Editing Maniche (section)

==International career==
[[File:Portugal 2-3 Denmark, Maniche.jpg|thumb|Maniche playing for Portugal in 2009]] 
Maniche made his debut for the [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]] on 29 March 2003, in a 2–1 [[Exhibition game#International football|friendly]] win over [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/internacional/interior.aspx?content_id=159123|title=Portugal na festa holandesa|trans-title=Portugal in Dutch party|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=30 April 2003|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> He was a key element in the country's runner-up run at [[UEFA Euro 2004]], scoring in a 2–0 group stage defeat of [[Russia national football team|Russia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/3787459.stm|title=Russia 0–2 Portugal|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 June 2004|access-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> and adding another in the semi-finals against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], which ended in a 2–1 victory;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7b43ba0c46-383f37942502-1000--portugal-s-maniche-has-final-say-against-netherlands-in-eur/|title=Portugal's Maniche has final say against Netherlands in EURO 2004 quarter-final|publisher=UEFA|first=Adam|last=Szreter|date=30 June 2004|access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> he was subsequently selected for the Team of the Tournament.<ref name=TOT>{{cite web|url=http://www.euro2004.com/News/Kind=1/newsId=205742.html|title=All-Star squad revealed|publisher=UEFA|date=5 July 2004|access-date=4 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529234612/http://www.euro2004.com/News/Kind%3D1/newsId%3D205742.html|archive-date=29 May 2005}}</ref>

On 21 June 2006, in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Portugal played [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] in the final group fixture. Maniche netted in the sixth minute in an eventual 2–1 win that sealed the group win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/fixturesresults/round=2259/match=82381/report=rp.html|title=Portugal progress as pool winners|publisher=UEFA|date=21 June 2006|access-date=1 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515134812/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/fixturesresults/round%3D2259/match%3D82381/report%3Drp.html|archive-date=15 May 2007}}</ref> Four days later, in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup#Round of 16|round of 16]], as the national side faced the Netherlands once again, he scored the only goal of the game,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/fixturesresults/round=2260/match=84197/report=rp.html|title=Oranje see red as Portugal prevail|publisher=UEFA|date=25 June 2006|access-date=1 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513183537/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/fixturesresults/round%3D2260/match%3D84197/report%3Drp.html|archive-date=13 May 2008}}</ref> and was the only Portuguese player to feature on [[Adidas]]' Golden Ball shortlist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5154248.stm|title=Sent-off Zidane named best player|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 July 2006|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>

After appearing significantly during the [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|qualifying stages]] for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]], he was surprisingly left out of the nation's final squad, although younger brother [[Jorge Ribeiro]] would make the final cut. He also featured little during the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualification]] for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]], and was subsequently left out of the squad for the final stages by manager [[Carlos Queiroz]].