Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the current WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Champ

A Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the current WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Champion and is also the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC Junior Middleweight champion

Is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for the clay court. He has had the occasional win in

Is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for the clay court. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was 50th in 2005. He has won a singles tournament on the pro tour and plays most of his tennis in Challenger tournaments.At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, Mello played number one seed Andy Murray. Murray was in control of the first set, winning 6–1, but Mello won the second set 6–1. Mello took the 3rd and final to a tie-break after having 3 set points. He lost in the breaker 7–5. The final score was 1–6, 6–1, 6–7 (5–7).

A Filipino-Australian retired Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. He n

A Filipino-Australian retired Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. He now resides in Blacktown, Sydney, Australia.

Is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for German club VfL Wolfsburg.In July 2007, as first

Is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for German club VfL Wolfsburg.In July 2007, as first team opportunities appeared few at Porto, Costa joined Bundesliga's VfL Wolfsburg. After a shaky start, he finished the season as an undisputed starter, as

Is a Portuguese football player who plays midfielder for Marítimo B.

Is a Portuguese football player who plays midfielder for Marítimo B.

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Daejeon Citizen. He has the Italian citizenship as

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Daejeon Citizen. He has the Italian citizenship as well.He started his career in S.C. Corinthias Paulista, after he played in Paulista when he was sold to OSK in Sweden. After 2 good seasons, he left for S

A former Dutch footballer. He was formerly a skills trainer at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, leav

A former Dutch footballer. He was formerly a skills trainer at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, leaving the club in May 2008 after three seasons.[1] Moniz is one of the few proteges of the skills training guru Wiel Coerver which is aimed at improving technical ability over tactical ability. He was previously academy coach at PSV Eindhoven.On June 8, 2008 he signed a new contract to be the new skills- and talent-coach next to head-coach Martin Jol at Hamburger SV.In his playing days he played for RKC Waalwijk, Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.

Was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. Moreno was ranked #76 on the The Ring's lis

Was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. Moreno was ranked #76 on the The Ring's list of 100 All time Greatest Punchers. Moreno was born and raised in the mining town of Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico. He left school to work as a metal b

Is a football player who currently plays for AS Possession in the 2nd division of Réunion domestic

Is a football player who currently plays for AS Possession in the 2nd division of Réunion domestic football and for the Mauritius national football team as a forward. He is featured on the Mauritian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video

Is a Portuguese football player currently playing for Olympiakos Nicosia.

Is a Portuguese football player currently playing for Olympiakos Nicosia.

Is a Portuguese footballer currently playing with Clube Desportivo das Aves in the Portuguese second

Is a Portuguese footballer currently playing with Clube Desportivo das Aves in the Portuguese second division, as an attacking midfielder.From February 2005, Nascimento had an Asian adventure, appearing for South Korea's FC Seoul, for whom he was signed o

Is a Brazilian footballer who is currently playing for Al-Jazira Club, as a striker.Oliveira joined

Is a Brazilian footballer who is currently playing for Al-Jazira Club, as a striker.Oliveira joined Valencia CF on 31 July, 2003.Under the guidance of Rafael Benítez, Oliveira scored eight La Liga goals in 21 games, including a fantastic long range effor

A former football (soccer) player from Argentina. A solid defender or midfield player, he played mos

A former football (soccer) player from Argentina. A solid defender or midfield player, he played most of his career at Independiente.He won the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in 1986, where he played in every game in the success and was a leading player. He also played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup after missing the first two group matches he went on to figure in every game up until the semi-finals where Argentina were knocked out by Italy.

A Mexican international football defender, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.O

A Mexican international football defender, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.Osorio made his debut in the Primera División de México in 2001–02 season in a match against CF Atlante, with a 3-1 victory. After an outstanding performance during the 2006 World Cup, German club VfB Stuttgart signed him for four years, in which they paid 4 million Euros.Osorio scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for Stuttgart on February 16, 2007. The goal came at the 44th minute of the match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Stuttgart went on to win the game 4–0. On May 19, Stuttgart defeated Energie Cottbus 2–1, winning the Bundesliga, with Osorio making one of the highest number of appearances for the season.

Was a Salvadoran footballer who played most of his career in C.D. FAS. Valencia has made 26 appearan

Was a Salvadoran footballer who played most of his career in C.D. FAS. Valencia has made 26 appearances for the El Salvador national football team, scoring five goals. In 1954 he won the gold medal with the Salvadoran team in the Juegos Deportivos Centroa

Is a Bolivian football striker currently playing for Steaua Bucuresti.Pedriel was picked to join Bol

Is a Bolivian football striker currently playing for Steaua Bucuresti.Pedriel was picked to join Bolivia in the 2007 U-20 South American Championship held in Paraguay, where he played in four games.

A former Mexican footballer. He represented Mexico at the FIFA World Cup in 1998. He scored two goal

A former Mexican footballer. He represented Mexico at the FIFA World Cup in 1998. He scored two goals, in the group matches against South Korea - a 3-1 win for Mexico - and a 2-2 draw with Netherlands.Ricardo started his career as an accountant. After finishing his studies in accounting, Ricardo started to work doing public accountancy which he believed was something extremely boring and tiresome. Being soccer his hobby and passion, he decided to go for trials at Club América. Even though he was 23 at that time, the headhunters at the club instantly recognized him as a "crack" and decided to place him in the first team right away.

Is a football midfielder. He currently plays in Panama for ANAPROF team San Francisco.He made his de

Is a football midfielder. He currently plays in Panama for ANAPROF team San Francisco.He made his debut for the Panama national football team in 1996 and collected over 108 caps, scoring 9 goals.

Is a Haitian soccer player who currently plays for Cleveland City Stars in the USL First Division.

Is a Haitian soccer player who currently plays for Cleveland City Stars in the USL First Division.

Is a retired professional Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several Campeonato Bra

Is a retired professional Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs and for Primera División Paraguaya club Cerro Porteño.[

Is a Brazilian defender. He currently plays for Ipatinga.

Is a Brazilian defender. He currently plays for Ipatinga.

Was the youngest West Indian to score an ODI century. He made 2,000 ODI runs at a strike rate of 98,

Was the youngest West Indian to score an ODI century. He made 2,000 ODI runs at a strike rate of 98, which is the highest strike rate of a West Indian player with more than 1000 ODI runs, and he also emulated Gordon Greenidge by hitting 8 sixes in an ODI

is a former medley swimmer from Brazil.He was also World Champion in that event in 1982, establishi

is a former medley swimmer from Brazil.He was also World Champion in that event in 1982, establishing a new World Record that stood until 1984.

A retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres even

A retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United

Is a Portuguese footballer who plays for AEL Limassol in Cyprus, as an attacking midfielder. After a

Is a Portuguese footballer who plays for AEL Limassol in Cyprus, as an attacking midfielder. After a number of impressive performances for Gil Vicente FC, with whom he made his Portuguese first division debuts, in 2001–02, Fernandes was transferred to Spo