Paulo António da Silva Ribeiro (born 6 March 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After emerging through local Vitória FC's youth academy and making his Primeira Liga debut on 31 January 2005 in a 1–1 away draw against Sporting CP,[2] he joined FC Porto in the summer of 2005.
[3] During his two season-spell he could never manage to be more than third choice, only appearing in preseason; he also spent two years on loan in the Segunda Liga.
[4][5] In 2009, Ribeiro was released by Porto and joined lowly F.C.
At the end of the campaign he signed with Leixões SC, recently relegated to the second tier,[6] only managing to play twice in the league in his sole season (four competitive matches) and being released by the Matosinhos club.