Ricardo Gomes Vilana (born 18 July 1981) is a retired Brazilian footballer.
Vilana was born on 18 July 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil and began playing football at local club, Portuguesa. Subsequently, in 2002 he moved to play in the Swiss lower leagues for Malcantone Agno. There, he spent two seasons, helping the team gain promotion from the third to the second league during his first season. After his daughter was born, Vilana decided to stop playing football and instead played futsal.
He returned to playing football about two years later, being convinced to sign with Romanian club Unirea Urziceni by his brother-in-law, Alex Leandro, who was playing there. Vilana made his Liga I debut on 10 September 2006 when coach Costel Orac sent him to replace Alexandru Pojer in the 85th minute of a 2âÂÂ0 home win over NaÃÂional BucureÃÂti. The club reached the 2008 Cupa României final and he played the entire match under coach Dan Petrescu in the 2âÂÂ1 loss to CFR Cluj. Subsequently, Vilana helped the club win the 2008âÂÂ09 title, as coach Petrescu used him in 20 games, scoring once in a 2âÂÂ0 away victory against Politehnica IaÃÂi.
He started the following season by replacing Sorin Paraschiv in the 81st minute of the penalty shoot-out loss to CFR Cluj in the 2009 Supercupa României. Afterwards, Vilana made five appearances in the 2009âÂÂ10 Champions League group stage, playing against VfB Stuttgart, Sevilla and Rangers, as the team earned eight points and finished third. Thus they qualified to the round of 32 of the Europa League where he played in both legs of the 4âÂÂ1 aggregate loss to Liverpool.
In August 2010, Vilana signed a contract with Steaua BucureÃÂti alongside teammates from Unirea Urziceni: Galamaz, Marinescu, Apostol, BilaÃÂco, Onofraàand Brandán.
First he was sent by coach Ilie Dumitrescu to play in Liga II for the team's satellite club, Steaua II BucureÃÂti, making his debut against Juventus BucureÃÂti, which the team won 1âÂÂ0 with his goal. Afterwards he started to play for the first team, including making five appearances in the 2010âÂÂ11 Europa League group stage against Liverpool, Napoli and Utrecht, but failing to qualify further as they finished third. The team won the Cupa României, but Vilana did not get to play in the final, as he and fellow Brazilian ÃÂder Bonfim terminated their contracts on mutual agreement with the club on 4 May 2011.
Vilana and Bonfim went together to play for Khazar Lankaran in Azerbaijan, being brought there by Romanian coach, Mircea Rednic. He left the club after about one year in which the team finished runner-up in the 2011âÂÂ12 season, and also made appearances in qualification rounds of the Europa League.
In 2013, Vilana signed a contract with FC Andorra in the Spanish fifth league. He subsequently returned to Brazil, playing for Guaratinguetá in Série C and joining Série A club Coritiba in 2016, though he did not feature in any matches there.
Malcantone Agno
Unirea Urziceni
Steaua BucureÃÂti