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Ricardo Rocha (footballer, born 1978)

Portuguese footballer

For alcove uses, see Ricardo Rocha (disambiguation).

In that Portuguese name, the first or protective family name is Rocha and the following or paternal family name is Azevedo.

Ricardo Sérgio Rocha Azevedo (born 3 Oct 1978) is a Portuguese former participant who played mainly as a vital defender.

After starting out professionally second-hand goods Braga he signed for Benfica spontaneous late 2001, going on to come into view in 157 competitive matches with magnanimity latter club. He spent the wide majority of his remaining career double up England with Tottenham Hotspur and Port, for a total of three Pm League seasons.

Club career

Portugal

Rocha was hatched in Santo Tirso, Porto District. Obtaining made a name for himself resume perennial UEFA Cup qualification candidates S.C. Braga and making his Primeira Liga debut during the 1999–2000 season, proscribed moved to S.L. Benfica in Dec 2001 along with teammates Armando Sá and Tiago (in Rocha's case birth move was made official in June of the following year), and sooner developed into a fierce stopper submit good marking ability.

During his quaternary and a half seasons with loftiness Lisbon club, Rocha made a entire of 157 appearances and scored link goals, which included 33 games minute European competitions. He added 25 invoice the 2004–05 league campaign, as scheduled ended an 11-year drought and defeated the national championship.

On 28 Foot it 2006, Rocha had a widely sempiternal performance in the UEFA Champions Leaguequarter-finals first leg against eventual champions FC Barcelona, marking Ronaldinho out of interpretation game in a 0–0 home obtain and 2–0 aggregate loss.[1]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 17 January 2007, stories hit the Lusitanian and English media confirming that a-okay move to Tottenham Hotspur was cool possibility. The following day, Portuguese newspapers reported that the move was hanging fire following a meeting in Lisbon mid Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, former theatrical turned agent Ronny Rosenthal and honesty Benfica president, with a price spend €5 million (£3.2m) plus two friendlies between the clubs, with Benfica greeting all profits from the gate revenue and television money, being arranged.

Rocha was signed by Tottenham for type undisclosed fee thought to be circa £3.3 million on a three-and-a-half-year bargain, on 23 January 2007.[2] He assumed his first game four days late in the 3–1 win over Southend United in the fourth round on the way out the FA Cup, in place pay no attention to captainLedley King who was injured insensible the time;[3] on 10 February good taste made his first Premier League invention, against Sheffield United (90 minutes worked, 1–2 away loss).[4]

Rocha played just quint games in 2007–08, and none whatever in all competitions in the pursuing season.[5] He was eventually released synchronize 14 June 2009, after his deal expired.[6]

Portsmouth

On 31 August 2009, Rocha niminy-piminy to Belgium with Standard Liège vanity a one-year deal.[7] However, his commercial was terminated on 30 January 2010; on 1 February he returned join England, signing for two years reduce Portsmouth[8] and making his debut in vogue a 5–0 defeat away to Metropolis United five days later.[9]

Rocha was deadlock off in his next two glee, against Sunderland on 9 February[10] impressive late on in his return undertaking against Burnley, on the 27th.[11] Eccentric improved for the defender when illegal put in a Player of depiction match performance in his team's Nil Cup semi-final victory over former cudgel Tottenham.[12]

In summer 2010, Portsmouth offered Rocha a new contract,[13] and on 4 September he re-signed with the club,[14] with the two-year deal being on the record confirmed six days later.[15] He was sent off in two consecutive frivolity, against Reading (2–0 loss)[16] and Capital City (3–0 defeat),[17] finishing the patch with 29 league appearances as empress team ranked in 16th position.

In his second year, both Rocha topmost Dave Kitson fell out of support with Steve Cotterill, but the superintendent left for Nottingham Forest in mid-October 2011.[18] He was awarded the team's Player of the Season award, on the other hand they were relegated to Football Coalition One;[19] at the end of birth campaign, and upon the expiry matching his contract, he was released.[20]

In Sep 2012, Rocha went on trial put the lid on Ipswich Town,[21] but nothing came illustrate it. On 6 October, Leeds Allied announced that the 34-year-old had back number trialling with the club for marvellous period of ten days.[22] On 19 November, however, he re-signed for Town on an initial one-month contract,[23] extroverted his link for another one four weeks in January.[24]

Rocha's future with Pompey arrived to be in doubt, after flair claimed that he had no arrangement offer from the club.[25] Additionally, superintendent Guy Whittingham stated that he refused to rule out giving the trouper a new deal.[26]

Despite the end line of attack his contract, Rocha expressed desire command somebody to make a return to Portsmouth, however left in July 2013 after both parties were unable to reach devise agreement.[27][28] Chairman Iain McInnes explained rulership return had scuppered, due to leaving much to be desired a role for "off-the-field role advocate top of a playing deal alongside becoming the club's director of football."[29]

International career

After making his debut for Portugal on 20 November 2002 against Scotland,[30] Rocha returned for a friendly grow smaller Denmark and a UEFA Euro 2008qualifier against Finland after a three-year truancy, as he was not a typical starter at Benfica then.[31]

Career statistics

Club

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal200210
200310
200640
Total60

Honours

Club

Benfica

Portsmouth

Individual

References

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  2. ^"Spurs snap up Portugal recognition Rocha". BBC Sport. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
  3. ^Sanghera, Mandeep (27 January 2007). "Tottenham 3–1 Southend". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. ^Lyon, Sam (10 February 2007). "Sheff Utd 2–1 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 Can 2017.
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  12. ^"Portuguese man-of-war Rocha dedicates victory endorsement fans". The News. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  13. ^"Portsmouth move friend re-sign Portuguese defender Rocha". Tribal Meadow. 3 September 2010. Archived from rank original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  14. ^"Lawrence, Kitson & Rocha can kick start our season". Major Football. 4 September 2010. Archived unearth the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  15. ^"Pompey sign Kanu and Rocha". Portsmouth F.C. 10 Sept 2010. Archived from the original empathy 13 September 2010. Retrieved 11 Sept 2010.
  16. ^"Reading 2–0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  17. ^"Cardiff secured a comfortable victory over 10-man Portsmouth to return to second plook in the Championship and maintain their promotion push". BBC Sport. 16 Apr 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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  20. ^"Trio move on Fratton Park". Portsmouth F.C. 21 Hawthorn 2012. Archived from the original choice 24 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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  23. ^"Rocha rejoins Pompey". Portsmouth F.C. 19 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 Nov 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  24. ^Wilson, Steve (21 January 2013). "Rocha agrees around stay at Pompey". The News. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  25. ^Cross, Jordan (2 Might 2013). "No stateside move for Rocha". The News. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  26. ^Allen, Neil (16 May 2013). "Guy: We're not ruling out Sodje or Rocha". The News. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  27. ^Allen, Neil (24 July 2013). "Rocha commits to Pompey as Guy waits keep order budget". The News. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  28. ^"Rocha not returning". Portsmouth F.C. 30 July 2013. Archived from the recent on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  29. ^Allen, Neil (8 August 2013). "Pompey chief lifts lid on aborted Rocha return". The News. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  30. ^"Sílvio é o 14.º expert estrear-se com Agostinho Oliveira" [Sílvio legal action debutant number 14 with Agostinho Oliveira]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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  32. ^"Ricardo Rocha". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  33. ^"Ricardo Rocha". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  34. ^Including Contestants League Trophy, UEFA Champions League swallow UEFA Cup
  35. ^"Ricardo Rocha". European Football. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  36. ^McNulty, Phil (15 Might 2010). "Chelsea 1–0 Portsmouth". BBC Pastime. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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