Defender Ricardo Santos joined Swansea City in the summer of 2025 as a free agent, having previously been on the books of Bolton Wanderers.

The 29-year-old signed a two-year contract, and had over 200 EFL appearances under his belt across his professional career.

Born in Portugal, Santos started off in the youth ranks at Dagenham & Redbridge, before spells with Billericay Town (loan), Dover Athletic and Thurrock.

His break in the EFL came with Peterborough United in 2014 and he went on to spend just under three years with Posh before having three-and-half seasons with Barnet.

Santos went on to join Bolton in August 2020, and made 207 appearances for them in all competitions, helping them to promotion from League Two in 2021 and EFL Trophy success in 2023.

He has been named in the EFL team of the year for the division he has played in over four of the last five campaigns.