 10, he started playing football for the blind, reaching the national team in 2005.[1] He was named the best 5-a-side football player three times, in 2006, 2014 and 2018.[2][3][4]
Honours
[edit]- Gold medal: 2022, 2023
- Gold medal: 2007
- IBSA Blind Football American Championships
- Gold medal: 2009, 2013, 2019
- Silver medal: 2005, 2017, 2022
References
[edit]- ^ "Parapan 2023: Brasil é superior à Colômbia, vence por 1 a 0 e fatura o ouro no futebol de cegos". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 25 November 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Melhor do mundo entre cegos é brasileiro e ama Messi: "dizem que conduzimos a bola igual"". Jovem Pan (in Portuguese). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Cego, melhor do mundo no fut 5 se diz realizado: "Agora há um respeito"". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Ricardinho Alves". Comite Paralimpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ricardo Steinmetz Alves at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Ricardo Alves at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ricardinho Alves at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Paralympic 5-a-side footballers for Brazil
- Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul
- Brazilian blind people
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 5-a-side footballers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen