Pedro Nezio de Araújo Lopes Ribeiro (born 13 June 1990) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for VästerÃÂ¥s SK in the Swedish Superettan.
Growing up in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Ribeiro played college soccer at Coastal Carolina beginning in 2010. During his time with Coastal Carolina, Ribeiro won multiple Big South Regular Season titles (3) and Big South Tournament Titles (2) contributing 31 goals and 26 assists.
Ribeiro was selected as the 15th overall pick of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union, who were familiar with him from a brief stint with their affiliate team, Reading United. Ribeiro made his professional debut and start on August 15 against Houston Dynamo. His first goal for the Union was scored in his third appearance in a home match against New York Red Bulls.
Ahead of the 2015 season, Ribeiro was selected by expansion side Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.
During the 2014 season, Ribeiro was loaned to Philadelphia USL affiliate Harrisburg City Islanders where he would make 12 appearances and scoring 4 goals.
Ribeiro's debut with Orlando came on 13 March 2015, away to the Houston Dynamo; he replaced Carlos Rivas in the 54th minute and twenty minutes later put pressure on Tyler Deric, leading the goalkeeper to score an own goal to give Orlando a 1âÂÂ0 win. Pedro also scored in the 29th minute at Montreal and 89th minute at home against the Columbus Crew SC, both resulting in 2âÂÂ2 draws.
Ribeiro was released by Orlando in November 2016 after not exercising his contract option.
Ribeiro signed with United Soccer League side Harrisburg City Islanders on 14 April 2017.
Following a season with USL side Fresno FC, Ribeiro joined Swedish Superettan side IK Frej on 18 January 2019.
After one season with IK Freg, Ribeiro moved to VästerÃÂ¥s SK on 29 November 2019, ahead of their 2020 season.
Ribiero earned his U.S. green card in summer 2015. This status also qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.