Biography and the life story of Diego Ribas "Who is a Young Brazilian who Traveled to Europe"

There is no doubt that the country of Brazil is a producer of world-talented talents. Proficiency in processing the round leather is common in the Samba country. Football seems to be a habit. Without the ball, Brazilian society might not be too well known.

Well, even though South America has favela tours, the oldest pyramid in the world, and can fish with dolphins, soccer is still the main dish for the country with 211 million inhabitants.

Although it sounds bored if you keep repeating the talents created by Brazil, what can you do, they themselves never stop in spawning humans with extraordinary legs.

Now, a name that might not be too popular will be discussed. Is Diego Ribas. Lovers of football today may not really know who the figure of this little man with agile legs. But for old football fans, the name Diego Ribas is clearly not going to escape memory.

Diego Ribas was born on February 28, 1985. Born with extraordinary talent, he then left Brazil and was poor across the country to defend a number of European teams.

Even so, his greatness did not really lead him to success when a career in the football continent.

At that time, winning the Campeonato Brasilerao Serie A season in 2002 was one of the great successes in the history of Santos FC. Not because they have never lost a season, or because they successfully defeated true rivals such as Sao Paulo, Corinthians, or Palmeiras. but because of the young player revolution they did that season.

Santos's success cannot be separated from the contribution of some of his pillars. The names of Robinho, Elano, and Diego Ribas also rose along with the success of Santos. Their performance in that year made them choose to move to Europe the following season with a different team.

Diego Ribas is not interested in tasting famous competitions such as Serie A or La Liga. But instead he chose to join FC Porto, on the grounds that his idol, Deco de Souza, had played there.

Diego made his debut for Porto with a 1-1 draw against Uniao de Leiria in August 2004. He also scored his first goal for Porto in a match against Nacional.

In his first season, Diego appeared 30 times, and scored two goals. But in the 2005/06 season, he was unable to maintain his place, when Porto appeared under the direction of Co Adriaanse. He found it difficult to accept the demands of the coach, until there finally left the club to sign a contract with Werder Bremen.

The shadow of the big players did not stop even though Diego moved from Porto. In Bremen, Diego experienced the same thing. He was required to do what was done by the club superstar in the previous season, Johan Micoud, who played behind the striker.

But the journey in Bremen began well. He immediately tuned in to the team play, and succeeded in impressing Thomas Schaaf. Diego is a creative midfielder. Diego's glory at that time was able to deliver Bremen to the Europa League final of the 2008/09 season. Unfortunately, the magic surrendered in the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk.

However, the disappointment was relieved by the DFB Pokal trophy. At that time, Bremen managed to overthrow Bayer Leverkusen 1-0.

After that season, Diego then moved to Juventus. Although at that time he was also wanted by Manchester City, Diego was determined to join the Turin club.

Nahas, his move to Italy was one of the surest. The star's aura within him instantly vanished. Diego's move failed and is considered one of the Old Lady's worst purchases.

Diego at that time was brought in from Werder Bremen with a dowry of 27 million euros, or around 393 billion rupiah, in the summer 2009 transfer market. However, everything did not go as expected.

Overall, Diego was able to package 7 goals and 18 assists from 47 appearances. But unfortunately, his stylish playing style does not fit well with the famous hard Italian football model. Because of the standard performance from Diego too, Juventus only finished in seventh position in the 2009/10 Italian League final standings with a collection of 55 numbers.

Throughout the 2009/10 season, Juventus also experienced a change of coach. Ciro Ferrara, who handled Juventus at the start of the season, had to be kicked out of his position in January 2010 to be replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni.

Because of the series of negative results, Diego was sold to VfL Wolfsburg in the summer of 2010. At that time Wolfsburg only spent 15.5 million euros, equivalent to 225 billion rupiah. That means Wolfsburg only spent half of the money that Juventus disbursed to bring Diego in the previous season.

Despite being the club's most expensive purchase, Diego did not become a major player. Reportedly, his tenuous relationship with coach Steve McClaren is the reason why he did not enter the first team.

Slumped at Juve gave the start of the unstable career of Diego. He was sold to Atletico Madrid in the 2011/12 season. In the eleven from Madrid he played regularly both in La Liga and in the Europa League. He also became an important figure of Atletico who won the Europa League that season.

The appearance was then sent back to Wolfsburg. However, its performance has declined again. Even when he was again recruited by the club based in Wanda Metropolitano, Diego was different. His performance was no longer like the first he was in the Atletico uniform.

In 2014, Diego Ribas finally decided on a career in Turkey, with Fenerbache. Two years there, Diego appeared 53 times in league matches, and was only able to score 5 goals. That happens because in addition to performance that is no longer the same, injury is also the cause of the bluntness of his glory.

In 2016, Diego then officially joined Flamengo. In his hometown, he seemed to find hope again.

Slowly, Diego Ribas, who is a young Brazilian who traveled to Europe, has returned to his native land. In 2017, he managed to become a part of Flamengo who won the Brazilian League. In addition, Diego won a number of awards including the best Copa do Brasil player.

Then what should not be forgotten, at the age of 34, Diego Ribas successfully delivered Flamengo to win the Copa Libertadores tournament.