The green football club Maccabi Haifa continues to surprise and today (Friday, January 17.1.2025, XNUMX) quietly and without background noise announced the signing of the new acquisition of Brazilian striker Ricardo Viana Filho. The new Brazilian striker Ricardo, also known as 'Ricardinho', has already landed in Israel and is in Haifa, passed the medical examinations at the green club and signed with the team, when all the details were agreed on his loan from his Czech team "Viktoria Plzen" until the end of this season. Maccabi Haifa also has an option to purchase the Brazilian.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that "Ricardinho" comes in place of the player who recently bought Sila, who had already agreed a deal with the team and fled to it at the last minute. Ricardo, known as Ricardinho, is 23 years old and stands 1.81 meters tall, grew up in the large city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and at the age of 20 moved to "Gremio". In January 2023, he joined the "Levski Sofia" team in Bulgaria, and in his first half of the season, the Brazilian recorded 17 appearances, in which he scored 9 goals and assisted 2 more.

We should also note that in the 2023/24 season, Ricardinho played 39 times for Levski, scoring 11 goals and assisting 8. At the beginning of the current season, he moved to Viktoria Plzen, where he played little. After signing, Ricardinho said: "The name of Maccabi Haifa is known throughout Europe and I am happy to come here and also want to progress together with the team and achieve its goals." The Brazilian Ricardinho will wear the number 99 on his back.

Maccabi Haifa's professional manager, Gal Alberman, said: "We are happy to announce the signing of striker Ricardinho on loan until the end of the season. We are hopeful that Ricardinho will strengthen the attack, score goals and help the team meet its professional goals this season. We wish Ricardinho a quick acclimatization and much success. Welcome, Ricky."
The CEO of the Green Club, Itzik Ovadia, added: "I wish Ricky good luck, we will do everything to integrate as quickly as possible and we will provide all the necessary conditions for this."
Good luck on signing with the Maccabi Haifa team. Happy Shabbat Shalom and blessings to everyone.
Every new player who comes to Maccabi will only be tested on the field. Anyway, good luck.
Lots of success to Maccabi Haifa and Ricardo..