Ricardo Gomes da Silva

Ricardo André Gomes da Silva commonly known as Ricardo Silva (born 24 September 1976) is a Portuguese football fitness coach, a rehabilitation specialist, a sports scientist and a fitness coordinator who is the current head of football fitness department of the Oman Football Association.^[1]

Ricardo Silva
Born	(1976-09-24) 24 September 1976 (age 47) Porto, Portugal
Occupation	Sports fitness trainer
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Fitness coaching career

 

Ricardo Silva - Oman U-23

 

Ricardo Silva - Becamex Binh Duong

 

Ricardo Silva - Bolivia

Ricardo is a graduate in Sports Science from the Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto. He also holds the FIFA Football Emergency Certificate and the FIFA Football Fitness Coaching Certificate from FIFA. He holds the Personal Training Certificate from Holmes Place Academy, Paço de Arcos and has a detailed knowledge of Proprioception and Cryotherapy. He has worked as an instructor for Level 1 and Level 2 football fitness courses organised by Portuguese Football Federation. He has also taken part in various football fitness courses organised by the Oman Football Association in coordination with FIFA.^[2]

Portugal

Ricardo began his coaching career as a fitness coach in 1999 with his hometown, Porto-based Primeira Liga club, Boavista F.C.^[3] where he worked with teams of different levels. In his six-year long stay with the Porto-based club, he worked with Portuguese international and former Liverpool F.C. and Chelsea F.C. player, Raul Meireles.

Bolivia

He first moved out of Portugal in 2008 to South American nation, Bolivia where he was appointed to support the fitness staff^[4] under the Bolivian fitness coach, Jose Antonio Vaca of the Bolivia national football team under former Bolivia national team head coach, Erwin Sánchez. In his two-year stint with the South American nation, he participated in various games as the fitness coach which also included 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification which included a famous 6-1 victory over South American giants, Argentina,^[5] a team which included the likes of Lionel Messi and Javier Zanetti.^[6]

Vietnam

In 2010, he again moved out of Portugal and this time to Southeast Asia and more accurately to Vietnam where he signed a one-year contract with V.League 1 club, Becamex Binh Duong F.C. under then the head coach of the Thủ Dầu Một-based club, Ricardo Formosinho. He helped his side achieve the runners-up position in the 2011 BTV Cup where his side lost 2-0 to Brazilian side, Sociedade Esportiva Matsubara in the finals.

Oman

 

Ricardo Silva and Ali Al-Habsi - OFA Performance Center

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  2012 WAFF Championship
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  With Oman national football team
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  With Oman national beach soccer team
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  With Oman national futsal team
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  With Oman U-23 - 2011 Gulf Cup U-23

In 2011, he moved to the Middle East and more accurately to Oman where he was appointed as the head fitness coordinator of the Oman Football Association to work as the fitness coach and rehabilitation specialist with national teams of various levels and also the Oman national beach soccer team and the Oman national futsal team.

He first worked as the fitness coach for Omani football manager, Hamad Al-Azani's Oman national under-23 football team with whom he helped his side win the 2011 Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 which was held in region's famous, Aspire Dome, Doha, Qatar and also participated as the fitness coach in the Men's Asian Qualifiers of the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also helped the U-23 side achieve the second runners-up position in the 2012 WAFF Championship under former Oman U-23 head coach, Philippe Burle.^[7]

He was appointed as the fitness coach for the Oman national beach soccer team in 2015. He helped his side win the gold medal in the 2015 GCC Beach Games which is the nation's best ever achievement in the competition's history. He also helped them win the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship where in the finals they defeated Asian beach soccer giants, Japan 3-2 on penalties^[8][9] and thus earning a spot in the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which was held in Espinho, Portugal.^[10][11][12]

In early 2018, the Portuguese helped Oman win only its 2nd Arabian Gulf Cup title defeating the United Arab Emirates in the final on penalties following a goalless draw.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Honours

National Team

• Gulf Cup of Nations (1): 2017

References

1. "Ricardo Silva". ogol.com.br.
2. "OFA FITNESS COURSES START". ofa.om.
3. "Ricardo Silva, preparador físico do Boavista: "O empate foi justo"". MAISFUTEBOL.
4. "O português da Selecção boliviana". MAISFUTEBOL.
5. "BOLIVIA VS. ARGENTINA 6 - 1". SOCCERWAY.
6. "Ricardo Silva, o português da Bolívia que goleou a Argentina". MAISFUTEBOL.
7. "OMAN U22 DEPART TO ITALY". ofa.om.
8. "OMAN 1-1 JAPAN". the-afc.com.
9. "Oman become new Asian Champions!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide.
10. "Oman Beach Soccer National Team Off to Portugal". ofa.om.
11. "Ricardo Silva está há quatro anos em Omã. Em 2011 foi convidado para a equipa técnica da seleção que tinha como objetivo os Jogos Olímpicos de Londres 2012". RTP NOTICIAS.
12. "Um português é o preparador físico da seleção de futebol de praia de Omã". RTP NOTICIAS.
13. "Oman win Gulf Cup final, beat UAE 5-4 in penalties". GULF NEWS.
14. "Gulf Cup heroes: The pride of Oman". Times of Oman.
15. "Oman 0-0 UAE 2017 Gulf Cup final: Oman win it on penalties". as.
16. "Oman win 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup – UAE pay the penalty • Fans hurt as railing collapses". Kuwait Times.
17. "Oman win Gulf Cup for second time – Al-Rashidi breaks UAE hearts with 2 saves". Arab Times.
18. "Oman outlast UAE to emerge champions". Arab Times.

External links

• Ricardo Silva - Official Facebook Page
• Ricardo Silva - zerozero.pt
• Ricardo Silva - ceroacero.es
• Ricardo Silva - footballzz.co.uk
• Ricardo Silva - leballonrond.fr