Ricardo Fernandes (born 12 November 1972 in Funchal) is a retired male

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player from

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. He also was the main inspiration for the naming of XquaX FC, a football/futsal team created in Madeira Island in March 2018.

Career

In 1990, Fernandes won the Gibraltar International after defeating teammate Antonio Lopes in the final. He also finished as runner-up in men's doubles at the Gibraltar International. Fernandes competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Robert Liljequist, of Finland, 15-3, 15-11. He also competed in men's doubles with Fernando Silva but lost to

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and Thomas Reidy of the United States in the first round. In 1994, Fernandes won the men's doubles title along with Fernando Silva at the

Slovenian International The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Cr ...

. In 2002, he partnered with

Marco Vasconcelos Marco Paulo Pereira Vasconcelos (born 7 November 1971) is a male badminton player from Portugal. Vasconcelos played a big role in helping the Portuguese team to win bronze at the Helvetia Cup in 2005. In his home country he won 15 titles at the ...

and reached the final of the

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but lost to

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and Arturo Ruiz López of Spain. In 2007, he lost the final of the Ecuador International to

Brice Leverdez Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player. He was a champion at the Badminton at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the Badminton at the 2019 European Games – Men's singles, 2015 ...

Achievements

BWF / IBF International

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

References

Portuguese male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Portugal Living people 1972 births Sportspeople from Funchal {{portugal-badminton-bio-stub