Christos Ribas
{{Short description|Greek footballer (1914–1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christos Ribas
| image = Christos_Ribas.jpg
| caption = Ribas with AEK Athens
| full_name =
| birth_date = 1914
| birth_place = Manisa, Ottoman Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|10|18|1914|df=yes}}
| death_place = Athens, Greece
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = 1927
| youthclubs1 = AE Nea Ionia
| youthyears2 = 1928–1929
| youthclubs2 = AEK Athens
| years1 = 1929−1948
| clubs1 = AEK Athens
| caps1 = 59
| goals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1933–1936
| nationalteam1 = Greece
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1961−1962
| managerclubs1 = Egaleo
}}
Christos Ribas ({{langx|el|Χρήστος Ρίμπας}}; 1914 – 18 October 1981){{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17738|title=Hristos Rimbas, international footballer|website=eu-football.info}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.epo.gr/Default.aspx?a_id=40741|title=Greece player stats|website=epo.gr}} was a Greek footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AEK Athens and a manager. His nickname was "the Bird" ({{langx|el|"το Πουλί"}}).{{Cite web|url=https://sport-retro.gr/o-christos-mou-den-gerase-to-parapono-tis-sizigou-tou-rimpa/|title="Ο Χρήστος μου δεν γέρασε". Το παράπονο της συζύγου του Ρίμπα|date=14 February 2017|website=sport-retro.gr}}
Club career
Ribas started football in 1927, at the age of 14, playing as a striker for Atromitos Nea Ionia. The following year the Hungarian coach Sveg watched him play as a goalkeeper for the Athens College Branch team at the stadium of Panellinios and invited him to enroll in the infrastructure sections of AEK Athens.
In 1929 he was promoted to the first team and in 5 May of that year, he made his debut against Ferencvárosi, for the Easter Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://retrosport.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/%cf%87%cf%81%ce%ae%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%82-%cf%81%ce%af%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%bf-%ce%b1%ce%af%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%85%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%b5%ce%ba/|title=Χρήστος Ρίμπας: Ο αίλουρος της ΑΕΚ|date=18 October 2009}} On 27 December 1931, he impressed with his performance against Wacker, for the Christmas Cup. On 28 May 1939, Ribas played in the Cup final against PAOK, at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, where AEK won their second Cup in their history winning by 2–1.{{Cite web|url=https://sport-retro.gr/aek-paok-prwta-pozaran-agkaliasmenoi-meta-epaixan-ton-teliko-kypellou-tou-1939/|title=AEK-ΠΑΟΚ: Πρώτα πόζαραν αγκαλιασμένοι, μετά έπαιξαν τον τελικό Κυπέλλου του 1939|date=4 November 2017}} He was the main goalkeeper of AEK Athens until the end of his career as a footballer in 1947, winning two consecutive Panhellenic Championships, two Cups and three Athens FCA Championships, including the first domestic double in by a Greek club in 1939.{{Cite web|url=https://www.enwsi.gr/114176/retro-aek/otan-efige-o-elouros-christos-rimpas.html|title=Όταν έφυγε ο "αίλουρος" Χρήστος Ρίμπας|date=19 October 2020|website=enwsi.gr}}
International career
Ribas played nine times for Greece including his last one as captain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.epo.gr/media/files/ETHNIKES_OMADES/MATCH_ANDRES_1929-2000/ethniki_andrwn_1929-38.pdf|title=Greece matches 1929-1938|website=epo.gr}} In 1933, he was invited to the Balkan mixed team for a match against the World mixed team, which was eventually postponed.
After football
After the end of his career as a footballer, Ribas was involved with AEK, becoming a member of their staff, while also managing teams such as Egaleo, Loutraki, Elefsina and Marko.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aek-live.gr/mi-fovaste-tha-vgi-o-ribas-ke-tha-tin-p/|title=Θα βγει ο Ρίμπας και θα την πιάσει!|date=19 October 2018|website=aek-live.gr}}
Personal life
Ribas was married to Eleni and had five children named Apostolos, Panagiota, Michalis, Nikos and Anastasia. He died on 18 October 1981 from an incurable illness.{{Cite web|url=https://prwtoselida.gazzetta.gr/pdf/showPdf/ahxo/19811020|title=Αθλητική Ηχώ 20-10-1981|website=gazzetta.gr}}
Honours
AEK Athens
- Panhellenic Championship: 1938–39, 1939–40
- Greek Cup: 1931–32, 1938–39
- Athens FCA League: 1940, 1946, 1947
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{sports links}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110203061804/http://www.aek.gr/ Official website of Amateur AEK]
- [http://www.enwsi.gr/retro-aek/otan-efige-o-elouros-christos-rimpas/ When Christos Ribas left, Stavros Kazantzoglou]''
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Category:Footballers from Manisa
Category:Greek men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Athens
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Greece men's international footballers
Category:AEK Athens F.C. players