Pedro Ricardo Torres Ribeiro (born 26 November 1985) is a Portuguese football

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in charge of Académico de Viseu.

Career

Born in Guimarães, Braga District, Ribeiro had a modest career as a football player, and started his coaching career when he was 19 years old. Before starting his senior professional coaching career, he coached F.C. Tirsense and

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youth teams. He became assistant coach at C.D. Feirense in the second division under

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and helped the team gain promotion to the Primeira Liga. His next step was to work in FC Porto scouting department, where he worked directly with the first team as an opponent team analyst and scout. He was at Porto under

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and Vítor Pereira. Pereira invited him to work on his technical staff, as assistant coach. He held this position for him until 2017, at Porto,

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, Fenerbahçe S.K. and

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. On 23 February 2018, Ribeiro was appointed in his first position as head coach, at

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who were 18th in the second division; he became the youngest coach in Portuguese professional football. In July 2019, Ribeiro was appointed as manager of the under-23 team at Belenenses SAD. On 4 September, he took interim charge of the first team in the top flight following the dismissal of

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, and nine days later was given the job on a permanent basis. He left the club from

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by mutual accord the following 12 January, after three consecutive defeats left them a point above the relegation places. Ribeiro returned to the second tier on 23 June 2020, succeeding Miguel Leal at F.C. Penafiel. At the end of the following year, he left the eighth-placed team by mutual consent, following three consecutive losses. On the first day of 2022, Ribeiro filled the vacancy at

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caused by the exit of Zé Gomes. He left by mutual consent on 14 August, after starting the new season with an away draw and home defeat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Pedro 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Guimarães Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Gil Vicente F.C. managers Belenenses SAD managers F.C. Penafiel managers Portuguese expatriates in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese expatriates in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriates in Germany