Jorge Ribeiro

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Jorge Ribeiro

Full name	Jorge Miguel de Oliveira Ribeiro
Date of birth	November 9, 1981 (1981-11-09) (age 26)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	SL Benfica
Number	TBD
Youth clubs
?-1999	SL Benfica
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002-2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007-2008 2008-	SL Benfica →Santa Clara (loan) SL Benfica →Varzim SC (loan) →Gil Vicente (loan) Dynamo Moscow →Málaga CF (loan) →CD Aves (loan) Boavista FC SL Benfica	1 (0) 3 (0) 4 (0) 53 (4) 14 (0) 27 (4) 5 (0) 14 (2) 26 (8) 0 (0)
National team²
2002-	Portugal	08 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 1, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of July 1, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Miguel de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 9 November 1981 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese football left defender, currently with Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

Brought up through SL Benfica's youth system, Ribeiro would serve several loans to first division sides, before being purchased in January 2005 by Russian Premier League's FC Dynamo Moscow. Unadjusted, he left the team precisely a year after, joining La Liga's Málaga CF until the end of the season.

In January 2007, Ribeiro returned to Portugal, joining C.D. Aves, still on loan from the Russian side. On February 4, he played his first Superliga match for Aves against S.C. Braga. He would be purchased by Boavista FC in July, and blossomed as a topflight player, scoring 8 league goals from his left defender/midfielder position, including free kicks.

On April 2008, Ribeiro agreed on a contract to sign his return to Benfica, starting in 2008-09.

[edit] International career

Ribeiro made his debut for senior national team in November 2002 against Scotland. In October 2007, he was again capped as a replacement of right-back José Bosingwa for the qualifying matches against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on October 13 and 17 respectively. With 8 caps, he was part of the nation's final squad for UEFA Euro 2008, as older brother Nuno, "Maniche" was left out.^[1]

[edit] Personal life

Maniche (fullname Nuno Ribeiro), Jorge's older brother, is also a footballer, currently with Inter Milan.

[edit] References

^ Scolari announces Euro 2008 squad: Maniche out, brother Jorge in

[edit] External links

Stats and profile at zerozero.pt

v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 B. Alves • 4 Bosingwa • 5 F. Meira • 6 R. Meireles • 7 Ronaldo • 8 Petit • 9 H. Almeida • 10 Moutinho • 11 Simão • 12 Nuno • 13 Miguel • 14 J. Ribeiro • 15 Pepe • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 Quaresma • 18 Veloso • 19 Nani • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Rui Patrício • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari