Cristóvão da Silva Ramos (born 25 March 1983),óvã known simply as Cristóvão, is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a right winger.

Club career

Cristóvão was born in Lyon, France. After playing youth football with FC Porto he made his senior debuts with the B-team in the third division, going on to spend four years with them in that tier. Released in the summer of 2005 without one single official appearance for the main squad, he joined Primeira Liga club F.C. Penafiel, but left after a couple of months and moved to Leixões S.C. in the second level, where he appeared very rarely over the course of two (incomplete) seasons.

Cristóvão Ramos

In late December 2007, Cristovão signed with AEP Paphos F.C. from Cyprus. In the 2009 off-season he joined fellow First Division team Anorthosis Famagusta F.C., making his league debut on 30 August in a 0–0 away draw against Ermis Aradippou.

Cristóvão Ramos

On 3 February 2012, Cristóvão moved to Bulgaria with PFC Levski Sofia, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. He scored on his first First Professional Football League appearance, helping his team to a 2–1 win over PFC Cherno More Varna; on 29 April 2012, he netted the only goal in a derby success against PFC CSKA Sofia.

Cristóvão Ramos

Cristóvão was released by Levski in summer 2013 (alongside some of the other foreign players) mainly due to his high salary, but he returned to the club after the winter break.

Club statistics

References

External links

Levski official profile

1983 births

Living people

French people of Portuguese descent

Citizens of Portugal through descent

Footballers from Lyon

Portuguese men's footballers

Men's association football wingers

Primeira Liga players

Liga Portugal 2 players

Segunda Divisão players

FC Porto B players

F.C. Penafiel players

Leixões S.C. players

Cypriot First Division players

Cypriot Second Division players

AEP Paphos FC players

Anorthosis Famagusta FC players

AC Omonia players

First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players

PFC Levski Sofia players

Konyaspor footballers

Portugal men's youth international footballers

Portugal men's under-21 international footballers

Portuguese expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus

Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria

Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey

Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus

Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria