Ricardo Vaz Tê

**Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê** (born 1 October 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

During his career, Vaz Tê played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Barnsley and West Ham United, Greek club Panionios, Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor, and Portuguese club Portimonense.

## Career statistics

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=7|Bolton Wanderers|2003–04|rowspan=6|Premier League|1|0|2|0|0|0|–|3|0|
|2004–05|7|0|2|1|0|0|–|9|1|||||
|2005–06|22|3|4|1|2|1|4|1|32|6||||
|2006–07|25|0|3|0|2|0|–|30|0|||||
|2007–08|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0||||
|2008–09|2|0|0|0|0|0|–|2|0|||||
|Hull City (loan)|2006–07|Championship|6|0|0|0|0|0|–|6|0|||
|Panionios|2010–11|Super League Greece|8|1|0|0|–|–|8|1||||
|Hibernian|2010–11|Scottish Premier League|10|1|0|0|0|0|–|10|1|||
|Barnsley|2011–12|Championship|22|10|1|2|1|0|–|24|12|||
|rowspan=5|West Ham United|2011–12|Championship|15|10|0|0|0|0|3|2|18|12|
|2012–13|rowspan=4|Premier League|24|3|2|0|2|0|–|28|3|||
|2013–14|8|2|0|0|2|2|–|10|4|||||
|2014–15|4|0|0|0|1|0|–|5|0|||||
|Akhisar Belediyespor|2014–15|Süper Lig|14|5|0|0|–|–|14|5||||
|Charlton Athletic|2015–16|Championship|11|0|1|0|0|0|–|12|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Akhisar Belediyespor|2015–16|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|14|1|2|0|–|–|16|1||
|2016–17|31|11|9|14|–|–|40|25||||||
|rowspan=3|Henan Jianye|2017|rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League|5|5|0|0|–|–|5|5||
|2018|21|11|0|0|–|–|21|11||||||
|Qingdao Huanghai|2019|China League One|14|5|0|0|–|–|14|5||||
|rowspan="3"|Portimonense|2019–20|rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga|12|2|0|0|0|0|–|12|2|
|2020–21|9|0|0|0|0|0|–|9|0|||||

## Honours

**West Ham United**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2012

**Qingdao Huanghai**
- China League One: 2019

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ricardo Vaz Tê
- **image**: Ricardo Vaz Tê.JPG
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: Vaz Tê warming-up for West Ham United in 2012
- **full name**: Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê
- **birth place**: Lisbon, Portugal
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthclubs1**: Real S.C., Real Massamá
- **youthyears2**: 2002–2003
- **youthclubs2**: S.C. Farense, Farense
- **years1**: 2003–2010
- **clubs1**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **caps1**: 58
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 2007
- **clubs2**: → Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (loan)
- **caps2**: 6
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2010–2011
- **clubs3**: Panionios F.C., Panionios
- **caps3**: 8
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2011
- **clubs4**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: Barnsley F.C., Barnsley
- **caps5**: 22
- **goals5**: 10
- **years6**: 2012–2015
- **clubs6**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps6**: 51
- **goals6**: 15
- **years7**: 2015
- **clubs7**: Akhisar Belediyespor
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 5
- **years8**: 2015–2016
- **clubs8**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps8**: 11
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2016–2017
- **clubs9**: Akhisar Belediyespor
- **caps9**: 45
- **goals9**: 12
- **years10**: 2017–2018
- **clubs10**: Henan Jianye F.C., Henan Jianye
- **caps10**: 26
- **goals10**: 16
- **years11**: 2019
- **clubs11**: Qingdao Huanghai F.C., Qingdao Huanghai
- **caps11**: 14
- **goals11**: 5
- **years12**: 2020–2021
- **clubs12**: Portimonense S.C., Portimonense
- **caps12**: 21
- **goals12**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 286
- **totalgoals**: 70
- **nationalyears1**: 2003
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-17 football team, Portugal U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-19 football team, Portugal U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 4
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 9
- **nationalgoals3**: 6
- **nationalyears4**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 19
- **nationalgoals4**: 4
- **nationalyears5**: 2008
- **nationalteam5**: Portugal Olympic football team, Portugal U23
- **nationalcaps5**: 2
- **nationalgoals5**: 2