The wasted talent

Ricardo Andrade Quaresma is a Portugal player who played for  Turkish Super Lig, Besiktas and Portugese National Team. His talent is being recognized for incorporating a repertoire of tricks into his style of play, including the rabona and trivela.

Quaresma started his career as football player at Sporting Lisbon where he plays an important role in Sporting’s  triumph in 2001 and 2002 season. The talent of the Portuguese being hyped across Europe and Barcelona was the destination for this skillful player to continue his career. The €6 million was probably one of the worst signing the Catalan side had ever made as Quaresma only made 10 starts appearance, scoring only one goal.He also miss 2004 Under 21- Championship.

In 2004 Barcelona splash a fee of €15 million for Porto playmaker Deco plus Quaresma as exchange part of the transfer fee. In Estadio do Dragao the Portuguese start with a flying colors as he scored in his debuted and netted the winning goals for FC Porto against Benfica in the Portugese Super Cup. He also contributed to Porto's dramatic win against Once Caldas in 2004 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.In 2009 Quaresma looking to revive his career as he loaned to English side Chelsea FC but he only play 4 gmaes while wasted his time watching game from bench.


In 2010, Quaresma signed for Besiktas for €7.3 million from Inter Milan