João Ricciulli

João Ricciulli
Personal information
Full name João Pedro Gomes Ricciulli
Date of birth (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Differdange
Number 66
Youth career
2014–2020 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Sporting B 19 (1)
2021–2023 Vitória B 23 (1)
2024–2025 Guarda FC 16 (0)
2025– Differdange 3 (1)
International career
2022– Guinea-Bissau 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 06:23, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

João Pedro Gomes Ricciulli (born 10 October 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Differdange in the Luxembourg National Division and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Ricciulli is a youth product of Sporting CP since 2014, and began his senior career with their reserves in the Campeonato de Portugal in 2020.[2] On 10 August 2021, he transferred to Vitória B as they started in the Liga 3.[3]

International career

Ricciulli debuted with Guinea-Bissau in a friendly 3–0 win over Equatorial Guinea on 23 March 2022.[4]

Personal life

Ricciulli's twin brother, João Cláudio, is also a professional footballer.[5]

References