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Ricardo Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Defender - Centre-Back  at Retired
Age48
CitizenshipPortugal
Height1.82 m
Footright
BornMay 18, 1978
👕500+ Apps 🏴100+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 99/00 5.3 Average
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Chelsea FC
top club · 210 apps

Position rank · 99/00

#175
goals rank
#208
assists rank
25
season goals
13
season assists

Among 414 Defender - Centre-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€30.00m
peak value · 2004
€30.00m
top transfer fee · 04/05
4
best season · 06/07
119 / 6
int'l caps / goals
607Appearances
25Goals
13Assists
136Yellow cards
2Red cards
229Full matches (90′)
Full nameRicardo Carvalho
Name in home countryRicardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho
Date of birth1978-05-18 (48 yrs)
Place of birthAmarante, Portugal
CitizenshipPortugal
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height182.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2018-01-01
Contract expires
AgentGestifute
Jan 2018
Transfer: SH SIPG → Retired
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
2017 — Shanghai SIPG
6 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2017
Transfer: Without Club → SH SIPG
16/17 · Transfer
Aug 2016
Transfer: Monaco → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — AS Monaco
44 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Mar 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Feb 2015
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jan 2015
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Nov 2014
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — AS Monaco
34 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — AS Monaco
40 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Real Madrid → Monaco
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Real Madrid
16 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Real Madrid
13 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2010
Transfer: Chelsea → Real Madrid
10/11 · Transfer · €8.00m
Jul 2010
10/11 — Real Madrid
48 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2010
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2009
09/10 — Chelsea FC
29 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2009
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Oct 2008
Injury: unknown
15 games missed
Sep 2008
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2008
08/09 — Chelsea FC
18 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
May 2008
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Nov 2007
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2007
07/08 — Chelsea FC
38 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Chelsea FC
51 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Chelsea FC
35 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: FC Porto → Chelsea
04/05 · Transfer · €30.00m
Jul 2004
04/05 — Chelsea FC
39 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — FC Porto
48 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — FC Porto
31 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — FC Porto
37 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jun 2001
Transfer: Alverca → FC Porto
00/01 · Return from loan
Jul 2000
00/01 — FC Alverca
29 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2000
Transfer: FC Porto → Alverca
00/01 · Loan
Jun 2000
Transfer: Vitória Setúbal → FC Porto
99/00 · Return from loan
Jul 1999
99/00 — Vitória Setúbal FC
25 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1999
Transfer: FC Porto → Vitória Setúbal
99/00 · Loan
Jul 1998
98/99 — FC Porto
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 1998
Transfer: Leça → FC Porto
97/98 · Return from loan
Aug 1997
Transfer: FC Porto → Leça
97/98 · Loan
Jul 1997
97/98 — Leça FC
25 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1997
Transfer: FC Porto U19 → FC Porto
97/98 · Transfer
Jul 1995
Transfer: Amarante U19 → FC Porto U19
95/96 · Transfer
Jul 1994
Transfer: Amarante Sub-17 → Amarante U19
94/95 · Transfer
Jul 1992
Transfer: Amarante U15 → Amarante Sub-17
92/93 · Transfer
Jul 1990
Transfer: Amarante Forma. → Amarante U15
90/91 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €30.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 355 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.16/90
66
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A2 total · 0.16/90
60
Yellow cards9 total · 0.72/90
8
20,617 min
Minutes played by club
Vitória Setúbal FC 5.5%
FC Porto 18.8%
Leça FC 11.0%
Shanghai SIPG 0.0%
AS Monaco 7.0%
Real Madrid 4.5%
Chelsea FC 41.2%
FC Alverca 12.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Vitória Setúbal FC 1 99/00 99/00 25 2 0 1,125
FC Porto 4 01/02 98/99 117 4 0 3,866
Leça FC 1 97/98 97/98 25 2 0 2,276
Shanghai SIPG 1 2017 2017 6 0 1 0
AS Monaco 3 13/14 15/16 118 2 4 1,451
Real Madrid 3 10/11 12/13 77 3 2 924
Chelsea FC 6 04/05 09/10 210 11 6 8,499
FC Alverca 1 00/01 00/01 29 1 0 2,476

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€7.5M3€15M5€22.5M6€30M00/01 — 1 goals (FC Alverca)100/0102/03 — 1 goals (FC Porto)102/0303/04 — 3 goals (FC Porto)303/0404/05 — 1 goals (Chelsea FC)104/0505/06 — 3 goals (Chelsea FC)05/06 — 1 assists405/0606/07 — 4 goals (Chelsea FC)06/07 — 2 assists606/0707/08 — 1 goals (Chelsea FC)07/08 — 1 assists207/0808/09 — 1 goals (Chelsea FC)08/09 — 1 assists208/0909/10 — 1 goals (Chelsea FC)09/10 — 1 assists209/1010/11 — 3 goals (Real Madrid)310/1111/12 — 1 assists111/1212/13 — 1 assists112/1313/14 — 1 assists113/1414/15 — 2 assists214/1515/16 — 2 goals (AS Monaco)15/16 — 1 assists315/162017 — 1 assists1201797/98 — 2 goals (Leça FC)297/9899/00 — 2 goals (Vitória Setúbal FC)299/0004/05 — €30M05/06 — €24.5M06/07 — €17.5M08/09 — €22M09/10 — €20.5M10/11 — €10M11/12 — €10M12/13 — €6M13/14 — €1M14/15 — €1M15/16 — €500KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 1100/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 1102/0303/04: 3303/0404/05: 1104/0505/06: 3305/0606/07: 4406/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 3310/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 2215/162017: 00201797/98: 2297/9898/99: 0098/9999/00: 2299/00

Assists by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 0002/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 1105/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 1115/162017: 11201797/98: 0097/9898/99: 0098/9999/00: 0099/00
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
99/00 Primeira Liga Vitória Setúbal FC 25 2 0 9 0 1,125
98/99 Champions League FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0
98/99 Primeira Divisão FC Porto 1 0 0 0 0 0
98/99 Taça de Portugal FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0
97/98 Primeira Divisão Leça FC 22 1 0 7 1 1,976
97/98 Taça de Portugal Leça FC 3 1 0 1 0 300
2017 Chinese FA Cup Shanghai SIPG 2 0 0 1 0 0
2017 Super League Shanghai SIPG 4 0 1 2 0 0
15/16 Champions League Qu. AS Monaco 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Coupe de France AS Monaco 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Europa League AS Monaco 4 0 1 1 0 0
15/16 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 33 2 0 8 0 1,451
14/15 Champions League AS Monaco 6 0 0 4 0 0
14/15 Coupe de France AS Monaco 1 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 25 0 1 2 0 0
13/14 Coupe de France AS Monaco 3 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 37 0 1 8 0 0
12/13 Champions League Real Madrid 1 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 6 0 0 2 0 0
12/13 LaLiga Real Madrid 9 0 1 2 0 0
11/12 Champions League Real Madrid 2 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 1 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 LaLiga Real Madrid 8 0 1 5 0 0
11/12 Supercopa Real Madrid 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Champions League Real Madrid 9 0 0 4 0 0
10/11 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 6 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 LaLiga Real Madrid 33 3 0 9 0 924
09/10 Champions League Chelsea FC 5 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Community Shield Chelsea FC 1 1 0 0 0 120
09/10 FA Cup Chelsea FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 Premier League Chelsea FC 22 0 1 4 0 0
08/09 Champions League Chelsea FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 FA Cup Chelsea FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 Premier League Chelsea FC 12 1 1 2 0 965
07/08 Champions League Chelsea FC 10 0 1 2 0 0
07/08 Community Shield Chelsea FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 FA Cup Chelsea FC 2 0 0 2 0 0
07/08 League Cup Chelsea FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 Premier League Chelsea FC 21 1 0 6 1 1,749
06/07 Champions League Chelsea FC 10 0 1 0 0 0
06/07 Community Shield Chelsea FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 FA Cup Chelsea FC 5 1 0 2 0 480
06/07 League Cup Chelsea FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Premier League Chelsea FC 31 3 1 6 0 880
05/06 Champions League Chelsea FC 8 2 0 1 0 360
05/06 Community Shield Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 FA Cup Chelsea FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Premier League Chelsea FC 24 1 1 5 0 1,975
04/05 Champions League Chelsea FC 10 0 0 2 0 0
04/05 FA Cup Chelsea FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
04/05 League Cup Chelsea FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Premier League Chelsea FC 25 1 0 2 0 1,970
03/04 Champions League FC Porto 13 1 0 2 0 1,170
03/04 SuperLiga FC Porto 29 2 0 10 0 1,289
03/04 Supertaça FC Porto 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Taça de Portugal FC Porto 4 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 UEFA Super Cup FC Porto 1 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 SuperLiga FC Porto 18 1 0 3 0 1,407
02/03 Taça de Portugal FC Porto 6 0 0 2 0 0
02/03 UEFA Cup FC Porto 7 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Champions League FC Porto 8 0 0 1 0 0
01/02 Champions League Qu. FC Porto 2 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Primeira Liga FC Porto 25 0 0 5 0 0
01/02 Supertaça FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Taça de Portugal FC Porto 2 0 0 0 0 0
00/01 Primeira Liga FC Alverca 29 1 0 4 0 2,476
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
90/91 1990-07-01 Amarante Forma. Amarante U15 Transfer 0
92/93 1992-07-01 Amarante U15 Amarante Sub-17 Transfer 0
94/95 1994-07-01 Amarante Sub-17 Amarante U19 Transfer 0
95/96 1995-07-01 Amarante U19 FC Porto U19 Transfer 0
97/98 1997-07-01 FC Porto U19 FC Porto Transfer 0
97/98 1997-08-01 FC Porto Leça Loan 0
97/98 1998-06-30 Leça FC Porto Return from loan 0
99/00 1999-07-01 FC Porto Vitória Setúbal Loan 0
99/00 2000-06-30 Vitória Setúbal FC Porto Return from loan 0
00/01 2000-07-01 FC Porto Alverca Loan 0
00/01 2001-06-30 Alverca FC Porto Return from loan 0
04/05 2004-07-27 FC Porto Chelsea Transfer 0 €30.00m
10/11 2010-08-10 Chelsea Real Madrid Transfer 17500000 €8.00m
13/14 2013-07-01 Real Madrid Monaco Transfer 1000000
16/17 2016-08-10 Monaco Without Club Transfer 500000
16/17 2017-02-02 Without Club SH SIPG Transfer 500000
17/18 2018-01-01 SH SIPG Retired Transfer 100000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
07/08 Back problems 2007-11-14 2007-12-20 37 9
07/08 Back problems 2008-05-05 2008-05-21 17 3
08/09 Knee problems 2008-09-22 2008-10-22 31 8
08/09 Torn muscle fiber 2008-10-30 2008-12-28 60 15
08/09 Thigh problems 2009-01-24 2009-03-07 43 11
09/10 Ankle injury 2010-04-10 2010-04-25 16 4
14/15 Calf injury 2014-11-30 2014-12-31 32 6
14/15 Thigh problems 2015-01-14 2015-01-26 13 4
14/15 Muscle injury 2015-02-09 2015-03-09 29 6
14/15 sprain 2015-03-29 2015-04-05 8 2
Current€200k
Peak€30.00m
Low
Δ since start−€29.80m
€7.50m€15.00m€22.50m€30.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €24.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #53246 3 0 former national player
Team #23137 1 0 former national player
Team #16374 #4 14 1 former national player
Team #16373 #4 9 0 former national player
Team #16371 3 0 former national player
Team #3300 #6 89 5 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Cristiano Ronaldo 2 4 0
João Moutinho 2 0 0
Fabinho 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
06/07 Premier League Chelsea FC 3 31
10/11 LaLiga Real Madrid 3 33
03/04 SuperLiga FC Porto 2 29

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
06/07 Premier League Chelsea FC 1 31
06/07 Champions League Chelsea FC 1 10
05/06 Premier League Chelsea FC 1 24

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
00/01 2001-06-30 Alverca FC Porto Return from loan
00/01 2000-07-01 FC Porto Alverca Loan
99/00 2000-06-30 Vitória Setúbal FC Porto Return from loan
99/00 1999-07-01 FC Porto Vitória Setúbal Loan
97/98 1998-06-30 Leça FC Porto Return from loan
97/98 1997-08-01 FC Porto Leça Loan

Teams faced most often by Ricardo Carvalho's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Manchester City 26 17 3 6 40 17 +23 65%
Arsenal FC 22 9 7 6 33 23 +10 41%
Manchester United 22 8 9 5 27 24 +3 36%
Everton FC 22 9 9 4 32 23 +9 41%
Aston Villa 22 10 8 4 37 21 +16 45%
Liverpool FC 22 10 4 8 25 20 +5 45%
Tottenham Hotspur 22 11 8 3 36 18 +18 50%
Newcastle United 20 10 7 3 38 14 +24 50%
Bolton Wanderers 18 13 4 1 37 12 +25 72%
Blackburn Rovers 18 13 3 2 38 13 +25 72%
West Ham United 18 12 3 3 41 17 +24 67%
Fulham FC 18 11 6 1 30 14 +16 61%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
00/01 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
99/00 25 1,125 9 0 0 0.72
97/98 25 2,276 8 0 1 0.36
2017 6 0 3 0 0 0
15/16 44 1,451 9 0 0 0.56
14/15 34 0 6 1 0 0
13/14 40 0 8 0 0 0
12/13 16 0 5 0 0 0
11/12 13 0 7 0 0 0
10/11 48 924 13 2 0 1.46
09/10 29 120 5 0 0 3.75
08/09 18 965 4 0 0 0.37
07/08 38 1,749 12 0 1 0.67
06/07 51 1,360 9 0 0 0.6
05/06 35 2,335 6 1 0 0.27
04/05 39 1,970 5 0 0 0.23
03/04 48 2,459 12 0 0 0.44
02/03 31 1,407 5 0 0 0.32
01/02 37 0 6 0 0 0
00/01 29 2,476 4 1 0 0.18

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
135 apps
7 G
4 A
SuperLiga
149 apps
7 G
0 A
Champions League
86 apps
3 G
2 A
LaLiga
50 apps
3 G
2 A
Ligue 1
95 apps
2 G
2 A
FA Cup
14 apps
1 G
0 A
Community Shield
3 apps
1 G
0 A
Taça de Portugal
15 apps
1 G
0 A
Super League
4 apps
0 G
1 A
Coupe de France
6 apps
0 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Ricardo Carvalho

Who is Ricardo Carvalho?

Ricardo Carvalho is a Portugal professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Retired.

How old is Ricardo Carvalho?

Ricardo Carvalho is 48 years old. He was born on May 18, 1978 in Amarante.

What position does Ricardo Carvalho play?

Ricardo Carvalho plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does Ricardo Carvalho play for?

Ricardo Carvalho currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Ricardo Carvalho scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ricardo Carvalho has scored 25 goals in 607 appearances.