28 Facts About Bruno Ribeiro

Bruno Miguel Fernandes Ribeiro was born on 22 October 1975 and is a Portuguese former football manager and player.

Bruno Ribeiro returned to Portugal to play for Uniao de Leiria, Beira-Mar and Santa Clara, before spending 2003 to 2010 back with Vitoria Setubal.

Bruno Ribeiro spent the majority of his career in the Primeira Liga, though he spent time in the second tier and the English Football League and Premier League.

Bruno Ribeiro made a total of 351 career appearances, scoring 21 goals.

Bruno Ribeiro won five caps for the Portugal under-21 team in 1997.

Bruno Ribeiro was promoted from youth team coach to first-team coach at Vitoria Setubal in 2011 and went on to have brief spells in charge at Farense, Moura, Pinhalnovense, Vitoria Setubal, Ludogorets Razgrad, and Academico de Viseu.

Bruno Ribeiro was appointed manager of English club Port Vale in June 2016, where he worked for six months before tendering his resignation.

Bruno Ribeiro returned to Portugal and took charge at Salgueiros for two months in April 2017.

Bruno Ribeiro was appointed Cova da Piedade head coach in November 2017, leaving this post the following summer.

Bruno Ribeiro briefly took charge at Salgueiros in October 2018 before returning to another former club, Vitoria Setubal, to coach the juniors the following month.

Bruno Ribeiro was reappointed as Moura's head coach in September 2020.

Bruno Miguel Fernandes Ribeiro was born in Setubal, and progressed through the youth team ranks at local Primeira Divisao club Vitoria Setubal to make the first-team bench for the first time on 29 May 1994.

Bruno Ribeiro failed to win back his first-team place under new manager David O'Leary.

Bruno Ribeiro returned to Portugal on loan at Uniao de Leiria in January 2001.

Bruno Ribeiro was unable to play in the 2006 Supertaca Candido de Oliveira due to injury.

However, after Manuel Fernandes was reinstated as Vitoria's first-team coach, Bruno Ribeiro returned to the squad in January 2010.

In March 2011, Bruno Ribeiro succeeded Manuel Fernandes as head coach at Vitoria Setubal, having previously coached the club's under-17 team.

In June 2012, Bruno Ribeiro was appointed head coach at Farense in the lower leagues.

Bruno Ribeiro decided to leave the club at the expiry of his contract, stating that he was satisfied with his accomplishment.

However, Ludogorets recorded three losses in Bruno Ribeiro's first three matches, including elimination from the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and defeat in the 2015 Bulgarian Supercup, and he was sacked after less than two months in charge with the club claiming it was a "disciplinary sacking and unilateral termination of the contract" due to "his prolonged absence from the job despite a standing and binding contract".

Bruno Ribeiro stated that the club signed players without his knowledge and the sporting director further eroded his authority by interfering in training sessions.

Bruno Ribeiro oversaw a complete overhaul of the playing staff, signing an influx of foreign talent including Rigino Cicilia, Anthony de Freitas, Kjell Knops, Calvin Mac-Intosch, Quentin Pereira, Kiko, Carlos Saleiro, Paulo Tavares, Chris Mbamba, Sebastien Amoros, Miguel Santos, and Gezim Shalaj; as well as British players Anton Forrester and Jerome Thomas, Nathan Ferguson, and Martin Paterson; with Alex Jones and Sam Hart joining on loan.

Bruno Ribeiro appointed Jak Alnwick, Ben Purkiss and Anthony Grant as joint-captains, and got off to a good start by winning his first six home games at Vale Park.

Bruno Ribeiro was appointed head coach at Campeonato de Portugal club Salgueiros on 6 April 2017 following the sacking of Filipe Candido.

On 14 November 2017, Bruno Ribeiro was appointed as the new head coach at Cova da Piedade, who were in the relegation places of the LigaPro after picking up only 13 points from their first 13 games.

Bruno Ribeiro left this post after just two games when was appointed as head coach of the Vitoria Setubal junior team.

In January 2019, Bruno Ribeiro signed an 18-month contract with Angolan Girabola side Interclube.

Bruno Ribeiro prefers staff, such as Smith, to conduct media duties on his behalf.