Steeven Ribéry

Steeven Ribéry (born 7 November 1995) is a French footballer who plays as a winger.

Steeven Ribéry
Ribéry in 2017
Personal information
Full name Steeven Ribéry
Date of birth (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995
Place of birth Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2002–2013 RC Lens
2013 Stade Portellois
2013–2014 FC Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 FC Bayern Munich II 50 (5)
2016–2017 Boulogne II 4 (1)
2016–2017 Boulogne 1 (0)
2017–2018 Gazélec Ajaccio 5 (0)
2019 Syrianska 5 (0)
2019–2020 FK Jelgava 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2020

Professional career

Ribéry began his footballing career with RC Lens, as a member of their youth academy for 11 years.[1] Unable to make a break in the senior team, he joined Stade Portellois, an amateur French team.[2] He joined the FC Bayern Munich II squad in 2013, representing them in the Regionalliga for three seasons.[3]

Ribéry returned to France with hometown club US Boulogne in the Championnat National, but had an unsuccessful season with contract issues and suspensions.[4] He moved to Gazélec Ajaccio in Ligue 2 on 6 July 2017.[5] Ribéry made his professional debut in a 0–0 Ligue 2 draw with FC Lorient on 4 August.[6] He made four more substitute appearances before severing his contract on 11 January.[7]

In August 2018, an agency unsuccessfully tried to sign Ribéry to the Australian A-League in hopes of attracting his brother Franck there too.[8] The following month, he spent two weeks at Greek Football League club Apollon Larissa F.C., where Brazilian manager Marcello Troisi released him for being 12 kilograms overweight.[9] He was on trial at Hapoel Hadera F.C. in the Israeli Premier League in November that year.[10]

In January 2019, Ribéry signed a seven-month contract with the option of a further six at Syrianska FC of Superettan, Sweden's second tier.[11] He made his debut on 31 March, starting in a 4–1 home loss to Degerfors IF.[12]

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.[13]

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 also a footballer and plays for ACF Fiorentina.

References
  1. "Ribery: Dieses Jahr ist ganz wichtig für mich". kicker (in French).
  2. "Steven, l'autre Ribéry du Bayern". 20 minutes (in French).
  3. "Ribéry, prénom Steven" (in French). UEFA.
  4. "Steven Ribéry quitte Boulogne". La Voix du Nord (in French). 6 July 2017.
  5. "Steeven Ribery s'engage au Gazélec Ajaccio !" (in French). Gazélec Ajaccio. 6 July 2017.
  6. "Gazélec FC Ajaccio / FC Lorient" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionel.
  7. "Ribéry résilie son contrat avec le Gazélec Ajaccio". Le Télégramme (in French). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. Lewis, Dave (14 August 2018). "The World Game". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  9. Wernek, Jeremias (27 November 2018). "Time grego tem treinador e legião brasileira após dispensar 'Ribéry gordo'" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  10. "Steeven Ribéry à l'essai en Israël". L'Équipe (in French). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  11. "Steeven Ribéry en D2 suédoise" (in French). So Foot. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  12. https://www.sofascore.com/fr/syrianska-fc-degerfors-if/hLsbuc
  13. "Directivo del Toluca desmiente llegada del francés Steeven Ribéry en el Apertura 2019" [Toluca director denies arrival of Frenchman Steeven Ribéry in Apertura 2019]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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