 Baía akanga ari muchimiro chikuru zvakare muna 2002-03, achibatsira chikwata chake kukunda mukombe weligi, mukombe uye UEFA Cup, achionekwa mumitambo gumi nemimwe yemitambo gumi nematatu mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, kusanganisira semi-fainari vachipesana neSS Lazio kwaakadzivirira chirango, uye yekupedzisiraKurwisa Celtic. Yakanga isiri kusvika mumwaka unotevera paakawanazve hutano hwakakwana zvakare, uye aizove nerimwe remakore anonakidza kwazvo pabasa rake, kuhwina UEFA Champions League uye mukombe wake wechinomwe weligi mumakwikwi ekare, akatamba mitambo yese nemaminetsi apo Porto akarova AS Monaco FC mumutambo wekupedzisira 30 uye, nekudaro, akasarudzwa se UEFA Club Best Goalkeeper yeGore, ari iye wekutanga muchengeti wechiPutukezi kuhwina zita iri. Izvi, zvisinei, zvakanga zvisina kukwana nokuda kweEuro 2004 yakatambirwa pamusha kusarudzwa, ne Sporting CPs Ricardo inonetsekana inodiwa. Gare gare, muna 2007, mubvunzurudzo yeFIFA.com, Baía akati: ... Zvinoshamisa nekuti ndakavhoterwa semurindi akanakisa muEurope mumwaka wa2003 04 uye mazuva mashoma timu yeUEFA EURO 2004 isati yaziviswa Ndakakunda mukwikwidzi wePortugal uye UEFA Champions League uye kunyangwe ipapo handina kudaidzwa; pakupera kwemwaka uyu akatumidzwa zita mune runyorwa rwe IFFHS Worlds Best Goalkeeper yeGore 2004, achipedza wechisere mukuvhota apo Ricardo akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechi19. 