Luís Carlos Gaspar dos Santos Ribeiro (born 19 April 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese sports club based in the parish of Alcântara, in the west side of Lisbon. The club was established on 18 September 1942 through the merger of two local clubs from Alcântara: Carcavelinhos Football ...

Club career

Born in

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, Ribeiro joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's academy at the age of 9. After loans to lower league clubs Sertanense F.C. and

A.D. Camacha Associação Desportiva da Camacha, known as A.D. Camacha, is a Portuguese football club from Santa Cruz, Madeira. Founded in 1978, they play in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal. They play their home games in Campo Muni ...

, he signed a professional contract until June 2018 with a €45 million

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. He spent three full seasons with Sporting's reserves in the Segunda Liga, playing his first match in the competition on 6 December 2012 and being

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in injury time of the 3–2 away loss against

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six season in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989–90 Primeira D ...

. Ribeiro was loaned to

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in the Spanish

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on 15 August 2015, moving alongside teammates Kikas and

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. He returned to his country in the next

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, joining second-tier

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

also on loan. On 11 May 2016, Ribeiro agreed to a three-year deal with

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

. He made his

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debut on 11 February 2017, in a 2–1 home victory over F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He added six appearances in that season's

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, helping his team reach the semi-finals. Ribeiro returned to division two in January 2018, and stayed there the following years, with Real SC,

Leixões SC The Port of Leixões (, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as ''Leixões'', is Matosinho ...

, F.C. Penafiel and U.D. Vilafranquense.

International career

Ribeiro,

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and

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were the three goalkeepers selected by

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manager

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for the

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in Colombia. The latter played all the games and minutes in Colombia, in a runner-up finish. On 14 November 2012, Ribeiro won his first

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at under-21 level, featuring 45 minutes in a 3–2 friendly defeat of

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held in

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Honours

Portugal U20 *

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runner-up:

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Orders *

Knight of the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Luis 1992 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers Sertanense F.C. players C.D. Feirense players G.D. Estoril Praia players Real S.C. players Leixões S.C. players F.C. Penafiel players U.D. Vilafranquense players Amora F.C. players F.C. Alverca players Atlético Clube de Portugal players Segunda División B players Recreativo de Huelva players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain