Steeven Ribéry (born 7 November 1995) is a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for US La Charité.

Professional career

Ribéry began his footballing career with RC Lens, as a member of their youth academy for 11 years. Unable to make a break in the senior team, he joined Stade Portellois, an amateur French team. He joined the FC Bayern Munich II squad in 2013, representing them in the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

for three seasons. Ribéry returned to France with hometown club US Boulogne in the

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

, but had an unsuccessful season with contract issues and suspensions. He moved to Gazélec Ajaccio in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

on 6 July 2017. Ribéry made his professional debut in a 0–0

draw with FC Lorient on 4 August. He made four more substitute appearances before severing his contract on 11 January. In August 2018, an agency unsuccessfully tried to sign Ribéry to the Australian

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

in hopes of attracting his brother Franck there too. The following month, he spent two weeks at Greek

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club

Apollon Larissa F.C. Apollon Larissa Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Λάρισας) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Filippoupoli, Larissa, Greece. The club plays in the Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the Greek footba ...

, where Brazilian manager

Marcello Troisi Marcello Troisi Moreira (born 9 March 1976) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker, and the current coach of Turbina in the Kategoria e Parë. Career After playing for Santos, Corinthians and Remo in his home country, Tro ...

released him for being 12 kilograms overweight. He was on trial at

Hapoel Hadera F.C. Hapoel Hadera–Giv'at Olga "Shulem Schwarz" F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל חדרה–גבעת אולגה שולם שוורץ) is an Israeli football club from Hadera. They currently play in the Israeli Premier League, and have p ...

in the Israeli Premier League in November that year. In January 2019, Ribéry signed a seven-month contract with the option of a further six at

Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Syriac-Aramean immigrants in 1977 as Suryoyo Sportklubb, or Sury ...

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

, Sweden's second tier. He made his debut on 31 March, starting in a 4–1 home loss to

Degerfors IF Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan. Background Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939 maki ...

. After five games for the club from Södertälje, Ribéry left and it was reported by various sources that he was to sign for Mexico's Club Toluca, but this was denied by the team. On 1 September 2019, he signed for FK Jelgava. On 10 January 2020, Ribéry was released.

Personal life

Ribéry's older brother, Franck Ribéry, is a former footballer who spent most of his career with

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ribéry, Steeven Living people 1995 births People from Boulogne-sur-Mer French men's footballers Gazélec Ajaccio players US Boulogne players FC Bayern Munich II players Syrianska FC players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Regionalliga players Superettan players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Pas-de-Calais