Fredy (footballer, born 1990)

Alfredo Kulembe Ribeiro (born 27 March 1990), known as Fredy, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Eyüpspor as a forward.

Fredy
Fredy with Angola in 2014
Personal information
Full name Alfredo Kulembe Ribeiro[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990[1]
Place of birth Luanda, Angola[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Eyüpspor
Number 16
Youth career
1999–2001 Pescadores
2001–2009 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Belenenses 131 (15)
2012 → Libolo (loan) 10 (1)
2015–2016 Libolo 25 (10)
2016–2017 Excelsior 32 (2)
2017–2018 Belenenses 20 (2)
2018–2019 B-SAD 18 (6)
2019–2023 Antalyaspor 135 (20)
2023– Eyüpspor 6 (1)
International career‡
2006 Portugal U16 9 (1)
2006–2007 Portugal U17 8 (0)
2008 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2008 Portugal U19 1 (0)
2010 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2009–2012 Portugal U21 10 (2)
2014– Angola 40 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:03, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

He achieved totals of 108 games and 11 goals in Portugal's Primeira Liga with Belenenses and B-SAD, while winning the Segunda Liga with the former in 2013. He also played for one season in the Dutch Eredivisie with Excelsior and for several years at Antalyaspor in Turkey.

Fredy, who also holds Portuguese citizenship and represented the country at youth level, made his senior debut for Angola in 2014. He was part of their squad at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career
Fredy with Antalyaspor in 2021

Born in Luanda, Fredy joined C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system at the age of 11, signing from neighbouring G.D.P. Costa de Caparica. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 3 April 2009, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away loss to Académica de Coimbra.[2] He finished his first full season with 24 scoreless appearances, as the Lisbon team was relegated.

Fredy scored eight goals in 38 games in the 2012–13 campaign, helping the club to return to the top tier as champions after three years.[3] He scored for the first time in the competition on 12 April 2014, his brace helping the team to come from behind to win 3–1 at home against Vitória de Guimarães.[4]

In January 2015, Fredy returned to Angola and signed with C.R.D. Libolo, initially on loan.[5] On 20 July 2016 he agreed to a one-year contract at Excelsior Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie, rejoining his former Belenenses manager Mitchell van der Gaag.[6] He missed just two games in his only season and scored twice in a 12th-place finish, including in a 3–2 home victory over rivals Sparta Rotterdam on 19 November.[7]

Fredy returned to Belenenses in June 2017, signing a two-year deal.[8] He scored six league goals and provided six assists in the first part of 2018–19 for the newly organised B-SAD,[9] including two goals in the 3–2 defeat of C.D. Santa Clara on 30 November.[10]

On 31 January 2019, Fredy moved to Turkish club Antalyaspor.[11] He was a national cup runner-up in 2020–21, scoring in a 2–0 home win over Pendikspor in the fourth round,[12] and a penalty for the only goal in the quarter-final at Sivasspor on 11 February.[13]

International career

Fredy won 34 caps for Portugal at youth level, including ten for the under-21 side. He scored twice for them, in friendlies against Denmark (1–1)[14] and Macedonia (a 2–1 win).[15]

Fredy received his first call-up to the Angola national team in February 2014.[16][17] He made his debut on 5 March, in a friendly 1–1 draw away to Mozambique;[18] his first goal was on 3 August and was the sole strike of a home victory against Ethiopia in another exhibition.[19]

On 26 March 2016, Fredy scored his first competitive goal for the Palancas Negras from the penalty spot at the end of a 2–1 loss away to the DR Congo, who eventually qualified for the following year's Africa Cup of Nations.[20] He was selected for the 2019 edition in Egypt, starting all three games in a group stage exit.[21]

Career statistics

International
As of 17 June 2023[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 201481
201550
201621
201710
201840
201980
202000
202150
202240
202330
Total402
As of 26 March 2016 (Angola score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fredy goal)[23]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 August 2014Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Ethiopia1–01–0Friendly
2.26 March 2016Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo1–21–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Fredy" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. "Nuno Piloto afunda azuis do Restelo" [Nuno Piloto sinks blues from the Restelo]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. "Belenenses um clube de Lisboa" [Belenenses a Lisbon club]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. Ferreira, Luís Pedro (12 April 2014). "Belenenses-V. Guimarães, 3–1 (crónica)" [Belenenses-V. Guimarães, 3–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  5. "Fredy regressa após empréstimo ao Recreativo do Libolo" [Fredy returns after Recreativo do Libolo loan] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. "Nieuwe aanwinst Excelsior Rotterdam: Fredy Ribeiro" [New Excelsior Rotterdam acquisition: Fredy Ribeiro] (in Dutch). S.B.V. Excelsior. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. "Onverwacht productieve bui Excelsior is Sparta te machtig" [Unexpectedly powerful storm Excelsior is too strong for Sparta] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. "Fredy regressa ao Belenenses e assina até 2019" [Fredy returns to Belenenses and signs until 2019]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. "Fredy pode fazer hoje o último jogo pelo Belenenses" [Fredy may play last match for Belenenses today] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  10. "Belenenses SAD vence Santa Clara e sobe ao oitavo lugar" [Belenenses SAD defeat Santa Clara and rise to eighth place] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  11. "Antalyaspor contrata avançado angolano Fredy ao Belenenses" [Antalyaspor sign Angolan forward Fredy from Belenenses]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  12. "Antalya turladı" [Antalyaspor toured]. Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  13. "Antalyaspor konuk olduğu Sivasspor'u yenerek kupada yarı finale çıktı" [Antalyaspor beat Sivasspor and reached the semi-finals of the cup] (in Turkish). İnternet Haber. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  14. "Sub-21: Portugal-Dinamarca, 1–1" [Under-21: Portugal-Denmark, 1–1]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  15. "Sub-21: Portugal-Macedónia, 2–1 (crónica)" [Under-21: Portugal-Macedonia, 2–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  16. Pombo, Nuno; Pontes, Pedro (3 March 2014). "Fredy: "Foi uma criancice"" [Fredy: "It was childish"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  17. Bento, Domingos; Rodrigues, António (5 September 2014). "Quase metade da selecção formada na diáspora" [Nearly half of the national team born from diaspora] (in Portuguese). Rede Angola. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  18. "Futebol: Angola empata em Maputo diante de Moçambique" [Football: Angola draw in Maputo against Mozambique] (in Portuguese). Ango Notícias. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  19. "Em jogo amistoso Angola vence Etiópia" [Angola defeat Ethiopia in friendly game] (in Portuguese). Rádio Ecclesia. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  20. "CAN 2017 : La RD Congo se relance contre l'Angola" [2017 AFCON: DR Congo relaunch against Angola] (in French). Afrik Foot. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  21. "Angola leva seis futebolistas a atuar em Portugal para a CAN 2019" [Angola take six footballers active in Portugal to 2019 AFCON]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  22. Fredy at National-Football-Teams.com
  23. "Fredy – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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