Riquelme Sousa
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Riquelme Sousa Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Goiás, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Madura United | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Goianiense | ||
| 2021 | Bahia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | → Anapolina (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Anápolis (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Goiatuba | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Vila Nova | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | Campinense | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Vršac | 41 | (5) |
| 2025 | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 25 | (11) |
| 2026– | Madura United | 11 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 April 2026 | |||
Riquelme Sousa Silva (born 2 July 2001), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League club Madura United.
Born in Uruaçu, Goiás, Brazil, Riquelme represented Goianiense as a youth.[2][3] In 2019, he was the top scorer for Goianiense in the São Paulo Junior Football Cup with five goals, and even had a chance to play for the first team, but the following year he was loaned to Anapolina.[4]
In January 2021, Riquelme was loaned to Anápolis,[5] and moved to Bahia of the mid 2021 campaign.[4]
In 2025, he went to Kyrgyzstan and joined the Kyrgyz Premier League club Abdysh-Ata Kant until the end of the year.[6] Previously, he had moved to Serbia, joined Vršac.[7] On 6 March 2025, he scored his first league goal in his debut match for Abdysh-Ata Kant against Ilbirs Bishkek in a 2–0 win.[8]
