Ricardo Quaresma is a football player who was superior in talent to Cristiano Ronaldo. Midfielder of the Turkish “Besiktas” and the national team of Portugal.
Biography
Midfielder was born in the capital of Portugal, in Lisbon, in the fall of 1983. The Portuguese father was a gypsy, and the mother is a native of Angola. Ricardo had a difficult childhood, his parents divorced when the midfielder was still a child. Because of his gypsy origin, Quarezhma often suffered the ridicule of classmates. The football player himself admitted that if not for his difficult childhood, then perhaps he would not have had such a nasty character.
At the age of seven, Ricardo ended up at the Lisbon Sporting Academy. With Sporting, the footballer signed his first contract in 2001. The first season in the status of a professional football player Quaresma spent in the double of the Lisbon. In the 2001/2002 season, he was declared for the main team, along with another Portuguese talent - Cristiano Ronaldo.
With his game, the midfielder attracted the attention of the Scouts of the Catalan “Barcelona”. Barca signed a young talent, but lost. In his only season for the Catalans, the footballer was remembered only for having quarreled with head coach Frank Rajkaard.
Career
The next season for the midfielder was marked by the transition to the “Port”. From the first matches in the camp of “dragons”, the midfielder became the leader of the team and one of the most prominent players in the championship. In the first season, Quarezhma was recognized as the best player in the championship. After three consecutive championships in the camp of “Porto”, Ricardo decided to go to the top championship.
In the fall of 2008, the midfielder went over to Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan. In Italy, Ricardo failed to gain a foothold, and he decided to go on lease, but not somewhere, but to London's Chelsea. What the Portuguese counted on when moving to Chelsea is unclear. As predicted, the midfielder could not play in London and returned to Italy again.
At Inter, the midfielder spent another slurred season and was sold to Turkish Besiktas. In Turkey, he immediately became a key player, and, importantly, Turkish fans fell in love with Ricardo. Spring 2012 was remembered by another midfielder antics. Portuguese quarreled with head coach Carlos Carvajal and was suspended from training with the team. And this was not the last punishment, in the summer the footballer was again suspended, explaining this by selling the player.
In the winter of 2012, Quarezhma terminated the contract with Besiktas. Further, Ricardo had an unconvincing voyage to Al-Ahli and his return to Porto. In the summer of 2015, the midfielder suddenly again signed a contract with Besiktas, where he currently plays. In itself, Ricardo Quaresma is a very technical and talented player, but because of his nature, he could not open up to the end. On the football field is always remembered for creative actions, accurate transfers, one of the drawbacks is the reluctance to help the team in defense. Along with Cristiano Ronaldo is the leader of his national team. The most important victory in the life of Quaresma is the victory with his team in the final of the European Championship in 2016.
