Pablo (footballer, born March 1991)

Pablo
Personal information
Full name Pablo Ricardo de Souza[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-07) 7 March 1991[1]
Place of birth São Gonçalo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Aimoré
Youth career
Atlético Paranaense
Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Anapolina 3 (0)
2013 São José dos Campos 15 (3)
2013 Duque de Caxias 1 (0)
2014 São José dos Campos 18 (2)
2015 Mogi Mirim 4 (0)
2016 São Carlos 0 (0)
2017 Novo Hamburgo 16 (0)
2017–2018 Luverdense 29 (2)
2019 São Luiz 0 (0)
2019–2020 Aimoré 17 (0)
2020 Canaã-BA 4 (0)
2021–2022 São José-RS 46 (3)
2023 Sergipe 14 (0)
2023–2024 Sampaio Corrêa-RJ 15 (2)
2024 União Frederiquense 12 (1)
2025 Atlético Piauiense 0 (0)
2025 Inhumas 7 (0)
2025 Novo Hamburgo 16 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo Ricardo de Souza (born 7 March 1991) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Career

Born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Pablo represented Atlético Paranaense and Boavista as a youth. He started his senior professional career in 2012 with Anapolina, representing São José dos Campos, Jataiense, Duque de Caxias in the following years.[1]

On 14 September 2015, Pablo signed with second-tier club Mogi Mirim.[1] On 31 October, he made his debut, playing the whole ninety minutes of a 2–0 defeat against Ceará.[2] He contributed with 4 games in the league.

In February 2017, Pablo signed with Novo Hamburgo after a stint with São Carlos.[3] At Novo Hamburgo, he formed a partnership in central defence with the experienced Júlio Santos.[3] He played 16 matches as his club won the 2017 Campeonato Gaúcho. On 11 May 2017, he signed with Luverdense of the second tier.[4] He scored his first goal on 6 June, in a 1–1 draw against Vila Nova.[5]

In the final years of his career, he also played for São José-RS, Sergipe, Atlético Piauiense, Sampaio Corrêa-RJ, among others. He retired while playing for Novo Hamburgo, once again winning the second tier of the Rio Grande do Sul state championship.[6][7][8][9]

Honours

Duque de Caxias

Novo Hamburgo

Sampaio Corrêa

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mogi fecha o elenco com contratação de mais três jogadores para a Série B [Mogi closes the cast with three more players for the Serie B]" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ceará vence, rebaixa Mogi Mirim e respira na briga para sair do Z-4 [Ceará wins, lowers Mogi Mirim and breathes in the fight to get out of Z-4]" (in Portuguese). Vavel. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 Henemann, Gustavo (3 February 2017). "Zagueiro Pablo em boa fase na defesa do Noia" [Defender Pablo is in fine form in Noia’s defence]. NH (newspaper) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Série B: Luverdense anuncia zagueiro campeão gaúcho Novo Hamburgo" [Serie B: Luverdense announces Gaucho champion for Novo Hamburgo] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Luverdense empata nos acréscimos com o Vila Nova e segue sem vencer na Série B" (in Portuguese). Tribuna PR. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Pablo chega ao Passo de olho nas conquistas" [Pablo arrives at Passo with his sights set on trophies.]. EC São José (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Atlético-PI acerta com zagueiro Pablo Ricardo, ex-Athlético-PR, e mais dois atletas da base" [Atlético-PI signs center-back Pablo Ricardo—formerly of Athlético-PR—and two other youth players.]. GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 2 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Novo Hamburgo acerta o retorno do zagueiro Pablo, campeão gaúcho em 2017" [Novo Hamburgo secures the return of center-back Pablo, a 2017 Gaúcho champion.]. abcmais (in Portuguese). 26 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ídolo anilado, Pablo afirma: "Final não se joga, se ganha"" ["Anilado" idol Pablo declares: "You don't just play a final; you win it."]. abcmais (in Portuguese). 1 March 2026.