Ricardo Vaz

Ricardo Vaz
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Álvares Guedes Vaz
Date of birth (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Alcabideche, Portugal
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Reus FCR
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2013 Estoril
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Estoril 5 (1)
2015–2019 Reus 77 (5)
2019–2021 OFI 35 (5)
2021–2022 Covilhã 12 (0)
2022 A.E. Kifisia 20 (2)
2023 GKS Jastrzębie 27 (2)
2024– Reus FCR 78 (25)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 May 2026

Ricardo Álvares Guedes Vaz (born 26 November 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Segunda Federación club Reus FC Reddis.

Club career

Estoril

Born in Alcabideche, Cascais, Vaz graduated from G.D. Estoril Praia's youth setup. He played his first match as a professional on 4 January 2014, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute in a 5–1 away win against Leixões S.C. in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal. In his maiden Primeira Liga appearance, on 1 March, he only needed six minutes on the pitch to score his first goal in the competition, converting a penalty kick in the late stages of an eventual 4–0 home defeat of S.C. Olhanense.

Reus

On 27 January 2015, Vaz terminated his contract with Estoril and moved to Spain after agreeing to a five-year deal with Segunda División B side CF Reus Deportiu. He made 27 appearances in his first full season – playoffs included – scoring three times to help the club reach Segunda División for the first time in its 117-year history.

Vaz scored his first goal in the Spanish second tier on 10 September 2016, equalising the 1–1 home draw with CD Numancia.

OFI

On 30 January 2019, OFI Crete F.C. announced the signing of Vaz on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first Super League Greece goal on 31 March, but in a 3–1 away loss against Aris Thessaloniki FC. He repeated the feat a week later, at home to relegation rivals PAS Giannina FC (1–0).

On 12 September 2020, in the last minutes of a league fixture against Panetolikos FC, Vaz suffered the second anterior cruciate ligament injury of his career.

Later career

Vaz split the 2021–22 campaign between S.C. Covilhã (Liga Portugal 2) and A.E. Kifisia FC (Super League Greece 2). On 16 February 2023, he joined Polish II liga team GKS Jastrzębie on a ten-month deal.

On 12 January 2024, Vaz returned to Reus, with the club now renamed Reus FC Reddis and competing in the amateur Tercera Federación.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ricardo Vaz" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Leixões-Estoril, 1–5: Tempestade Lopes caiu sobre o Mar" [Leixões-Estoril, 1–5: Lopes storm fell in the Sea]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 January 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ricardo Vaz: "Não podia ter melhor estreia"" [Ricardo Vaz: "I could not have had a better debut"]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Ferreira, Luís Pedro (1 March 2014). "Ricardo Vaz: "Fiquei surpreendido por ser eu a marcar o penálti"" [Ricardo Vaz: "I was surprised that it was me who took the penalty"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ricardo Vaz assina por cinco épocas com o Réus" [Ricardo Vaz signs for five seasons with Reus]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Valimaña, Antonio (15 September 2016). "El Reus apuesta por el modelo luso" [Reus bet on Lusitanian model] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. ↑ San José, José Carlos (10 September 2016). "Nuevo punto a domicilio (1–1) y de nuevo dos expulsiones" [Another point away from home (1–1) and another two ejections] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Ποδοσφαιριστής του ΟΦΗ ο Ρικάρντο Βαζ [Ricardo Vaz an OFI footballer] (in Greek). OFI Crete. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Super League, Άρης-ΟΦΗ 3–1: Ανατροπή και η Ευρώπη είναι πιο κοντά" [Super League, Aris-OFI 3–1: Europe closer after comeback]. Proto Thema (in Greek). 31 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Tempelis, Vassilis (6 April 2019). ΟΦΗ – ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1–0: "Ζωντανός" για παραμονή με Βαζ [OFI – PAS Giannina 1–0: Vaz kept them "alive"] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Segunda lesão grave de Ricardo Vaz não lhe retira vontade de jogar" [Second serious injury of Ricardo Vaz does not make him want to stop playing] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Ricardo Vaz regressa a Portugal e vai jogar no Covilhã" [Ricardo Vaz returns to Portugal and will play in Covilhã]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Κηφισιά: Παίρνει τον πρώην εξτρέμ του ΟΦΗ Ρικάρντο Βαζ" [Kifisia: They get former OFI winger Ricardo Vaz] (in Greek). Sportcaster. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Portugalski ofensywny pomocnik w GKS-ie Jastrzębie!" [Portuguese attacking midfielder to GKS Jastrzębie!] (in Polish). GKS Jastrzębie. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  15. ↑ Libiano, Marc (24 February 2025). "Ricardo Vaz encuentra en Reus su terapia deportiva" [Ricardo Vaz finds his sporting therapy in Reus]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2026.