João da Rocha Ribeiro

Not to be confused with João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro.

João Ribeiro

Personal information
Full name	João da Rocha Ribeiro
Date of birth	(1987-08-13) 13 August 1987
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	None
Youth career
1995–2006	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Porto B	6	(1)
2006–2010	Naval	41	(3)
2009–2010	→ Académica (loan)	22	(1)
2010–2013	Vitória Guimarães	40	(4)
2011–2012	→ Orduspor (loan)	13	(0)
2013–2014	Olhanense	12	(0)
International career
2006	Portugal U19	4	(0)
2006–2007	Portugal U20	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2014

João da Rocha Ribeiro (born 13 August 1987) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Porto, Ribeiro was brought up in FC Porto's youth system. Still a junior he made his senior debuts, playing only six times in two seasons combined with the reserves in the third division.

Released by Porto, Ribeiro signed a four-year contract with Associação Naval 1º de Maio in the 2006 summer, making his Primeira Liga debut on 3 December in a 0–2 away loss against C.D. Aves (25 minutes played) and appearing in a further 11 games as the Figueira da Foz club retained its division status.

In the following season Ribeiro became first-choice at Naval, featuring in 27 contests and scoring once as his team finished in 11th position. He missed the vast majority of the 2008–09 campaign, due to injury.

After one year on loan to fellow league side Associação Académica de Coimbra, Ribeiro left Naval and signed for Vitória SC. On 15 January 2011 he netted his first official goal for the Guimarães-based team, in a 1–0 home win against S.C. Olhanense.

Honours

Vitória Guimarães

• Taça de Portugal: 2012–13

External links

• João Ribeiro at footballzz.co.uk
• João Ribeiro profile at ForaDeJogo
• João Ribeiro at Soccerway
• Stats at Footballdatabase