Jerson Ribeiro

Rebeiro was born in Rotterdam. He played for FC Dordrecht in the Eerste Divisie (on loan from Feyenoord), and SBV Excelsior, with whom he spent an entire Eerste Divisie season (on loan from Feyenoord) plus the first half of the club's 2010–11 Eredivisie campaign. He joined Fortuna Sittard of Eerste Divisie on 31 January 2011. He joined Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo of Bulgaria in early 2013, where he remained until August of the same year. From Bulgaria Ribeiro continued to VV Capelle, VV Spijkenisse, and SC Feyenoord in the Netherlands and to Mondorf-les-Bains in Luxembourg. In 2017, Ribeiro joined the Dutch Derde Divisie-side ASWH from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. In 2018, he transferred to FC Maense.

In February 2011, Ribeiro was called up to the Cape Verde national team for a friendly match against Burkina Faso in Óbidos, Portugal. He made his debut, replacing Lito while Cape Verde won 1–0.