Paulo António da Silva Ribeiro (born 6 March 1984) is a Portuguese former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Ribeiro was born in
Setúbal
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In the ti ...
. After emerging through local
Vitória FC
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's youth academy and making his
Primeira Liga
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debut on 31 January 2005 in a 1–1 away draw against
Sporting CP, he joined
FC Porto
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in the summer of 2005. During his two season-spell he could never manage to be more than third choice, only appearing in preseason; he also spent two years on loan in the
Segunda Liga.
In 2009, Ribeiro was released by Porto and joined lowly
F.C. Vizela
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. At the end of
the campaign he signed with
Leixões SC
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,
recently relegated to the second tier, only managing to play twice in the league in his
sole season (four competitive matches) and being released by the
Matosinhos
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club.
Honours
Vitória Setúbal
*
Taça de Portugal:
2004–05
Porto
*Taça de Portugal:
2005–06
References
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1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Setúbal
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Vitória F.C. players
FC Porto B players
FC Porto players
S.C. Olhanense players
Portimonense S.C. players
F.C. Vizela players
Leixões S.C. players
G.D. Chaves players
AD Oliveirense players
C.D. Pinhalnovense players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Portugal men's B international footballers