Pedro Ribeiro
Personal information
Full name Pedro Nezio de Araújo Lopes Ribeiro
Date of birth (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 33)
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)
2014 → Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) 13 (4)
2015–2016 Orlando City 21 (2)
2016 → Orlando City B (loan) 2 (0)
2017 Harrisburg City Islanders 19 (3)
2018 Fresno FC 32 (2)
2019 IK Frej 28 (5)
2020– Västerås SK 62 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

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

Playing career

Youth and College

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

Philadelphia Union

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, Riberio was selected by expansion side Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.[4][5]

Loan to Harrisburg

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

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

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

Fresno FC

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

IK Frej

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

Personal

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

  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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Philadelphia Union first-round draft picks
2014 MLS SuperDraft first-round selections
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