Diego Ribas and his professional football coach

Diego Ribas was born in 1985, on February 28, in Brazil (Sao Paulo). He is an attacking midfielder and, since 2014, defends the colors of the club "Fenerbahce".

Carier start

Diego Ribas has been playing soccer since his early childhood. At the age of 12 he had already signed his first contract. Club "Santos" took the Brazilian in its ranks. For the youth squad the midfielder played until 2001 inclusive. And at the age of 16 his debut in the main team took place. Interestingly, in the same season, his club won the championship of Brazil.

In 2004 Diego Ribas moved to Porto. The club from Portugal bought it. The first season was very successful for the player - he was often released on the field. But the following year he began to appear in games less and less, which did not suit him. As a result, Diego left Portugal. In total for two years he played 49 matches and scored 4 goals.

Very successful were those years that Diego Ribas held in the "Werder Bremen". For the German club, he performed from 2006 to 2009. Total played 84 matches and scored 38 (!) Goals. Football player bought out for 6 million euros, and he justified such waste. In the first season, he demonstrated all his potential, due to which he was recognized as the most valuable player of the club. His success was not ignored and the head coach of the national team - at the end of that season, Diego was called into its composition. By the way, at the same time he was awarded the award as the best player of the Bundesliga season.

"Juventus"

After "Werder Bremen" Diego Ribas played for the Turin club for a year. In the "Juventus" he played 33 matches and scored 5 goals. The management of the Turin club bought a Brazilian football player for 24.5 million euros.

In his debut match, which was held against FC "Chievo", Diego noted an effective transfer. In the match, held after a while, designed a "double" in the gates of "Roma". Even in the games held in the Italian Cup, he scored "Inter" and "Napoli". That season was extremely successful, after all, according to his results, Diego was even included in the list of candidates for the "Golden Ball".

But despite the fact that the contract was signed before 2014, the Brazilian football player left Juventus already in the next transfer window. For its sale to "Wolfsburg" the Turin leadership gained 15.5 million euros. Diego himself claimed that he did not want to leave, he just pointed to the door. Ribas ceased to fit into the plans of the Italian club.

The last clubs

Diego Ribas - a football player who has replaced enough clubs. In 2010, he made his debut for "Wolfsburg". In the first match, he scored a goal, however, the game still ended in a loss of "wolves" (the score was 3: 4). Season for him was very fruitful - he performed assists, scored goals in significant matches. But he had disagreements with Felix Magath, who was then the head coach of the club. The mentor decided not to include him in the main lineup for the game in the final round. Diego Ribas remained unhappy with this and left the team. For this he was fined half a million euros. And at the end of the season it became known that the Madrid "Atletico" takes the Brazilian in rent.

There he spent 30 matches and scored 3 goals, plus 8 assists. At the end of the season, the conflict with Felix Magath was settled, so Ribas returned to Germany. In "Folsburg" he spent one season. In 2014, he again played for Atlético. And at the end of this season, the Brazilian bought FC Fenerbahce. To date, Ribas has 49 games and 5 goals. In the Turkish club he shows good results.

National team

Finally - a few words about the career of the Brazilian in his team. Debut Diego took place during the Cup of America 2004. Then the Brazilian national team won the tournament. And Diego played an important role, because he scored a goal in the crucial series of penalty shoot-outs. Brazil's rival, by the way, was Argentina.

However, when he moved to the "Port", he could not get a permanent place at the base. Because in the 2006 World Cup he was not. But in 2008, Ribas and his team took the third place in the Beijing Olympics football tournament.