Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula has never lacked stars, including C Ronaldo, one of the most proud of football today, Eusebio, who led Portugal to the World Cup and created the best result in team history, and Luis Figo, who can play for two giants. Their skills have fascinated fans throughout the Iberian Peninsula and around the world. In addition to the above-mentioned stars, there is another Portuguese star you will not be unfamiliar with, he is known as the "first person in the back of the foot", he is two years older than Cristiano Ronaldo and debuted together at Sporting Lisbon, when he was considered to be more talented in football than Cristiano Ronaldo, but his fiery temper and his own personality hindered his progress on the larger platform, his name was: "Ricardo Quaresma"
Born on 26 September 1983 in Lisbon, Portugal, Ricardo Quaresma has shown great talent in football since he was a child, because he was not rich, football became the only way for him to get out of poverty, Quaresma began his career at Sporting Lisbon (now Portuguese Sport), he soared all the way to the youth team at all levels, with speed and amazing foot skills, soon established himself in the first team. Promoted to the first team in his first season, Quaresma shined in the Portuguese league and helped Sporting Lisbon win a brilliant league and cup double.
Although C Ronaldo, who is known as the "Sporting Lisbon Twin Star" with Quaresma, was promoted to the first team a year later and had excellent performances, the light of Quaresma was far more dazzling than Ronaldo, and even Figo himself recognized Quaresma as his heir. Over the next two years, athletic Lisbon's rising star soared and shone throughout European football, with Quaresma's outstanding performance on the pitch attracting the attention of European giants. Although he is talented, his personality is too hot, and from time to time he is too temperamental on the field to affect his performance...
In the summer of 2003, Lisbon Athletic Twins C Ronaldo joined the Red Devils Manchester United under sir Verde, while Quaresma joined Barcelona, one of Europe's top giants, for 6 million euros, at this time the Catalan giants were in turmoil, and Quaresma, bought from Sporting Lisbon, was regarded by Barcelona as a key figure in the revival team with Ronaldo, but Quaresma often made some unhelpful and even slightly fancy tricks on the pitch. Coupled with his overly sticky playing habits that often delayed the team's offensive opportunities, then-head coach Rijkaard couldn't bear to move him from the starting line to the bench. He thought Quaresma would reflect on himself, but instead he chose to openly challenge the authority of the manager and said that as long as Rijkaard was still in charge of Barca, he would not play.
Soon, Barcelona grew tired of Quaresma's attitude and after only one year of playing, he returned to Portugal in 2004 to join FC Porto. Quaresma scored 5 goals in 32 appearances in his first season, a disappointing performance, but he did not make it to the big list of Euro 2004, and C Ronaldo was already dazzling Europe at Euro 2004...
Returning to Porto, Quaresma gradually found his original self, although he still likes to show off his skills, but here he met a manager who is willing to trust him Ferreira, under the coaching of this coach, he gave Quaresma not too much to participate in defense, concentrate on waiting for opportunities in the front court, Quaresma also returned the trust of the manager, his outstanding performance helped Porto win a dazzling three-time league title, and in the four years of playing for Porto, he also practiced what people called "the first person in the outer instep". The stunt - the arc ball of the outer instep.
Quaresma was once again the rising star of the past in four years in Portugal, when he was only 25 years old. Quaresma once again received an olive branch from the European giants with his outstanding performances, but this time from Inter Milan in Serie A. In 2008, Quaresma joined Inter, when people thought that he would once again become a hot star in Europe under the coaching of Mourinho, but the world is unpredictable, in his first season for Inter, Quaresma scored 0 goals in 13 Serie A appearances, and he could not adapt to Mourinho's tactical system. Quaresma's time at Inter seemed to be a resurgence of Barca's years, and then Quaresma, who lacked the opportunity to play, was loaned to England in the summer of 2008, and in this year, his former good brother and teammate Cristiano Ronaldo won the first Ballon d'Or in his life and helped United win the third Champions League in team history.
Arriving in England, Quaresma was unsatisfied, making just four appearances in the league and returning to Inter after the loan period, Quaresma was still unwilling to change himself for the tactical play that Mourinho asked for. In the 09-10 season, Inter Milan, under the leadership of Mourinho, won the dazzling treble (Champions League, Serie A, Coppa Italia) but Quaresma rarely made appearances, even only 11 appearances in the league...
In the summer of 2010, after two gloomy seasons with treble-winning Inter, Quaresma left the main European leagues to join Besiktas in Turkey, where he seemed to be reborn, scoring 11 goals in all competitions in his first season and helping the team win the Turkish Cup. He thought inter and Chelsea's selfish past seemed to have been left behind, but Quaresma's temper once again affected him, and in the second season, he was replaced by coach Carlos Carvajal early for a game, which led to Quares Mars angrily rebuking the manager after the game. In 8 years, Quaresma has had three disputes with the manager. His subsequent poor performance was not impressed by President Besiktas, and he was immediately terminated.
After the termination of his contract with Besiktas, Quaresma joined Al Ahli in the United Arab Emirates, where he returned to Portugal to join Porto again after a lifeless season. At this time, Quaresma is 30 years old, and after stumbling throughout his career, he still returns to his own place, if it were not for his temper, he might have achieved more, but unfortunately there is no if in this world. After two seasons with Porto, Quaresma has once again joined Besiktas, but unlike in the past, he is no longer as young and vigorous as before, and he constantly reflects on the talent and time he has squandered. In the 15-16 season, Quaresma helped Besiktas regain the league title after a gap of seven years, and his outstanding performance also allowed him to be selected for the 2016 Euro 2016 squad.
Euro 2016 was a major turning point for Quaresma, whose performance in this European Championship seemed to have finally fulfilled his talent. Quaresma was much calmer, and he played in 7 games of the European Championship, including the quarter-final match against The StrongEst Rivals in Europe, when Portugal was slow to pry open the lattice team until extra time Quaresma helped Portugal win the crucial battle with a winning header. A decisive penalty against Quaresma of Poland in the quarter-finals helped Portugal reach the semi-finals. Portugal then lifted the first European Championship in team history 2-0 Wales and 1-0 France, which was the highlight of Quaresma's career.
Two years later, the World Cup in Russia witnessed the brotherhood between Quaresma and C Ronaldo, the final round of the group stage against The Asian powerhouse Iran, Iran's defense in the first half made Portugal suffer, and Cristiano Ronaldo did not find a chance to score. In the 45th minute of the game, Quaresma stepped forward and he kicked a stunning outer instep long-range shot from outside the box that pierced the copper wall of the Persian Iron Horse.
At the same time, this goal is also Quaresma's debut goal in the World Cup, after scoring, he bypassed teammate Andre Silva and went straight to C Ronaldo, and at this time, C Ronaldo seemed to have a heart and opened his arms to hold the teammate who had debuted with him.
This scene seems to remind people of their youth 15 years ago...
Today, although Quaresma is far away from the mainstream European leagues, his career has experienced ups and downs, from stumbling to maturity and stability, but thankfully a genius, Quaresma is still on the road to football. People may be lamenting that he could have achieved more, but shouldn't we remember his magical and magical footwork on the green field, and his unparalleled instep skills?
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