Sérgio Filipe Dias Ribeiro (born 16 June 1985), commonly known as Serginho, is a Portuguese professional

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 ...

who plays as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Iraklis Lardou

Club career

Born in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...

, Serginho started his career with

F.C. Pedras Rubras F.C. Pedras Rubras is a Portugal, Portuguese Football (soccer), football club from the town of Pedras Rubras, a parish of Maia, Portugal, Maia, in the region of Greater Porto. Brief history Founded in 1942, the club is seen as a good formation ce ...

, playing his first two seasons as a senior in the third division. He moved abroad in 2005, signing with

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

n club

FC Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren ( bg, ОФК Вихрен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the South-West Third League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren San ...

. On 7 August 2005, Serginho made his A Football Group debut, in a 3–1 home win against

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

. Towards the end of

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he scored his first league goal, helping to a 2–0 home success over

PFC Naftex Burgas ''For the new club claimed as the successor, see PFC Neftochimic Burgas.'' PFC Naftex Burgas ({{Lang-bg, ПФК Нафтекс) is a former football club from Burgas, Bulgaria. History The club was created in 1962 by a group of workers, laying ...

on 20 May. Serginho spent the following three and a half seasons in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

, his only top level experience being in 2009–10 with

Levadiakos FC Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, aft ...

(22 matches, one goal, team relegation). In January 2011 he returned to Bulgaria, going on to represent

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

and

PFC CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. In the following years, in quick succession, Serginho played for

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Sovie ...

(

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

), Athlitiki Enosi Larissa FC,

PAS Lamia 1964 Lamia Football Club ( el, Π.Α.Ε. Π.Α.Σ. Λαμία 1964) is a Greek professional football club based in Lamia, Greece. It was founded in 1964. The club plays in the Super League, the first tier of Greek football. It plays its home mat ...

and

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

, all in the Greek second tier. He dropped to the third division of the latter country on 13 January 2017, signing with Ergotelis FC. After that season Serginho went to the Island of Rhodes on 10 July 2016 to play for Rhodes FC and then the latter season on 1 January he joined Diagoras. On 31 July 2018 Serginho joined

Olympiakos Volou Olympiacos Volos Football Club ( el, Π.Α.Ε. Α.Σ. Ολυμπιακός Βόλου 1937) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, Greece. They currently participating in the Gamma Ethniki. History In 1938 Olympiacos a ...

in the Third Division of Greece, Scoring 13 goals in 25 appearances. After a successful season at Volos Serginho went to the Island of Rhodes again this time to play for

Ialysos Ialysos ( el, Ιαλυσός, before 1976: Τριάντα ''Trianta'') is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which ...

in the

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, he then rejoined Diagoras but only made 3 appearances all season He had a Career Break after years of Football but came back in 2021 from his well-deserved break joining the newly formed football club called AO Megisti in Kastellorizo, a Greek Island. He scored 17 goals in 12 appearances making him 2nd in the goalscorers sheet In 2022 he joined Iraklis Lardou where he played 18 matches in the EPS Dodekanisou 1st Division only scoring 4 goals with no assists or any cards. He currently is the General Manager of Iraklis Lardou after a somewhat good season at the club and has signed another 1 year deal with the club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serginho Ribeiro 1985 births Living people Footballers from Porto Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda Divisão players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players OFC Vihren Sandanski players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players Levadiakos F.C. players PAS Lamia 1964 players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Trikala F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine