Ricardo Vilana

Early career

Vilana was born on 18 July 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil and began playing football at local club, Portuguesa. Subsequently, in 2002 he moved to play in the Swiss lower leagues for Malcantone Agno. There, he spent two seasons, helping the team gain promotion from the third to the second league during his first season. After his daughter was born, Vilana decided to stop playing football and instead played futsal.

Unirea Urziceni

Vilana returned to playing football about two years later, being convinced to sign with Romanian club Unirea Urziceni by his brother-in-law, Alex Leandro, who was playing there. Vilana made his Liga I debut on 10 September 2006 when coach Costel Orac sent him to replace Alexandru Pojer in the 85th minute of a 2–0 home win over Național București. The club reached the 2008 Cupa României final and he played the entire match under coach Dan Petrescu in the 2–1 loss to CFR Cluj. Subsequently, Vilana helped the club win the 2008–09 title, as coach Petrescu used him in 20 games, scoring once in a 2–0 away victory against Politehnica Iași. He started the following season by replacing Sorin Paraschiv in the 81st minute of the penalty shoot-out loss to CFR Cluj in the 2009 Supercupa României. Afterwards, Vilana made five appearances in the 2009–10 Champions League group stage, playing against VfB Stuttgart, Sevilla and Rangers, as the team earned eight points and finished third. Thus they qualified to the round of 32 of the Europa…

Malcantone Agno

Swiss 1. Liga: 2002–03 Unirea Urziceni

Liga I: 2008–09 Cupa României runner-up: 2007–08 Supercupa României runner-up: 2009 Steaua București

Cupa României: 2010–11