Ricardo Santos

Defender - Centre-Back at Swansea City

Age30

CitizenshipCape Verde Portugal

Height1.98 m

Footright

BornJune 18, 1995

at Swansea City 327 days · joined 2025-07-01

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Market value €600k

Rating · 24/25 5.3 Average

Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

clubs played for

12/13

debut season

0.03

goals / match

Bolton Wanderers

top club · 207 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#1985

goals rank

#2420

assists rank

season goals

season assists

Among 3,233 Defender - Centre-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€700k

peak value · 2023

€120k

top transfer fee · 16/17

best season · 17/18

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int'l / penalties

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Shares 1995-06-18 · 6 players total

372Appearances

13Goals

6Assists

52Yellow cards

4Red cards

115Full matches (90′)

Full name	Ricardo Santos
Name in home country	Ricardo Alexandre Almeida Santos
Date of birth	1995-06-18 (30 yrs)
Place of birth	Almada, Cape Verde
Citizenship	Cape Verde Portugal
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	198.00 m
Current club	Swansea City
Joined	2025-07-01
Contract expires	2027-06-30
Agent	Two Touch Agency

Jul 2025

Injury: unknown

7 games missed

Jul 2025

Transfer: Bolton → Swansea

25/26 · Transfer

Jul 2024

24/25 — Bolton Wanderers

32 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2023

23/24 — Bolton Wanderers

45 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2022

22/23 — Bolton Wanderers

39 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2021

21/22 — Bolton Wanderers

43 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Aug 2020

Transfer: Barnet → Bolton

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

20/21 — Bolton Wanderers

48 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2019

19/20 — Barnet FC

23 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 — Barnet FC

5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2017

17/18 — Barnet FC

47 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2017

Transfer: Peterborough → Barnet

16/17 · Transfer · €120k

Jul 2016

16/17 — Peterborough United, Barnet FC

20 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — Peterborough United

43 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2014

14/15 — Peterborough United

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Feb 2014

Transfer: Thurrock → Peterborough

13/14 · Transfer

Sep 2013

Transfer: Dover Athletic → Thurrock

13/14 · Transfer

Jul 2013

13/14 — Peterborough United

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2013

Transfer: Dag & Red FC → Dover Athletic

13/14 · Transfer

Apr 2013

Transfer: Billericay → Dag & Red FC

12/13 · Return from loan

Mar 2013

Transfer: Dag & Red FC → Billericay

12/13 · Loan

Jul 2012

12/13 — Dagenham & Redbridge FC

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2012

Transfer: Dag & Red U18 → Dag & Red FC

12/13 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €700k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2801 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.04/90

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A1 total · 0.04/90

Yellow cards8 total · 0.33/90

Minutes played by club

Bolton Wanderers 34.4%

Barnet FC 35.6%

Peterborough United 30.0%

Dagenham & Redbridge FC 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Bolton Wanderers	5	20/21	24/25	207	6	2	3,562
Barnet FC	4	16/17	19/20	90	6	1	3,689
Peterborough United	4	13/14	16/17	75	1	3	3,104
Dagenham & Redbridge FC	1	12/13	12/13	0	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
24/25	EFL Cup	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	EFL Trophy	Bolton Wanderers	4	0	0	1	0	0
24/25	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	League One	Bolton Wanderers	25	1	0	7	0	2,182
23/24	EFL Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	EFL Trophy	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	1	0	225
23/24	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	4	1	0	0	0	315
23/24	League One	Bolton Wanderers	34	0	1	4	2	0
23/24	League One Play-Offs	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	EFL Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	EFL Trophy	Bolton Wanderers	5	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	League One	Bolton Wanderers	30	3	0	5	0	840
22/23	League One Play-Offs	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	1	0	0
21/22	EFL Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	EFL Trophy	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	0	2	0	0
21/22	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	1	0	0
21/22	League One	Bolton Wanderers	37	0	0	8	2	0
20/21	EFL Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	League Two	Bolton Wanderers	46	0	1	5	0	0
19/20	National League	Barnet FC	21	1	0	1	0	1,793
19/20	National League Playoffs	Barnet FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	National League	Barnet FC	5	0	0	1	0	0
17/18	EFL Cup	Barnet FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Trophy	Barnet FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Barnet FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	League Two	Barnet FC	42	3	1	3	0	1,258
16/17	EFL Cup	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	EFL Trophy	Peterborough United	2	0	1	0	0	0
16/17	FA Cup	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	League One	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	League Two	Barnet FC	15	2	0	1	0	638
15/16	FA Cup	Peterborough United	4	0	2	1	0	0
15/16	FL Trophy	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	League Cup	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	League One	Peterborough United	37	1	0	8	0	3,104
14/15	EFL Trophy	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	FA Cup	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	League One	Peterborough United	24	0	0	2	0	0
13/14	League One	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	League Two	Dagenham & Redbridge FC	0	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
12/13	2012-07-01	Dag & Red U18	Dag & Red FC	Transfer	0	—
12/13	2013-03-11	Dag & Red FC	Billericay	Loan	0	—
12/13	2013-04-11	Billericay	Dag & Red FC	Return from loan	0	—
13/14	2013-07-01	Dag & Red FC	Dover Athletic	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2013-09-06	Dover Athletic	Thurrock	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2014-02-05	Thurrock	Peterborough	Transfer	0	—
16/17	2017-01-01	Peterborough	Barnet	Transfer	175000	€120k
20/21	2020-08-03	Barnet	Bolton	Transfer	175000	—
25/26	2025-07-01	Bolton	Swansea	Transfer	600000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
25/26	unknown injury	2025-07-23		53	7

Current€600k

Peak€700k

Low€50k

Δ since start+€550k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #4311	—	0	0	—	—	current national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Declan John	2	1
Mauro Vilhete	1	0
Michael Smith	2	0
Elias Kachunga	2	0
Jack Taylor	1	0
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson	2	0
Eoin Toal	2	0
Victor Adeboyejo	2	0
Shaq Coulthirst	1	0
Josh Dacres-Cogley	2	0
Gethin Jones	2	0
MJ Williams	2	0
Oladapo Afolayan	2	0
Aaron Morley	2	1
George Johnston	2	0
Kyle Dempsey	2	0
Josh Sheehan	2	1
Dion Charles	2	0
George Thomason	2	0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
17/18	League Two	Barnet FC	3	42
22/23	League One	Bolton Wanderers	3	30
16/17	League Two	Barnet FC	2	15

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
15/16	FA Cup	Peterborough United	2	4
17/18	League Two	Barnet FC	1	42
16/17	EFL Trophy	Peterborough United	1	2

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
12/13	2013-04-11	Billericay	Dag & Red FC	Return from loan	—	—
12/13	2013-03-11	Dag & Red FC	Billericay	Loan	—	—

Last 50 matches for Swansea City The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2024-08-28	`CGB`	Swansea City	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Available
2024-08-13	`CGB`	Swansea City	3–1	Gillingham FC	Available
2023-08-29	`CGB`	Swansea City	2–3	AFC Bournemouth	Available
2023-08-08	`CGB`	Swansea City	3–0	Northampton Town	Available
2022-08-09	`CGB`	Oxford United	5–3	Swansea City	Available
2021-09-22	`CGB`	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Swansea City	Available
2021-08-24	`CGB`	Swansea City	4–1	Plymouth Argyle	Available
2021-08-10	`CGB`	Reading FC	0–3	Swansea City	Available
2021-02-10	`GB1`	Swansea City	1–3	Manchester City	Available
2020-09-05	`CGB`	Newport County	2–0	Swansea City	Available
2020-06-30	`GB2`	Millwall FC	1–1	Swansea City	Available
2020-06-27	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–1	Luton Town	Available
2020-06-20	`GB2`	Middlesbrough FC	0–3	Swansea City	Available
2020-03-07	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Available
2020-02-29	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Swansea City	Available
2020-02-26	`GB2`	Fulham FC	1–0	Swansea City	Available
2020-02-22	`GB2`	Swansea City	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Available
2020-02-14	`GB2`	Hull City	4–4	Swansea City	Available
2020-02-11	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Available
2020-02-08	`GB2`	Swansea City	2–3	Derby County	Available
2020-02-01	`GB2`	Preston North End	1–1	Swansea City	Available
2020-01-25	`GB2`	Stoke City	2–0	Swansea City	Available
2020-01-18	`GB2`	Swansea City	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Available
2020-01-12	`GB2`	Cardiff City	0–0	Swansea City	Available
2020-01-02	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Available
2019-12-29	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–0	Barnsley FC	Available
2019-12-26	`GB2`	Brentford FC	3–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-12-21	`GB2`	Luton Town	0–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-12-14	`GB2`	Swansea City	3–1	Middlesbrough FC	Available
2019-12-11	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2019-12-08	`GB2`	West Bromwich Albion	5–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-11-29	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–2	Fulham FC	Available
2019-11-26	`GB2`	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-11-23	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–1	Millwall FC	Available
2019-11-09	`GB2`	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Swansea City	Available
2019-11-02	`GB2`	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Swansea City	Available
2019-10-27	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–0	Cardiff City	Available
2019-10-22	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–3	Brentford FC	Available
2019-10-19	`GB2`	Barnsley FC	1–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-10-05	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–2	Stoke City	Available
2019-10-02	`GB2`	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Swansea City	Available
2019-09-28	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–1	Reading FC	Available
2019-09-24	`CGB`	Watford FC	2–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-09-21	`GB2`	Bristol City	0–0	Swansea City	Available
2019-09-14	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Available
2019-08-31	`GB2`	Leeds United	0–1	Swansea City	Available
2019-08-28	`CGB`	Swansea City	6–0	Cambridge United	Available
2019-08-25	`GB2`	Swansea City	3–0	Birmingham City	Available
2019-08-21	`GB2`	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Swansea City	Available
2019-08-17	`GB2`	Swansea City	3–2	Preston North End	Available

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

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Shrewsbury Town	23	15	5	3	45	26	+19	65%
Bristol Rovers	23	12	6	5	37	25	+12	52%
Wycombe Wanderers	22	5	5	12	27	40	-13	23%
Oxford United	21	7	3	11	27	32	-5	33%
Burton Albion	20	8	6	6	32	25	+7	40%
Charlton Athletic	20	9	7	4	33	21	+12	45%
Portsmouth FC	19	6	3	10	24	33	-9	32%
Fleetwood Town	19	12	0	7	32	23	+9	63%
Exeter City	18	8	3	7	32	25	+7	44%
Cambridge United	18	8	6	4	27	14	+13	44%
Blackpool FC	17	5	5	7	28	26	+2	29%
Lincoln City	17	8	4	5	29	21	+8	47%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
15/16	First senior goal

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

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
24/25	32	2,182	8	0	0	0.33
23/24	45	540	5	0	2	1.17
22/23	39	840	6	1	0	0.75
21/22	43	0	11	0	2	0
20/21	48	0	5	0	0	0
19/20	23	1,793	1	0	0	0.05
18/19	5	0	1	0	0	0
17/18	47	1,258	3	0	0	0.21
16/17	20	638	1	0	0	0.14
15/16	43	3,104	9	2	0	0.32
14/15	26	0	2	1	0	0