Richarlison
Brazilian footballer (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richarlison de Andrade (born 10 May 1997), known mononymously as Richarlison (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁiˈʃaʁl(i)sõ]),[2] is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team.
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Full name | Richarlison de Andrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nova Venécia, Espírito Santo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Real Noroeste | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | América Mineiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | América Mineiro | 24 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Fluminense | 54 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Watford | 38 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Everton | 135 | (43) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Tottenham Hotspur | 55 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Brazil U20 | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Brazil Olympic | 6 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Brazil | 48 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 5 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:48, 17 October 2023 (UTC) |
He began his professional career with América Mineiro in 2015, winning promotion from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in his only season before transferring to Fluminense. He totalled 67 matches and 19 goals in his two years there, and was named in the Team of the Season when the club finished as runners-up in the 2017 Campeonato Carioca. After this spell he then signed for Watford, and a year later Everton. He later signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 2022.
At international level, Richarlison made his senior debut for Brazil in 2018. He was a member of the team that won the 2019 Copa América, were runners-up at the 2021 Copa América and won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic tournament, also playing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Although Brazil did not advance beyond the quarterfinals, Richarlison's dramatic goal with a scissors kick in the match against Serbia was voted the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament.[3][4]