Career
He also played for Football Club Dordrecht in the Eerste Divisie (on loan from Feyenoord), and SBV Excelsior, with whom he spent an entire Eerste Divisie season (on loan from Feyenoord) plus the first half of the club"s 2010-2011 Eredivisie campaign. He joined Fortuna Sittard of Eerste Divisie on 31 January 2011. He joined Football Club Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo of Bulgaria in early 2013, where he remained until August of the same year.
International career
In February 2011, Ribeiro was called by Cape Verde for a friendly match against Burkina Faso in Óbidos, Portugal.
The result was a 1-0 victory and he made there his international debut, replacing Lito.