Ricardo Aparecido Tavares (born 23 April 1987 in

São Manuel São Manuel is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 41,123 (2020 est.) in an area of 651 km2. The elevation is 709 m. History On April 19, 1850, lieutenant Manoel Gomes de Faria, Dona Delf ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

), commonly known as Rick, is a Brazilian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player at the position of

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. He currently plays for

Guarany Sporting Club Guarany Sporting Club, commonly known as Guarany de Sobral or just as Guarany, is a Brazilian association football, football club from Sobral, Ceará, Sobral, Ceará, Ceará state. They competed once in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Série ...

Career

He spent youth career at

Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

and played for Japanese club

Tokyo Verdy is a Japanese professional football club based in Inagi, Tokyo. The club currently competes in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2023. History Founded as Yomiuri Football Club in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the mo ...

at the age of 19. After finishing his contract with Verdy, he returned to Palmeiras but never played as a starting player.

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* * * * * 1987 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders SE Palmeiras players Marília Atlético Clube players Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube players Footballers from São Paulo (state) J2 League players Tokyo Verdy players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan People from São Manuel 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub