Date of Birth: 01 10 1986
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Position: Forward
Nationality: Portugal
Ricardo Vaz Te Rumours and Transfers
14 08 2007
Boss Sammy Lee mentioned that El-Hadji Diouf is in his plans at Bolton however warns the forward he must fight for his place.
Diouf expressed his displeasure after being left out of the starting line up against Newcastle at the weekend and said he would move on unless he was guaranteed his place.
The Senegal player would like to hold talks with Lee however the Wanderers manager mentioned that he speaks to the player all the time and has played down reports of Diouf being unsettled at the Reebok Stadium.
"Diouf is always talking to me, and I am pleased he is disappointed," Lee revealed.
"We felt it was the right starting line-up. Unfortunately, Ricardo Vaz Te was injured and had to come off. Everyone then saw Diouf's quality, and I can understand his frustration. However, I would like competition for places; I do not want people to feel they are automatic choices."
14 08 2007
Republic of Ireland defender Andy O'Brien will make his debut for Bolton tomorrow against Fulham following his move from Portsmouth.
O'Brien would line up at the back alongside Abdoulaye Meite, who has recovered from a back problem.
El-Hadji Diouf is looking set to win a recall to the starting line up as forwards Kevin Davies (hamstring) and Ricardo Vaz Te (foot) are ruled out through injury.
Bolton forward Kevin Davies will be sidelined for up to 6 weeks after suffering a torn hamstring against Newcastle.
Davies picked up the injury in the 2nd half of the Premier League opener on Saturday and was withdrawn in the 57th minute.
Heidar Helguson replaced the former Southampton man and he maybe set for an extended run in Sammy Lee's side.
Davies' injury comes as a huge blow ahead of the game against Fulham, however will have given Helguson a chance against his former club.
"Davo has suffered a small tear in a hamstring and will be out for up to 6 weeks," Lee informed the club's official website.
"It is obviously a massive blow as he's such an influential player in our team however it will have given an opportunity for somebody else to stake their claim."
Ricardo Vaz Te also picked up a foot injury in the 3-1 defeat to Newcastle and will undergo a scan Monday.
Meanwhile, Christian Wilhelmsson got international clearance and would face Fulham in midweek.
The Swedish international, who has joined Bolton on a season long loan, would replace Vaz Te in the starting line up at Craven Cottage.
07 08 2007
Bolton manager Sammy Lee mentioned that Ricardo Vaz Te is going nowhere and is in his future plans following reports West Bromwich Albion failed to sign him.
The highly rated Portuguese youngster has struggled for 1st team football over the past few seasons and there is rumours he maybe sold on, with the Baggies and Derby known to be keen.
Reports have even suggested that Wanderers turned down a £500,000 bid from Albion for his services, however Lee clearly rates the 21 year old, who has impressed with a number of goals in pre season.
"We all know of the capabilities of Ricardo. He has immense talent," Lee revealed.
"All we ask of him is to be positive and continue going forward and get at defenders, to give them nightmares. If he does that he will score a lot of goals. You can see what he is like in possession. He has an effect on every game he plays in, whether he starts or only comes on as a substitute."
05 08 2007
Robin van Persie netted the goal which won Arsenal the Amsterdam Tournament, however was then carried off against Ajax.
A match which was a physical, and often bad-tempered affair, was settled by finish from the Dutchman with only 3 minutes left.
However, the former Feyenoord player then had to be helped from the field following a heavy challenge from Johnny Heitinga, however was able to soon rejoin his team mates as they celebrated a 2nd pre season tournament win.
Villa warmed up for the new Premier League season with a commanding 3-0 triumph over Italian champions Inter Milan at Villa Park.
Inter, who beat Man Utd 3-2 at Old Trafford earlier in the week, were a goal down in the 14th minute when Gareth Barry slotted home from Stiliyan Petrov's cross.
Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic dragged a shot wide 2 minutes before the break and 3 minutes into the 2nd half Villa doubled their lead.
Barry's free kick into the box was headed home by former AC Milan defender Martin Laursen. The 3rd came midway through the 2nd half when Gabriel Agbonlahor advanced into the box and was tripped by Walter Samuel, Barry converting the penalty.
Tottenham manager Martin Jol opted for Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov up front and was rewarded with a goal from each in a 2-0 triumph over Torino.
Keane volleyed the home side in front in the 16th minute at White Hart Lane after the visitors failed to clear a free-kick.
Berbatov was then gifted a simple tap in on 65 minutes when Steed Malbranque collected Pascal Chimbonda's cross, rounded the goalie and rolled the ball across the box.
Spurs have now won 7 out of 7 in their pre season programme ahead of next week's league opener at Sunderland.
Valencia spoiled Sven-Goran Eriksson's Manchester City welcoming party by triumphing 1-0 at Eastlands to leave the new manager with a lot of work to do before the Premier League opener at The Hammers next week.
With 5 new transfers in his starting line-up, some of whom the former England manager had never even seen play, there is always going to be an element of the unknown about the clash with one of Spain's 4 Champions League entrants.
Eriksson would certainly were able to pick several positives out of the narrow defeat, not least the display of young midfielder Michael Johnson.
But David Silva's early winner, combined with a series of missed chances that included 2 by player forward Rolando Bianchi, suggested it could take some time for Eriksson's new-look side to gel.
Owen Hargreaves in the end made his Man Utd debut as the Premier League champions enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 triumph over Peterborough.
Hargreaves played 45 minutes after coming on as a subsitute and looked back to his best in his traditional holding position in midfield.
He was the only 1st team player of note in a youthful United side that proved too strong for Peterborough, managed by Alex Ferguson's son Darren.
Adam Eckersley gave Ferguson senior's side the lead in the 23rd minute when the left back fired a powerful shot beyond Posh goalie Shwan Jalal.
Ferguson junior looked to have pulled off a masterstroke when Rene Howe, a half time subsitute, levelled matters with a fine shot 4 minutes after the restart.
But United were always the stronger and they made their fitness tell later in the 2nd half with goals from Richie Jones in the 72nd minute and a 3rd from Fangzhuo Dong 10 minutes later.
Portsmouth's new recruit David Nugent was on target as they came from behind to beat Leicester 3-1 in a pre season friendly at the Walkers Stadium.
Iain Hume put the Foxes ahead in the 14th minute when a clever ball from Mark de Vries put him through on goal.
Pompey levelled 6 minutes later though as £6 million signing Nugent, who had come close to scoring twice before in the early stages, sidefooted in Arnold Mvuemba's cross.
Nugent turned provider for the 2nd as Lomana LuaLua latched onto his cross to score.
LuaLua was then heavily involved in Portsmouth's 3rd as his good work presented substitute Franck Songo'o with a chance to drill home from the edge of the box with 8 minutes to go.
Ricardo Vaz Te and Gary Speed were both on target as Bolton recorded a 2-1 triumph at Championship club Colchester.
The visitors found themselves a goal down in the 5th minute when former Charlton forward Kevin Lisbie was given too much space in the area and fired past Ali Al-Habsi.
That lead was shortlived though as Wanderers hit back with 2 goals in as many minutes.
Speed swept home the leveller from the penalty spot after Vaz Te was tumbled over by Mark Yeates, comfortably triumphing over Dean Gerken in the home goal.
First half goals from Stewart Downing and Yakubu gave Boro a 2-0 triumph over AZ Alkmaar.
Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca and Jeremie Aliadiere all combined to set up Downing and the England winger comprehensively beat visiting goalie Sergio Romero with a fierce left footed drive.
Boro's second, and clincher, came only 14 minutes later when Taylor's cross from the left found the head of Yakubu who powered his effort beyond Romero from 6 yards.
Long term injury absentee Dean Ashton was back on the scoresheet for The Hammers as they came from behind to beat Roma 2-1 at Upton Park.
The visitors had taken a 13th minute lead through Ludovic Giuly, before The Hammers equalised as George McCartney headed in Freddie Ljungberg's corner in the 63rd minute.
3 minutes later Alan Curbishley's side were in front as Ashton, who missed the whole of last season with an ankle injury, cut in from the right wing and fired in a shot from an acute angle.
Sunderland warmed up for their season opener against Spurs next week with an entertaining 1-1 draw with Juve.
Daryl Murphy gave Roy Keane's side the lead when he stabbed home after Ross Wallace's 7th minute corner was headed into the danger area by Dickson Etuhu.
Cristian Molinaro grabbed a deserved equaliser for the Italian side with 2 minutes left, the substitute smashing a powerful drive into the roof of the net.
Jason Koumas scored both goals as Wigan beat crisis club Leeds 2-1 in a pre season friendly at Elland Road.
Koumas put the Premier League side in front only a minute before the interval, slotting home after good work from Emile Heskey.
Jermaine Beckford equalised 10 minutes into the 2nd half however Koumas sealed win with a deflected free kick on 69 minutes.
Reading warmed up for the start of the season with a 3-2 win against Wolves at Molineux.
Seyi Olofinjana opened the scoring with a header from Gary Breen's 14th minute cross however Reading were level within 3 minutes through Stephen Hunt.
Bryn Gunnarsson then put Steve Coppell's side in front and Dave Kitson diverted home a shot from Hunt only seconds before the interval.
Jay Bothroyd pulled one back for Mick McCarthy's side 6 minutes from time.
Blackburn showed their Premier League class to comfortably see off Lancashire rivals Preston 3-0 at Deepdale.
Centre back Christopher Samba scored twice with fellow defender Andre Ooijer putting Rovers ahead in the 1st minute.
Steve Howard produced a late equaliser as Derby finished their pre season preparations with a lively 2-2 draw against UEFA Cup finalists Espanyol.
Marc Torrejon's own goal gave the Rams a 1-0 half time lead however Sergio Sanchez pulled the La Liga side level before Luis Garcia converted a controversial penalty.
Everton were held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in their final pre season friendly.
Sheffield United forward Billy Sharp scored on his return to Bramall Lane to hand the Blades a 1-0 friendly triumph over Nottingham Forest.
The 21 year old learnt his trade in the United academy however was unable to break into the 1st team under Neil Warnock, who allowed him to leave for Scunthorpe in 2005.
Sharp's former team mates at Scunthorpe had to settle for a 1-1 draw in their Lincolnshire derby with Grimsby at Blundell Park as Andy Crosby opened the scoring for the Iron before having to leave the pitch.
And it was his replacement Andy Butler who scored an own goal to level for the League 2 side.
Southampton recorded a 1-0 triumph at Brentford thanks to Marek Saganowski's finish from Nathan Dyer's cross only after the interval.
Championship new boys Bristol City had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth at Ashton Gate after twice falling behind. Brian Wilson and Louis Carey were the men to find the net for Gary Johnson's side.
Barnsley completed their pre season programme with a shock 2-0 defeat to Bury at Gigg Lane courtesy of goals from Richie Baker and Dave Challinor.
Blackpool, also looking forward to their Championship debut next weekend, crashed 2-1 at Carlisle.
David Fox gave the Seasiders the lead with a fabulous volley, however United hit back after the interval and goals from Chris Lumsdon and Danny Graham were enough to claim the win.
Hull rounded off pre season with a goalless draw against Belgian club Antwerp at KC Stadium.
Dagenham warmed up for their Football League bow next weekend with a 2-1 triumph over Fisher Athletic, Paul Benson and Jon Nurse finding the net.
Robbie Fowler made his 1st appearance for Cardiff in their 1-0 triumph over Dutch opponents Twente at Ninian Park.
The former Liverpool forward's debut lasted only 24 minutes, however, as he struggled to shake off the effects of a thigh injury suffered in training earlier this week.
Warren Feeney scored the only goal, smashing home from Trevor Sinclair's free-kick.
28 07 2007
An 83rd minute goal from Ricardo Vaz Te gave Bolton a 1-0 win over Tranmere at Prenton Park.
The Portuguese latched on to a pass from El-Hadji Diouf and fired home from 12 yards.
Vaz Te, Diouf and Heidar Helguson were the only 3 players to keep their places in the starting line up from the team which lost 3-0 to Hibs in midweek, with captain Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies and goalie Jussi Jaaskelainen all returning to action.
There was no place for new loan signing Christian Wilhelmsson, whose work permit would not be received in time for him to play, whilst forward Nicolas Anelka, who was the subject of recent transfer speculation, did not play either.
The match was delayed by 10 minutes as the Bolton team bus was late arriving at the ground.
26 07 2007
Hibs inflicted an emphatic 3-0 defeat on Bolton in a lively pre season game at Easter Road.
Steven Fletcher was a constant menace to the Premier League side and opened the scoring in the 1st half before David Murphy doubled the lead and Abdessalam Benjelloun scored a stunning long-range goal to wrap up the win.
Heidar Helguson had an impressive debut for the Premier League side, hitting the bar and being denied a goal by Hibs goalie Yves Ma-Kalambay.
Hibs had the better of a lively opening and midfielder Brian Kerr almost made a 4th minute breakthrough when his long-range effort flew inches wide.
Helguson was denied when Ma-Kalambay blocked the Iceland forward's close-range shot after 24 minutes and only 4 minutes later Hibs were ahead.
A ball over the top found Fletcher and the forward coolly converted from 10 yards.
Fletcher could have doubled the lead with the Wanderers' defence caught flat-footed however struck the side-netting before Ian Walker denied Benjelloun's volley.
Fletcher was causing problems however Bolton almost levelled only before half time Ricardo Vaz Te hit a shot on to the Hibs bar. Guillaume Beuzelin almost doubled the lead immediately after the break when he hit into the side-netting from 2 yards.
Vaz Te threatened again however in the 73rd minute the hosts doubled their lead when David Murphy easily beat Lubomir Michalik to slide the ball past Walker.
3 minutes later Hibs were 3 up when Benjelloun hit a left foot shot from 30 yards past the hapless Trotters keeper.
17 06 2007
There was a rainbow over the Euroborg before kick off however Portugal's expectations of finding a pot of gold here in the Netherlands finished inspite of this comfortable win against Israel in their final Group A game. Belgium's 2-2 draw with the Netherlands some 60 kilometres away in Heerenveen consigned them to 3rd place in the section, a point behind Jean-Francois De Sart's Belgians.
Leading 4-0 through goals from Manuel Fernandes, Ricardo Vaz Te, Miguel Veloso and Nani, everything looked rosy for Portugal until the 70th minute when news filtered through that Belgium had equalised against the Dutch.
With the inspirational Nani departing on a stretcher in the same minute, suddenly the mood turned sour for Jose Couceiro's side. Whilst Portugal must now wait for tomorrow's Group B deciders to find out if 3rd spot will earn them a play off for a berth at the 2008 Olympic Games, Israel's 1st U21 finals closed with this 3rd successive defeat.
Portugal had 70 per cent of possession during the opening quarter hour yet it was Israel who had the 1st chance of note on 17 minutes. Idan Srur swung in a free kick from the right however the unmarked Lior Rafaelov failed to make contact and Paulo Ribeiro saved with his feet.
Almost immediately at the other end, we saw the 1st flash of quality from one of Portugal's highly rated attackers as Joao Moutinho missed past Eliran Danin and centred to Vaz Te however the forward, appearing for the 1st time in the Netherlands, headed over.
That sparked a succession of opportunities with Nani at the heart of everything. The new Man Utd FC winger had one shot deflected over, then drove another at Tom Al Madon from Hugo Almeida's knock-down. After the besieged goalie had turned behind Manuel da Costa's low free-kick, Nani was at it again, hitting the top of the net with an overhead kick.
A goal seemed inevitable and when it came on 37 minutes, Nani was involved again, Manuel Fernandes playing a one-two with him before driving a fierce shot in off the underside of the crossbar. Al Madon then kept out a Nani header however on the stroke of half time, it was 2-0 as Vaz Te nodded in Joao Pereira's pinpoint cross.
The 2nd half brought no respite for Israel and by the 50th minute, Portugal were out of sight. First Miguel Veloso's free kick from out on the right evaded everyone, Al Madon included, on its way inside the far post. Sixty seconds later Nani flashed the ball past the goalie from 20 metres. A real pity then that the talented 20 year old's evening finished prematurely after a heavy tackle from Israel substitute Dani Bondarv.
Israel prevented any further damage as Al Madon denied Moutinho and Danin headed off the line from Vaz Te, however Guy Levy's men missed out on the consolation of a 1st goal in the competition when Paulo Ribeiro saved Rami Duani's late close-range effort. Whilst Portugal wait to see if there will indeed be an Olympic play off on 21 June, for captain Hugo Almeida his involvement in the Netherlands is over having picked up another booking here.
