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Blackburn Rovers have agreed a new two-year contract with Yuri Ribeiro, with the option of a third year.
The Portuguese defender arrived on deadline day in February on a deal until the end of the season from Braga.
Ribeiro, 28, has subsequently played all nine games for Rovers, having made his debut in the FA Cup exit to Wolves.
He is the first Rovers senior player to renew his contract
Blackburn Rovers have signed Nottingham Forest’s Emmanuel Dennis and Luton Town’s Cauley Woodrow on loan as well as left-back Yuri Ribeiro from Portuguese club Braga.
Forward Dennis, 27, has not featured for Forest this season after he was left out of their 25-man Premier League squad.
He moved to Forest from Watford in the summer of 2022 for £20m, and all 25 appearances he has made for the East Midlands
Ribeiro moved into coaching when he was only 19 and eventually worked his way up to be an assistant coach at Porto and then with Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, Olympiacos, Fenerbahce and 1860 Munich.
From there, Ribeiro took his first managerial job when he was 32, back in Portugal with Gil Vicente.
He has since had four other head coach roles, most recently with Leixoes in the Portuguese second