Ricardo Peláez

Football player infobox| playername= Ricardo Peláez


fullname = Ricardo Peláez Linares
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|3|14
cityofbirth = Mexico
countryofbirth = Mexico
height = height|meter=1.87
position = Striker
years = 1985–1987
1987–1997
1997–1998
1998–2000
clubs = Club América
Necaxa Club América
Guadalajara
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1994–1998
nationalteam = Mexico
nationalcaps(goals) =

Ricardo Peláez Linares (born March 14, 1964) is 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.

Even though Ricardo started his career with America, he has claimed to be a boyhood fan of not only Club América, but of Necaxa as well. He is the leading scorer in Necaxa's history with 138 goals since his arrival in 1987 and his departure in 1997.

Pelaez moved back with America for one year to which afterwards joined rival Guadalajara in the winter of 1998. In 2000 he was forced into retirement due to various knee injuries at the age of 35. He was commemorated in Necaxa's new facilities in Aguascalientes when a training field was named after him.

As of 2004, he is a commentator for football at TelevisaRicardo Pelaez has also lent his voice alongside Enrique Bermudez to be the Spanish language commentators for the three most recent FIFA videogames.