Porto legend has relative playing for Sporting: I'm happy for him | OneFootball

Ricardo Quaresma stood out in the legends game held at Alvalade Stadium. The former Porto and Sporting player has his son Ricky playing in the youth ranks of Alvalade Club and says he is pleased to see the happiness of his 'heir' playing in green and white.

"Often people ask me if I was still ready to continue playing. These are different situations, one thing is to play for fun, another is to play seriously. I don't know if I had the patience to return to that routine, I'm happy this way. Now the most important thing is to accompany my children, especially since I have a son who plays at Sporting, and I try to follow him as much as possible", he told the newspaper A Bola.

With his son playing at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, Ricardo Quaresma confessed that he has not yet returned to Alcochete, a home where he was happy: "I don't go into Alcochete. We leave the kids at Alvalade and they have the bus to take them. I don't go into Alcochete, because the players who live in Lisbon take the bus from José Alvalade Stadium to Alcochete".

The former player said he was happy to see his son with the lions: "I'm happy because I look at my son and see the happiness in him to represent Sporting", concluded the former ‘number 20’ of Alvalade Club, showing signs that his son is following in his footsteps. Ricardo Quaresma, now 41 years old, was formed at the lions, from where he left in 2003/2004, for Barcelona, having swapped the Catalans for Porto the following year.

For the main team of Sporting, the Portuguese forward played 74 matches, in which he scored ten goals and 12 assists. For the green and whites, the king of the trivela won a National Championship (2001/02), a Super Cup (2002) and a Portuguese Cup (2001/02).

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