Diogo Ribeiro (footballer)

Diogo de Sousa Ribeiro (born 14 January 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for F.C. Vizela.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
Diogo Ribeiro
Personal information
Full name Diogo de Sousa Ribeiro
Date of birth (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Vizela
Number 66
Youth career
1999–2002 Esperança Coimbra
2002–2008 Sporting CP
2008–2010 Académica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Académica 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Tourizense (loan) 28 (6)
2011–2012 Sertanense 30 (14)
2012–2014 Braga B 47 (11)
2013 → Aves (loan) 14 (3)
2014 Lechia Gdańsk 0 (0)
2015–2016 Belenenses 1 (0)
2015 → Mafra (loan) 12 (1)
2016 → Covilhã (loan) 21 (4)
2016–2017 Santa Clara 19 (0)
2017–2019 Académica 35 (3)
2019– Vizela 0 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Portugal U16 5 (0)
2008–2009 Portugal U18 6 (1)
2010 Portugal U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2018

Club career

Born in Coimbra, Ribeiro finished his formation at local Associação Académica, but did not represent the club officially in his first spell. In the 2011–12 season he shone for Sertanense F.C. in the third division, scoring 16 goals in 32 matches and subsequently securing a contract with S.C. Braga.[1]

Ribeiro only represented the B-team during his two-year spell in Minho, also being loaned to Segunda Liga side C.D. Aves in January 2013.[2] On 21 June 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Lechia Gdańsk from the Polish Ekstraklasa,[3] but he returned to his country after only a few months, joining C.F. Os Belenenses;[4] he made his debut in the Primeira Liga on 7 March 2015, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Vitória de Setúbal.[5]

In the summer of 2015, Ribeiro was loaned for one season to second level club C.D. Mafra.[6] The following January, in the same situation, he moved to S.C. Covilhã in the same division.

References
  1. "Futebol: Goleador do Sertanense assinou pelo Braga" [Football: Sertanense leading scorer signed for Braga]. Reconquista (in Portuguese). 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. "Aves confirma Diogo Ribeiro e Pedro Pereira a caminho" [Aves confirm Diogo Ribeiro and Pedro Pereira on his way] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. "Lechia Gdansk de Quim Machado contrata Diogo Ribeiro" [Quim Machado's Lechia Gdansk hire Diogo Ribeiro] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. "Ribeiro e Cavadas vão assinar contrato" [Ribeiro and Cavadas will sign a contract]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. "V. Setúbal-Belenenses, 1–1 (resultado final)" [V. Setúbal-Belenenses, 1–1 (final score)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. "Diogo Ribeiro emprestado ao Mafra" [Diogo Ribeiro loaned to Mafra]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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