Connor James Ripley (born 13 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Swindon Town.

He represented England up to under-20 level and had eight loan spells, playing for Oxford United, Bradford City, Östersund (Sweden), Motherwell (Scotland), Oldham Athletic, Burton Albion, Bury, and Accrington Stanley.

He signed with Port Vale in June 2023 and played 79 games before he left to join fellow League Two side Swindon Town in February 2025.

[19] After this, manager Chris Wilder was unhappy with Ripley's performance and decided to terminate his loan spell at the club, replacing him with Emiliano Martínez.

[32] He signed a new three-year contract with Middlesbrough in July 2015, having impressed manager Aitor Karanka and goalkeeper coach Leo Percovich in training.

[33] On 31 July, Ripley moved on loan to Scottish Premiership club Motherwell until January 2016, and was given the number one shirt ahead of Dan Twardzik by manager Ian Baraclough.

[36] Having successfully kept new signing Craig Samson to a place on the bench, Ripley's loan deal was extended until the end of the 2015–16 season in January.

[43] Ripley equalled Oldham's clean sheet record and won three end-of-season club awards, including Young Player of the Year, leaving manager John Sheridan pessimistic about being able to bring him back again for the following season.

[55] He was allowed to leave Middlesbrough in January, though manager Tony Pulis stressed there was a "massive" sell-on clause and the club retained first option to re-sign the keeper in the future.

[57] Alex Neil stuck with Declan Rudd in goal at first, and then Ripley struggled with knee and ankle problems, but recovered to play the final two games of the 2018–19 season.

[60] He moved on an emergency loan to League Two team Salford City on 16 October 2021,[61] and kept a clean-sheet on his debut the same day, a 2–0 win over Hartlepool United at Moor Lane.

[63] Ripley was not in Preston's EFL squad until manager Ryan Lowe needed cover for Daniel Iversen in January whilst Rudd recovered from knee surgery.

[81] He was instructed to distribute the ball more directly towards the end of the 2023–24 season by new manager Darren Moore and remained a consistent performer despite the club's relegation.

[82] On 1 October 2024, he conceded an equalising goal to Colchester United after making an error, though was praised by Moore for recovering mentally to keep a clean sheet at Notts County four days later.

[85] He was named in the EFL Team of the Week after keeping a clean sheet at Bromley on 14 December, having made five saves and prevented 1.83 expected goals.

[89] On 3 February 2025, Ripley joined League Two side Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee on a contract to run until the end of the 2024–25 season.

[90] Manager Ian Holloway had shared starting duties between Jack Bycroft and Daniel Barden before Ripley arrived at the County Ground.