Ricardo Vaz

Reus On 27 January 2015, Vaz terminated his contract with Estoril and moved to Spain after agreeing to a five-year deal with Segunda División B side CF Reus Deportiu. He made 27 appearances in his first full season – playoffs included – scoring three times to help the club reach Segunda División for the first time in its 117-year history.

Vaz scored his first goal in the Spanish second tier on 10 September 2016, equalising the 1–1 home draw with CD Numancia.

OFI On 30 January 2019, OFI Crete F.C. announced the signing of Vaz on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first Super League Greece goal on 31 March, but in a 3–1 away loss against Aris Thessaloniki FC. He repeated the feat a week later, at home to relegation rivals PAS Giannina FC (1–0).

On 12 September 2020, in the last minutes of a league fixture against Panetolikos FC, Vaz suffered the second anterior cruciate ligament injury of his career.

Later career Vaz split the 2021–22 campaign between S.C. Covilhã (Liga Portugal 2) and A.E. Kifisia FC (Super League Greece 2). On 16 February 2023, he joined Polish II liga team GKS Jastrzębie on a ten-month deal.

On 12 January 2024, Vaz returned to Reus, with the club now renamed Reus FC Reddis and competing in the amateur Tercera Federación.