Bio

Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro (born 24 January 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back or wing-back for Polish club Legia Warsaw. Ribeiro represented Portugal in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, helping his team reach the semi-finals, where they lost to eventual winners England. On 7 July 2016, he was selected by the under-19 side for that year's European Championship in Germany. On 2 September 2016, Ribeiro won his first cap for the under-21s at 19, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw with Israel for the 2017 European Championship qualifiers. Ribeiro was named after Youri Djorkaeff after his parents saw the French international play. His father was a goalkeeper, and his older brother, Romeu, also played for Benfica and Portugal at youth level.