Rúben Tiago Rodrigues Ribeiro

Rúben Ribeiro
Personal information
Full name Rúben Tiago Rodrigues Ribeiro
Date of birth (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 10
Youth career
1995–1996 Penafiel
1996–2000 Boavista
2000–2001 Pasteleira
2001–2002 Boavista
2002–2006 Leixões
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Leixões 37 (1)
2011–2012 Penafiel 21 (0)
2012–2013 Beira-Mar 24 (6)
2013−2015 Paços Ferreira 11 (1)
2014 → Rio Ave (loan) 8 (1)
2015 → Gil Vicente (loan) 17 (2)
2016 Boavista 17 (0)
2016–2018 Rio Ave 47 (3)
2018 Sporting CP 9 (0)
2018– Al Ain 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018

Rúben Tiago Rodrigues Ribeiro (born 1 August 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Emirati club Al Ain FC.

Club career

Born in Porto, Ribeiro spent most of his youth career with local Boavista F.C. before joining Leixões S.C. in 2002 to complete his formation. He only managed to amass 13 league appearances in his first three senior seasons combined, ten of which in 2008–09, spent in the Primeira Liga; his debut in the competition took place on 15 September 2007, when he came on as a late substitute in a 0–0 away draw against precisely Boavista.[1]

Ribeiro played with F.C. Penafiel in the 2011–12 campaign, in the second division. On 22 June 2012 he returned to the top flight, signing for four years with S.C. Beira-Mar.[2]

In the summer of 2013, after scoring a career-best six goals which was not enough to help prevent relegation, Ribeiro joined fellow league club F.C. Paços de Ferreira on a three-year contract.[3] He scored once during the first half of his first season,[4] later labelling his spell there as "the worst" of his career,[5] before spending the better part of the following months on loan to Rio Ave F.C. and Gil Vicente F.C. also in the top tier.[6]

On 7 January 2016, Ribeiro returned to Boavista on deal running until 30 June.[7] He played his first league match 11 days later, when he featured the entire 4–0 home win over Vitória de Setúbal.[8]

In the subsequent off-season, Ribeiro agreed a to a two-year contract at former club Rio Ave.[9] He started 27 times in his debut campaign, helping the Luís Castro-led side to a seventh-place finish.

On 13 December 2017, Ribeiro was one of three players on target in the 3–2 home defeat of S.L. Benfica for the Taça de Portugal.[10] Late in the month, he signed with Sporting CP who paid €400,000 to acquire his services on a two-and-a-half-year deal effective as of 11 January 2018.[11] He was awarded the #7 jersey who had been previously worn by several players who failed to perform at the club,[12] and made his debut on 14 January by starting and playing 66 minutes in a 3–0 win against C.D. Aves at the Estádio José Alvalade.[13]

In October 2018, after several months without a club after leaving Sporting on an unilateral termination of contract,[14][15] Ribeiro joined Abu Dhabi-based Al Ain FC.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 February 2018[17][18][19]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leixões 2006–07 2010——30
2007–08 100010—20
2008–09 1000000—100
2009–10 902000—110
2010–11 1513020—201
Total 3716030—461
Penafiel 2011–12 2103280—322
Beira-Mar 2012–13 2461042—298
Paços Ferreira 2013–14 81100050141
2014–15 300020—50
Total 111102050191
Rio Ave (loan) 2013–14 813130—142
Gil Vicente (loan) 2014–15 1720000—172
Boavista 2015–16 1701000—180
Rio Ave 2016–17 310003021361
2017–18 1634130—234
Total 473416021595
Sporting 2017–18 5010201090
Career Total 187142042828124321

Honours

Leixões

Sporting

References

  1. ↑ "Angolano Zé Kalanga animou jogo de empatas" [Angolan Zé Kalanga livened game of draws]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 16 September 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro assinou por quatro épocas" [Rúben Ribeiro signed for four seasons]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 22 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "P. Ferreira: Rúben Ribeiro (ex-Beira Mar) assina por três anos" [P. Ferreira: Rúben Ribeiro (ex-Beira Mar) signs for three years] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tango argentino dá vitória perante castores sem força" [Argentine tango gives win against powerless beavers] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Entrevista a Rúben Ribeiro: "Jogar no Paços foi horrível"" [Interview to Rúben Ribeiro: «Playing for Paços was awful»] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Paços cede Rúben Ribeiro ao Gil Vicente" [Paços loan Rúben Ribeiro to Gil Vicente] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro assinou" [Rúben Ribeiro has signed]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Boavistão está de volta" [Big Boavista is back] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rio Ave oficializa Rúben Ribeiro por duas temporadas" [Rio Ave make Rúben Ribeiro official for two seasons]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rio Ave afasta Benfica nos oitavos de final (3–2)" [Rio Ave oust Benfica in last 16 (3–2)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 13 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sporting contrata Rúben Ribeiro por 400 mil euros" [Sporting hire Rúben Ribeiro for 400 thousand euros]. Sábado (in Portuguese). 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro fica com a camisola maldita do Sporting" [Rúben Ribeiro takes Sporting's accursed shirt]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Leões vencem Desp. Aves com hat trick de Bas Dost (3–0)" [Lions beat Desp. Aves with Bas Dost hat trick (3–0)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 14 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro é o sétimo jogador a rescindir com o Sporting" [Rúben Ribeiro is the seventh player to cut ties with Sporting]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro segue para a FIFA" [Rúben Ribeiro goes to FIFA]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Oficial: Rúben Ribeiro já tem clube" [Official: Rúben Ribeiro already has a club] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Rúben Ribeiro". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  19. ↑ Rúben Ribeiro at FootballDatabase.eu
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