Yuri Ribeiro

Ribeiro's current-season form is level with last season (Season 13→13), while his Rating held around 37. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 22).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Blackburn · 10th	2	0	0	6.35	37	13
2025/26	Blackburn · 20th	21	0	1	6.73	37	13
2024/25	Blackburn · 7th	15	0	1	6.91	49	17
2024/25	SC Braga · 4th	9	0	0	6.86	42	7
2023/24	Legia Warszawa · 3rd	27	0	1	6.88	36	22
2022/23	Legia Warszawa · 2nd	24	1	0	6.84	37	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U21	12	0
Portugal U20	5	0
Portugal U19	10	0
Portugal U17	9	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

Yuri Ribeiro is a 29-year-old central defender at Blackburn, rated 36.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ribeiro.

On the season, Ribeiro graded 13 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 2.709 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 13). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36. At 29 Ribeiro is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Remarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22

36.4

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

13.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

36.1%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.71

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Blackburn finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

Apps

2.71

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 36.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 36.4 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %36.1%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.06

Goal contribution / 900.06

Defensive actions / 902.709

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.181

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~17), then tapers with age. At 29, Ribeiro sits on 9.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ribeiro's projected Rating — 36.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles25

Interceptions12

Blocks8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

BlackburnFeb 2025 – nowFree Transfer

SC BragaAug 2024 – Feb 2025Free

Legia Warszawauntil Aug 2024

Nottingham ForestJul 2019 – Aug 2024

Benfica(back from loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Rio Ave(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2018

Benficauntil Jul 2017

About Yuri Ribeiro

Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro is a 29-year-old centre-back who plays for Blackburn, born on January 24, 1997 in Vieira do Minho, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Blackburn currently sit 10th of 24 in the Championship.

This season

In the current season, Yuri Ribeiro has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 92 minutes.

Yuri Ribeiro's next match is on September 5, 2026, when Blackburn face Preston away in the Championship.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Yuri Ribeiro at 36.4 with a Season form score of 13.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 6 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Yuri Ribeiro has totalled 254 club appearances with 3 goals and 13 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2016/17, with 30 appearances for Benfica B.

Yuri Ribeiro's career has also included time at SC Braga, Legia Warszawa, Nottingham Forest, Benfica and Rio Ave.

On the international stage, Yuri Ribeiro has represented Portugal U21, Portugal U20, Portugal U19, Portugal U17 — 36 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.