Ricardo Vaz Tê

Portuguese association football player

Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê (born 1 October 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Ricardo Vaz Tê
Vaz Tê warming-up for West Ham United in 2012
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-01) 1 October 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Real Massamá
2002–2003 Farense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2010 Bolton Wanderers 58 (3)
2007Hull City (loan) 6 (0)
2010–2011 Panionios 8 (1)
2011 Hibernian 10 (1)
2011–2012 Barnsley 22 (10)
2012–2015 West Ham United 51 (15)
2015 Akhisar Belediyespor 14 (5)
2015–2016 Charlton Athletic 11 (0)
2016–2017 Akhisar Belediyespor 45 (12)
2017–2018 Henan Jianye 26 (16)
2019 Qingdao Huanghai 14 (5)
2020–2021 Portimonense 21 (2)
Total 286 (70)
National team
2003 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal U19 6 (4)
2005–2006 Portugal U20 9 (6)
2006–2007 Portugal U21 19 (4)
2008 Portugal U23 2 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his career, Vaz Tê played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Barnsley and West Ham United, Greek club Panionios, Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor, and Portuguese club Portimonense.

Career statistics

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As of 10 May 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bolton Wanderers 2003–04 Premier League 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
2004–05 7 0 2 1 0 0 9 1
2005–06 22 3 4 1 2 1 4[c] 1 32 6
2006–07 25 0 3 0 2 0 30 0
2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 2 0
2008–09 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 58 3 11 2 4 1 5 1 78 7
Hull City (loan) 2006–07 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Panionios 2010–11 Super League Greece 8 1 0 0 8 1
Hibernian 2010–11 Scottish Premier League 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
Barnsley 2011–12 Championship 22 10 1 2 1 0 24 12
West Ham United 2011–12 Championship 15 10 0 0 0 0 3[d] 2 18 12
2012–13 Premier League 24 3 2 0 2 0 28 3
2013–14 8 2 0 0 2 2 10 4
2014–15 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Total 51 15 2 0 5 2 3 2 61 19
Akhisar Belediyespor 2014–15 Süper Lig 14 5 0 0 14 5
Charlton Athletic 2015–16 Championship 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Akhisar Belediyespor 2015–16 Süper Lig 14 1 2 0 16 1
2016–17 31 11 9 14 40 25
Total 45 12 11 14 56 26
Henan Jianye 2017 Chinese Super League 5 5 0 0 5 5
2018 21 11 0 0 21 11
Total 26 16 0 0 26 16
Qingdao Huanghai 2019 China League One 14 5 0 0 14 5
Portimonense 2019–20 Primeira Liga 12 2 0 0 0 0 12 2
2020–21 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 21 2 0 0 0 0 21 2
Career total 286 70 26 18 10 3 8 3 330 94

Honours

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West Ham United

Qingdao Huanghai

References

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  1. "Ricardo Jorge Vaz Te" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. Ricardo Vaz Tê at Soccerbase