Guima (footballer, born 1995)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Martins Guimarães[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1995[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Aveiro, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zira | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Taboeira | ||
| 2006–2007 | Benfica | ||
| 2007–2012 | Taboeira | ||
| 2012–2014 | Oliveirense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Oliveirense | 45 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Sporting CP B | 32 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | → Académica (loan) | 47 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | ŁKS Łódź | 25 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Académica (loan) | 29 | (2) |
| 2021–2024 | Chaves | 71 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Iğdır | 13 | (0) |
| 2025– | Zira | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Mozambique | 25 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:42, 23 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:03, 6 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Ricardo Martins Guimarães (born 14 November 1995), commonly known as Guima, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira FK.
Born in Portugal, he plays for the Mozambique national team.
Born in Aveiro to a Portuguese father and a Mozambican mother,[2] Guima spent his first five seasons as a senior in the LigaPro, starting out at U.D. Oliveirense. He played his first match in the competition on 27 August 2014, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against S.L. Benfica B.[3]
Guima signed with Sporting CP on 2 July 2016, being assigned to the reserve team.[4] One year later, he joined Académica de Coimbra of the same league on loan.[5] He scored his first goal in the second division on 11 February 2018 in a 4–0 away victory over Gil Vicente FC,[6] being sent off against his former club Oliveirense the following month.[7]
On 27 May 2019, Guima agreed to a three-year contract at ŁKS Łódź.[8] His first game in the Polish Ekstraklasa took place on 3 August, when he played the second half of the 1–2 home defeat to Lech Poznań.[9]
Guima returned to Académica and the Portuguese second tier on 7 September 2020, in a season-long loan.[10] In August 2021, he signed a permanent deal with G.D. Chaves in the same league,[11] scoring once in 20 games in his debut campaign in a promotion to the Primeira Liga via the play-offs.[12][13]
Guima made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 7 August 2022, playing 21 minutes of the 0–1 home loss against Vitória de Guimarães.[14] In July 2024, following his team's relegation, he moved to the Turkish TFF 1. Lig with Iğdır FK.[15]
On 8 March 2025, Guima joined Azerbaijan Premier League side Zira FK on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[16]
