Ricardo López Felipe

Personal information
Ricardo
Full name	Ricardo López Felipe
Date of birth	December 31 1971 (1971--) (age 35)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.87 cm
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	CA Osasuna
Number	13
Youth clubs
1992–1995	Atlético Madrid B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1998 1998–2002 2002–2005 2003–2004 2005–	Atlético Madrid Real Valladolid Manchester United → Racing (loan) Osasuna	36 (0) 53 (0) 01 (0) 34 (0) 66 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 20, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ricardo López Felipe, known as Ricardo, (born December 31, 1971 in Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper. He is currently playing for CA Osasuna in La Liga.

Ricardo was sold to Manchester United on August 30, 2002 by Real Valladolid, where he previously spent four seasons from which the last one was as the club's first-choice goalkeeper in the Spanish Primera División. Having been called up to be part of Spain's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup before he joined the Red Devils, he brought to the club a hope that could solve its well-known goalkeeper crisis. However, he found first-team opportunities rare, only appearing in four UEFA Champions League matches and only once in the FA Premier League. During that league debut against Blackburn Rovers, his first touch conceded a penalty but he made up for his error immediately by parrying the spot kick away. He never appeared in the first-team since then and was loaned out to Racing Santander for the 2003-04 season. After that fairly successful stint in La Liga, he returned to Manchester United and proclaimed his ambition to take the number one jersey from then first choice keeper Fabien Barthez. However, he was never picked for the first team following the arrival of Tim Howard and the signing of goalkeeping understudy Roy Carroll.

He was eventually released by the club on a free transfer at the end of the 2004-05 season. Since then, he has been the first-choice goalkeeper for Spanish Primera División side Osasuna, making 66 league appearances over the last two seasons. He also helped the team reach the semifinals of the UEFA Cup in the 2006-07 season, making 12 appearances in the competition.

CA Osasuna – current squad

1 Elía • 2 Izquierdo • 3 Monreal • 4 M. Flaño • 5 X. Margairaz • 6 Plašil • 7 Cruchaga • 8 Font • 9 Portillo • 10 Puñal • 11 Pandiani • 12 Juanfran • 13 Ricardo • 14 Josetxo • 15 I. Garde • 16 Nekounam • 17 J. Flaño • 18 Dady • 19 Corrales • 20 H. Viana • 21 C. Vela • 21 Kike Sola • 23 Delporte • 24 I. Erice • 25 Javi García • 26 Andrés • 40 Azpilicueta • Coach: Ziganda

Spain squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Casillas • 2 Torres • 3 Juanfran • 4 Helguera • 5 Puyol • 6 Hierro • 7 Raúl • 8 Baraja • 9 Morientes • 10 Tristán • 11 de Pedro • 12 Luque • 13 Ricardo • 14 Albelda • 15 Romero • 16 Mendieta • 17 Valerón • 18 Sergio • 19 Xavi • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Joaquín • 23 Contreras • Coach: Camacho

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