#23  -  Antonio Ribeiro Return to: TEAM PAGE | TEAM ROSTER

Last Club: Impact

 Bio:
CAREER
In 2004, helped the Impact play 12 straight games without a loss (8-0-4), a club record, and go on to win the championship title... Helped the Impact finish first in overall standings in 2003, tied with the Milwaukee Wave United... His present stint with Montreal started July 16, 2003, when he joined the team for the rest of the season... Also played for the Impact in 2000 and 2001... Played 11 games in 2000 and one in 2001... Was drafted by the Impact in December 1998... Not related to Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Ribeiro...

INTERNATIONAL
Was part of the Canadian Olympic team in 1999... Played at the 1999 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, helping Canada to finish fourth... Played CONCACAF qualifying games with the U-20 Canadian national team in 1998, scoring his team’s only goal in a 3-1 loss to Trinidad & Tobago...

2002 SEASON
Helped LSEQ club Panellinios win the Canadian national championship title at the senior amateur level... That was his third national club title, his first two coming with the Jean-Talon Rosemont U-19 team in 1998 and 1999...

2003 SEASON
After being one of the last players cut at the Impact training camp, kicked off the season with Panellinios... The Quebec Elite Soccer League (LSEQ) club later granted his release so that he could rejoin the Impact July 16, and fill an open spot left on the roster after the departure of Gaspare Borsellino... Played his first game of the season July 26 in Atlanta against the Silverbacks, replacing Patrick Leduc at the 79th minute of play... Earned his first start the following game, August 3 in Pittsburgh against the Riverhounds... Scored his first career goal for the Impact August 9 in Syracuse... His goal, scored on an 18-yard shot, tied the score at 1-1 to lead the way to a 3-1 Impact win... Played seven games in all, with three starts, for a total of 287 minutes played...

2004 SEASON
Played 27 of 28 regular-season games, an Impact high in 2004… Was a starter for 18 games... Played a total of 1,741 minutes…Finished the season with one goal and two assists for a total of four points, a career high… Had a three-point game June 11 in Vancouver, where he scored the winner and set up the second goal of the game scored by Joel Bailey… Had his second assist on Sandro Grande’s game winner goal against Charleston July 28… Played all five playoff games, earning one start...

2005 SEASON
Underwent abdominal surgery in the spring...





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