Romeu Ribeiro
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Romeu Oliveira Ribeiro is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 footballer who plays for C.S. Marítimo as a defensive midfielder.

Football career

Ribeiro began his football formation with local Sporting Clube de Braga, being snapped by Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2004. Like central defender Miguel Vítor
Miguel Vítor
Miguel Ângelo Leonardo Vítor is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a central defender.-Club career:...

, he first played with the main team due to injuries to teammates, making his debuts in domestic and European
UEFA
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 competition in exactly the same matches that Vítor, in August 2007.

However, in January 2008, both players were loaned to second division
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

 side Clube Desportivo das Aves. In August, the loan period was extended until June 2009.

In July 2009, Ribeiro would be once again loaned, joining C.D. Trofense as it had just been relegated back to the second level. In the following year, in the same predicament, he signed for top-divisioner C.S. Marítimo.

Ribeiro moved to Marítimo on a permanent basis in the 2011 summer, after his contract with Benfica expired. However, as manager Pedro Martins
Pedro Martins (footballer)
Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current coach.-External links:**...

 - and all his predecessors - preferred foreign players, especially Brazil
Brazil
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ians, he spent the vast majority of his spell in Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

 with the reserves
C.S. Marítimo B
Club Sport Marítimo B is a Portuguese football club that currently plays in the Serie A of the Portuguese Second Division. They are the reserve team of Club Sport Marítimo...

, in the third division
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

.

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
(Apps) + Minutes played Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica 2007–08 5 . 48 mins 0 * * * * * * 5 0
Aves 2007–08 12 . 811 mins 0 * * * * * * 12 0
2008–09 26 . 1633 mins 1 * * * * * * 26 1
Total (Portugal) 43 . 2492 mins 1 * * * * * * 43 1
Career total 43 . 2492 mins 1 * * * * * * 43 1

* - Not available

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