Fredy (footballer, born 1990)

Alfredo Kulembe Ribeiro (born 27 March 1990), known as Fredy, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor as a forward. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Fredy
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
Club information
Current team
 Antalyaspor
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 Belenenses SAD 18 (6)
2019– Antalyaspor 51 (4)
National team‡
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 28 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

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 0–1 away loss to Académica de Coimbra.[2] He finished his first full season with 24 scoreless appearances, as the Lisbon team were relegated.

Fredy scored eight goals in 38 games in the 2012–13 campaign, helping the club to return to the top level after three years.[3] He scored for the first time in the competition on 12 April 2014, his brace helping the team 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 SBV Excelsior in the Dutch Eredivisie, rejoining his former Belenenses manager Mitchell van der Gaag.[6]

Fredy returned to Belenenses in June 2017, signing a two-year deal.[7] He scored six league goals and provided six assists in the first part of 2018–19.[8]

On 31 January 2019, Fredy moved to Turkish club Antalyaspor.[9]

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)[10] and Macedonia (a 2–1 win).[11]

Fredy received his first callup to the Angola national team in February 2014.[12][13] He made his debut on 5 March, in a friendly with Mozambique.[14]

International goals
As of 26 March 2016 (Angola score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fredy goal)[15]
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 Congo2–12–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Fredy" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. "Académica 1–0 Belenenses" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  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. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "Sub-21: Portugal-Dinamarca, 1–1" [Under-21: Portugal-Denmark, 1–1]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  11. "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.
  12. Pombo, Nuno; Pontes, Pedro (3 March 2014). "Fredy: "Foi uma criancice"" [Fredy: "It was childish"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  13. 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.
  14. "Futebol: Angola empata em Maputo diante de Moçambique" [Football: Angola draw in Maputo against Mozambique] (in Portuguese). Ango Notícias. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  15. "Fredy – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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