Career
Born in Porto San Giorgio, Marche, Ripa started his career at Sangiorgese of Eccellenza Marche. He then moved to Carpi, Fermana and then Cosenza (in co-ownership deal with Genoa until 2001, exchanged with Salvatore Soviero in 1998) With Cosenza, he played 5 Serie B seasons (1 season loaned to Serie C1 club Pisa)
In mid-2003 he joined Ravenna and in January 2004 moved to Sora. Since 2005, he spent 5 seasons at Foligno, which he played 17, 31, 32, 20 and 0 games respectively.
In the last season he was the backup of Andrea Rossini and Luca Tomassini.
In October 2011 he joined another Serie Doctorate club Santegidiese.