António Ribeiro (born October 8, 1980) is a Canadian retired

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player.

Club career

Montreal Impact

Born in

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, Ribeiro began his soccer career with the Montreal Impact in 2000, but did not play a major role with the Impact that year. In 2002, he was released by the Impact and signed with

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, with whom he won the Canadian national championship title at the senior amateur level in 2002. In 2004, he returned to the Impact and helped the team to secure the franchise's first

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(the League Championship as well the

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). In 2005, he scored the winning goal against the

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to clinch the Regular-Season Title for the Impact and as well as their third strait Voyageurs cup. He also helped the Impact to a 15-game undefeated streak which marked a new league record in the

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. In 2006, he had his best season yet offensively with the Impact, scoring three goals and three assists for a total of nine points. Played his 80th career game with the Impact on August 4 at

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, giving him sole possession of 15th place in club history in that respect, ahead of Rudy Doliscat. He helped the impact win the Regular-Season Title for the third straight year as well helped the team win the Voyageurs Cup. Though the Impact failed to capture the League Championship for the second straight year. On April 12, 2008, Ribeiro appeared in his 100th game for the Impact against the

. He helped the Impact qualify for the

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by winning the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, and helped the club reach the quarter finals in the Champions League. On January 5, 2009, Montreal Impact announced that Ribeiro was not granted a new contract extension for the 2009 season.

San Jose Earthquakes

On June 12, 2009, the

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announced their signing of Ribeiro. He was cut during the 2010 training camp.

Return to Montreal

On July 16, 2010, Ribeiro returned to the Montreal Impact on a two-year contract. He made his return on July 23, 2010, and scored shortly after being subbed into the game in the second half.

International career

Ribeiro played in the CONCACAF qualifying games with the Canada U-20 team in 1998, scoring in a 3–1 win against Trinidad & Tobago. Ribeiro received his first senior international cap for Canada as he appeared for the first time on the Canadian men's team against

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in a friendly match in June 2007. By December 2009, he earned a total of two caps, scoring no goals. He was selected to compete for the Canadian men's team for the

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, but remained on the bench throughout the tournament.

Coaching

Ribeiro opened the football school "École de Soccer Ditullio-Ribeiro" with his former teammate Jason DiTullio in 2007. He is the Technical Director of the Delta Soccer club in Laval, Québec since 2016.

Career stats

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Antonio 1980 births Living people Footballers from Aveiro, Portugal Soccer players from Montreal Canadian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football midfielders Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players San Jose Earthquakes players Trois-Rivières Attak players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players USL First Division players Major League Soccer players USSF Division 2 Professional League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Ligue1 Québec players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Revolution FC players CS Lanaudière-Nord players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen