Ricardo Abreu Ribeiro (born 27 January 1990) is a Portuguese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Moreira de Cónegos Moreira de Cónegos is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") and town in the municipality of Guimarães which is in the Braga District in northern Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, link ...

, Guimarães, Ribeiro joined local

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

's youth ranks at the age of 11. He was definitely promoted to the first team in 2009–10 with the club in the third division (two games played as the season ended in promotion), going on to act as second or third choice the following years. Ribeiro made his Primeira Liga debut on 19 August 2012, in a 1–1 away draw against

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

. He appeared in a further 19 matches during the campaign, which ended in relegation. In the following years, Ribeiro alternated between the top division and the Segunda Liga, representing G.D. Estoril Praia, Académico de Viseu FC,

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

, C.F. Os Belenenses, Académica de Coimbra and Paços Ferreira. He moved abroad for the first time in his career in September 2020, signing with

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side

Al-Jabalain FC Al-Jabalain Football Club ( ar, نادي الجبلين) is a professional football club based in Ha'il, Saudi Arabia, that plays in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the second tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1959. Al-Jabalain ...

as they were managed by his compatriot Filipe Gouveia. Ribeiro returned to his homeland on 28 July 2022, agreeing to a contract at second-tier

Honours

Paços Ferreira * LigaPro: 2018–19

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Ricardo 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Guimarães Portuguese footballers Association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Moreirense F.C. players G.D. Estoril Praia players Académico de Viseu F.C. players S.C. Olhanense players C.F. Os Belenenses players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players U.D. Oliveirense players Saudi First Division League players Al-Jabalain FC players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia