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Pedro Ribeiro (Brazilian footballer)

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Pedro Ribeiro
Personal information
Full name Pedro Nezio de Araújo Lopes Ribeiro
Date of birth (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Forward
Team information
Current team
Västerås SK
Number 7
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 86 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Reading United 14 (6)
2014 Philadelphia Union 9 (2)
2014Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) 13 (4)
2015–2016 Orlando City 21 (2)
2016Orlando City B (loan) 2 (0)
2017 Harrisburg City Islanders 19 (3)
2018 Fresno FC 32 (2)
2019 IK Frej 28 (5)
2020– Västerås SK 76 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024

Pedro Nezio de Araújo Lopes Ribeiro (born 13 June 1990) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Västerås SK in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Playing career

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Youth and College

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Growing up in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Ribeiro played college soccer at Coastal Carolina beginning in 2010.[1] During his time with Coastal Carolina, Ribeiro won multiple Big South Regular Season titles (3) and Big South Tournament Titles (2) contributing 31 goals and 26 assists.[1]

Club

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Philadelphia Union

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Ribeiro was selected as the 15th overall pick of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union, who were familiar with him from a brief stint with their affiliate team, Reading United.[2] Ribeiro made his professional debut and start on August 15 against Houston Dynamo.[3] His first goal for the Union was scored in his third appearance in a home match against New York Red Bulls.[3]

Ahead of the 2015 season, Ribeiro was selected by expansion side Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.[4][5]

Loan to Harrisburg
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During the 2014 season, Ribeiro was loaned to Philadelphia USL affiliate Harrisburg City Islanders where he would make 12 appearances and scoring 4 goals.[6]

Orlando City

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Ribeiro's debut with Orlando came on 13 March 2015, away to the Houston Dynamo; he replaced Carlos Rivas in the 54th minute and twenty minutes later put pressure on Tyler Deric, leading the goalkeeper to score an own goal to give Orlando a 1–0 win. Pedro also scored in the 29th minute at Montreal and 89th minute at home against the Columbus Crew SC, both resulting in 2–2 draws.[7]

Ribeiro was released by Orlando in November 2016 after not exercising his contract option.[8]

Harrisburg City Islanders

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Ribeiro signed with United Soccer League side Harrisburg City Islanders on 14 April 2017.[9]

Fresno FC

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Following a season with USL side Fresno FC, Ribeiro joined Swedish Superettan side IK Frej on 18 January 2019.[10]

IK Frej

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After one season with IK Freg, Ribeiro moved to Västerås SK on 29 November 2019, ahead of their 2020 season.[11]

Personal

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Ribiero earned his U.S. green card in summer 2015.[12] This status also qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pedro Ribeiro | Coastal Carolina Men's Soccer Profile". goccusports.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ J. Whitesall (16 January 2014). "Philadelphia Union Trade Down Twice, Select Pedro Ribeiro". brotherlygame.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Pedro Ribeiro | Philadelphia Union Profile". philadelphiaunion.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ Ed Farnsworth (10 December 2014). "Union lose Pedro Ribeiro to Orlando in Expansion Draft". phillysoccerpage.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ Eugene Rupinski (10 December 2014). "Pedro Ribeiro to join ex-Philadelphia Union players Amobi Okugo and Danny Mwanga at Orlando City". brotherlygame.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Harrisburg City Islanders Welcome Back Pedro Ribeiro in 2017". oursportscentral.com. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ Limón Romero, Iliana (14 March 2015). "Orlando City defeats Houston 1–0, earning Lions' first MLS victory". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Orlando City SC Will Not Exercise Contract Options on Six Players". orlandocitysc.com. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Islanders Welcome Back Pedro Ribeiro – City Islanders". cityislanders.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  10. ^ Sebastian Jangebring Burell (18 January 2019). "IK Frej Täby värvar Pedro Ribeiro". laget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  11. ^ "KLART: Pedro Ribeiro till VSK Fotboll". vskfotboll.nu (in Swedish). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  12. ^ Paul Tenorio (5 August 2015). "Orlando City and forward Martin Paterson agree to terminate contract". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  13. ^ Andrew Marcinko (24 December 2014). "MLS Primer: Your Guide to Major League Soccer's Rules, Regulations, and General Shenanigans". themaneland.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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