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|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Miguel Fernandes Ribeiro | ||
| Date of birth | October 22, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vitória Setúbal (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1994 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1997 | Vitória Setúbal | 40 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Leeds United | 42 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Sheffield United | 25 | (1) |
| 2001 | → União Leiria (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Beira-Mar | 16 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Santa Clara | 23 | (2) |
| 2003–2010 | Vitória Setúbal | 136 | (5) |
| 2009 | → Chaves (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Portugal U21 | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011– | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bruno Miguel Fernandes Ribeiro (born 22 October 1975 in Setúbal) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left midfielder.
His main asset was a powerful left-foot strike, and he spent most of his career playing for local Vitória Futebol Clube, also having a small abroad spell in England.
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After making his professional debuts with hometown club Vitória de Setúbal in 1994, Ribeiro was signed by Leeds United manager George Graham three years later, and was a key component of the rebuilding exercise that Graham had been brought in to do at Leeds. Injured at the start of the 1998–99 season, he never really regained his place in the midfield under new manager David O'Leary, and was eventually transferred to Sheffield United in October 1999 for £500,000, where he scored once against West Bromwich Albion.[1]
In January 2001, Ribeiro returned to Portugal, on loan to União de Leiria, before moving to S.C. Beira-Mar in 2001–02. The following season he joined Azores' C.D. Santa Clara and suffered top flight relegation, subsequently rejoining Vitória, with whom he started his professional career, the following summer, with the club now playing in the second division, and contributed with 27 games (one goal) as it was immediately promoted back.
Aged almost 34, Ribeiro gradually lost his importance in the squad - only 28 appearances in his last two years combined, even though he scored the 1–0 winner against Sporting Clube de Portugal, on 24 February 2008, with a long-range effort - being loaned (initially) for 2009–10 to lowly G.D. Chaves, in the second level; however, after Manuel Fernandes was reinstated as club coach, the player returned to the squad, starting in January 2010 - contributing with seven games as the Sadinos once again barely avoided relegation, and retiring shortly after.
In early March 2011, after Fernandes was sacked by Setúbal, Ribeiro was appointed his successor. He had just started his coaching career months earlier, having been appointed at the club's under-17.
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