Sebastian Henke
One of the most skillful players in today's game, Ricardo Quaresma, is well known for his variety of tricks and skills in a football match. He is a forward who is able to play on either side of the wing.
He is blessed with blistering pace, famous for utilizing skills such as the "Rabona" and the "Trivela" in matches. His ability to add variety to his attacks causes defenders regular problems when playing against him.
Early Life/ Sporting Lisbon
Quaresma was born on the 26th of September 1983. At an early age, he already possessed innate abilities. He was a trained at Sporting Lisbon's famous youth academy. He first broke into the B team in the 2000/01 season, making 15 appearances.
The following season he was promoted into the 1st team, played 28 matches and scored 3 goals. In the season of 2001-02 Ricardo Quaresma became a key player in the Sporting Lisbon squad, and they managed to obtain the league and cup double.
Unfortunately in the 2002/03 season, the form of Sporting Lisbon couldn't be maintained, and they only managed a mediocre season finishing third in the league.
With this poor performance, speculation began to rise about Ricardo Quaresma's future at the club.
Barcelona
In the 2003/04 season, Quaresma was then sold to FC Barcelona for a fee of €6.4 million. In his debut season, he made a total of 21 appearances, started 10 of them, and only scored 1 goal. He also injured his right foot and therefore missed the 2004 UEFA under-21 Championship.
Ricardo Quaresma ended up falling out with Frank Rijkaard, and he refused to play as long as Rijkaard was in charge. This raised the interest of other clubs who were willing to acquire Quaresma's talent.
FC Porto
Quaresma ended up signing for Porto in the summer of 2004 in an exchange for Deco. Quaresma started his campaign on a high note, scoring on his first game for the club in a UEFA Super Cup defeat against Valencia, then scoring the only goal in a victory against Benfica in the 2004 Portuguese Super Cup. He finished the season with 32 league appearances and 5 goals. In total, Quaresma ended up making 114 appearances with a total of 24 goals.
Ricardo Quaresma had a fantastic year, winning 3 Primeira Liga titles, the Intercontinental Cup, the Portuguese Cup, and one Primeira Liga Player of the Year in 2005/06 season.
Internazionale
On August 31st, 2008, Ricardo Quaresma made a move to Inter Milan, under the new Coach Jose Mourinho, for a total fee of €18.5 million. He made his debut on the 13th of September in 2008, in a Seria game against Catania, which resulted in a 2-1 victory.
Five days later, he made his Champions League debut against Panathiakos. He would endure a tough time at Inter, struggling to unleash his full ability. Because his confidence was very low, Inter Milan fans didn’t get to see the Ricardo Quaresma from FC Porto.
In the second half of the 2008/09 season he was loaned out to Chelsea FC. After returning to Inter Milan in the season 2009/10, Quaresma won the triple: the Scudetto, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League.
But his time at Inter Milan proved to be the worst time in his Football Career, only managing 24 appearances and 0 goals in 2 seasons with the club.
Beskitas
After 2 tough seasons with Internazionale, Ricardo Quaresma switched to Turkish side Beskitas for €7.3 million, wearing the number 7 jersey.
In May 2011, he won the Turkish cup and was nominated man of the match. After spending 2 seasons with Beskitas, Quaresma managed to grab himself 8 goals in 46 appearances.
In 2013, he made another switch to the Arab site Al-Ahli Dubai and signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2014.
International Career
He won UEFA under-17 Championship in Portugal in 2000; this was his ticket to the senior team. He made his full international debut for the Portuguese national team in June 2003 in a friendly win against Bolivia.
Poor form with Barcelona and an injury in 2004, made him miss out on the Euro under-21 championship. This also resulted on him missing out on the 2004 Olympics.
But he rejuvenated his career during his time at FC Porto and earned himself a place in the 2006 qualification campaign for the World Cup.
On the 24th of March 2007 Quaresma scored his first goal for Portugal in Euro 2008 qualifier against Belgium. This time he made it into the 23 man squad for the Euro 2008 in Austria/Switzerland scoring one goal in the tournament against Czech Republic.
In total Quaresma has made 35 appearances and scored 3 times for Portugal.
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