having made just one appearance during the 2009–10 season due to another injury sustained while international duty, ribeiro was allowed to join football league one side stockport county on a one-month loan deal with a 24-hour recall clause. he made his football league and stockport debut in a 3–1 home defeat to exeter city later that day. after a month, he decided to extend his loan period to 9 january 2010. however, at the end of december, manager gary johnson opted to exercise the recall clause following an injury and suspension crisis that saw lewin nyatanga, jamie mccombe and brian wilson unavailable.