The Portuguese international reached the 348th game against Estoril and surpassed the record of the current Braga director; At 29 years old, the midfielder is 58 games away from making history at the club
With another start (21st in 24 games) in the 12th round of the League, against Estoril, Ricardo Horta reached 348 appearances for the warriors and became the second player with the most games in the club’s history. The Portuguese international surpassed Alan, former striker and current director of the club who played 347 games for Braga.
A record that becomes more evident due to the fact that the current captain is just starting his eighth season at Minho, while Alan was placed on the middle step of the podium in nine seasons — from 2008/09 to 2016/17. In the latter they even coincided in the squad, as the eldest of the Horta brothers came to the club on loan from Málaga precisely in the summer of 2016.
Still just 29 years old, the Portuguese international aims to top this emblematic record. The first position is occupied by José Maria Azevedo with 405 games, in a total of 14 seasons (from 1955/56 to 1968/69), and this former right-back spent his entire football career at Arsenal.
Doing the math, Ricardo Horta has 57 games left to include himself even further in the history of SC Braga. In 22 uses this season, Ricardo Horta has already reached the maximum number of assists for goals in his career, totaling eleven, with his best record being ten. A number he repeated in the previous two seasons. Something that may be related to the role of second striker that he has played more often during this season.
In terms of goals, so far he has scored nine, still far from the best records. In 2019/20 he had his best scoring season, with 24 goals, and in 2021/22 he reached 23. But the current season is not even halfway done yet, in fact, just over a third have it, that is, there are still many games to go for Ricardo Horta to be able to improve all these records.
2023-12-04 22:07:00
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