Ricardo Vaz Tê

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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 37)
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)
2007 → Hull 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)
International career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

During his career, Vaz Tê played for English clubs

Akhisar Belediyespor, and Portuguese club Portimonense
.

Early life

Vaz Tê was born in

Sporting CP while Vaz Tê left for England to play for Bolton Wanderers. They also represented the Portugal Under-21s.[citation needed
]

Club career

Bolton Wanderers

Vaz Tê went on trial with Bolton Wanderers in 2003 and he was signed on a three-year youth academy contract.[2] He made such an impression at youth level that Vaz Tê quickly found himself part of the Bolton first-team squad. He made his debut in their FA Cup tie with Tranmere Rovers in January 2004. Just over two months later, he made his Premier League debut in a 2–0 defeat at Middlesbrough. He made his first full start in the game with Manchester United at Old Trafford in December 2004.[3]

In

Vitória de Guimarães. In March 2007, Vaz Tê joined Hull City on a month's loan from Bolton.[4]

He had an unlucky beginning to the

UEFA Cup in which Bolton Manager Gary Megson played mostly a reserve team. In August 2008, there was confusion regarding the player, when it was widely reported that he had signed for Racing de Santander on loan as part of a swap deal that would see fellow striker Ebi Smolarek go the other way. However, although Smolarek did join Bolton, the Portuguese striker also remained at the club. He made only two appearances in the 2008–09 season and none in the 2009–10 season, as he required four operations on his right knee and one on his left knee.[3] On 11 May 2010, Vaz Tê was released by Bolton Wanderers.[5][6]

Panionios

On 30 June 2010 it was reported that Vaz Tê had signed a three-year deal with

Greek Super League club Panionios.[7] In December 2010, after less than six months in Greece, it was announced that Vaz Tê and Panionios had come to an agreement to mutually terminate his contract.[6] Panionios had suffered financial problems, which meant that Vaz Tê went four months without receiving any pay.[3]

Hibernian

Vaz Tê went on trial with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in February 2011[6] and manager Colin Calderwood stated that both parties were in discussions about a contract.[8] The signing was confirmed on 28 February.[9] Vaz Tê made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against St Johnstone on 5 March as a substitute.[10] He scored one goal for Hibs, in an Edinburgh derby against Hearts.[11] His contract was not renewed at the end of the season.[12] Vaz Tê later said that he had played for Hibs for "no money", but had chosen to go there due to the "visibility" of Scottish football in neighbouring England.[3]

Barnsley

Vaz Tê went on trial with

Football League Championship club Barnsley in July 2011,[13] every other Championship club having rejected that opportunity.[3] He impressed the club management and scored a goal in a friendly against Grimsby Town.[13] On 3 August 2011 he agreed a contract with Barnsley until the end of the 2011–12 season.[13] He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 2–0 win against Burnley on 18 October 2011. Vaz Tê scored his fifth Barnsley goal on 6 December 2011 against Crystal Palace after only 8.5 seconds, the fastest goal in Barnsley history. He scored again later in the game to give Barnsley a 2–1 win.[14] On 31 December, Vaz Tê scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Leeds United, after coming on as a substitute.[15] Sky Sports reported on 1 January 2012 that Vaz Tê had rejected Barnsley's offer of a new contract.[16] He scored both of the Barnsley goals in a 4–2 defeat against Swansea City in an FA Cup third round tie.[17]

West Ham United

Vaz Tê celebrates at the end of the 2012 Championship Play-off Final

Vaz Tê signed for then Championship club

play-off final with a 5–0 aggregate victory. In the play-off final at Wembley on 19 May 2012, Vaz Tê scored the winning goal in the 87th minute against Blackpool.[22] It was the 24th goal Vaz Tê had scored in the 2011–12 season.[3]

He was in the starting line-up from the beginning of the

QPR on 1 October 2012.[23] In the very next game, on 6 October 2012 at home to Arsenal, Vaz Tê dislocated his shoulder, an injury which kept him out of the team for nearly 3 months.[24] Vaz Tê returned to the side on 29 December in an away game at Reading, he was brought on with 23 minutes remaining and his side down 1–0 and went on to miss a glaring opportunity to draw the match, as West Ham lost.[25] Sam Allardyce said it was one of the "easiest" chances to score in the Premier League.[26]

He started the 2013–14 season as a 90th-minute substitute, replacing Joe Cole, in a 2–0 home win against Cardiff City.[27] He scored his first goal of the season in a League Cup second round fixture against Cheltenham Town on 27 August 2013, when he scored the opening goal from a free-kick in 42nd minute of the match, which ended a 2–1 win for West Ham.[28] He later received a Goal of the Month club award for that goal.[29] After the Cheltenham win, on 28 August 2013, Vaz Tê handed in a transfer request. His statement regarding this said, "The statistics are evident to all but, despite this, it has been made obvious to myself and my representatives that I am not in the manager's plans. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that I submit a transfer request and look to join a club where my approach to the game will be appreciated."

Arsenal in a 1–3 defeat.[34]

In the 2014–15 season he was rarely picked by manager Sam Allardyce making only four league appearances and one in the League Cup.[35] His last game came on 22 November 2014 in a 2–1 away defeat to Everton and on 17 January 2015, his contract was terminated by the club.[35][36]

Akhisar Belediyespor

On 18 January 2015, Vaz Tê joined

Akhisar Belediyespor on a six-month contract.[37]
He played just 14 games; scoring on five occasions.

Charlton Athletic

On 13 November 2015, Vaz Tê signed for Charlton Athletic on a free transfer until the end of the season.[38] However, he was released from his contract in February 2016.[39]

China

On 14 July 2017, Vaz Tê transferred to

Qingdao Huanghai in February 2019.[41]

Portimonense

After his stint in China, Vaz Tê moved back to Portugal, signing for Primeira Liga club Portimonense.[42] Following the end of the 2020/21 season, Vaz Tê had his contract mutually terminated and was released by the Portuguese club.

International career

In the summer of 2005, Vaz Tê took part in the annual

Toulon tournament scoring a hat-trick for Portugal U-20s, in their game with South Korea. He then played regularly for the Portugal under-21 team
.

Career statistics

As of 10 May 2021[43]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bolton Wanderers Premier League 2003–04 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004–05 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
2005–06 22 3 4 1 2 1 4[a] 1 32 6
2006–07 25 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 30 0
2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
2008–09 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 58 3 11 2 4 1 5 1 78 7
Hull City (loan) Championship 2006–07 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Panionios
Superleague
2010–11
 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Hibernian SPL 2010–11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Barnsley Championship 2011–12 22 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 24 12
West Ham United Championship 2011–12 15 10 0 0 0 0 3[b] 2 18 12
Premier League 2012–13 24 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 28 3
2013–14 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 4
2014–15 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Total 51 15 2 0 5 2 3 2 61 19
Akhisar Belediyespor
 Süper Lig 2014–15 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5
Charlton Athletic Championship 2015–16 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Akhisar Belediyespor
 Süper Lig 2015–16 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
2016–17 31 11 9 14 0 0 0 0 40 25
Total 45 12 11 14 0 0 0 0 56 26
Henan Jianye
 CSL 2017 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
2018 21 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 11
Total 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 16
Qingdao Huanghai
 CL1 2019 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5
Portimonense Primeira Liga 2019–20 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
2020–21 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
Career total 286 70 26 18 10 3 8 3 330 94
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Football League Championship
    play-offs

Honours

West Ham United

  • Football League Championship play-offs: 2012

Qingdao Huanghai

References

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  43. ^ Ricardo Vaz Tê at Soccerbase

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