| Francesco Ripa | |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Porto San Giorgio, Italy |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Recanatese (GK coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Sangiorgese |
| Years1: | 1993–1997 |
| Caps1: | 52 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs1: | Carpi |
| Years2: | 1994–1995 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | → Perugia (loan) |
| Years3: | 1997–1998 |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Fermana |
| Years4: | 1998–2003 |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Cosenza |
| Years5: | 2001–2002 |
| Caps5: | 32 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | → Pisa (loan) |
| Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Caps6: | 15 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | Ravenna |
| Years7: | 2004–2005 |
| Caps7: | 46 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Clubs7: | Sora |
| Years8: | 2005–2010 |
| Caps8: | 100 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Clubs8: | Foligno |
| Years9: | 2010–2011 |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Clubs9: | Perugia |
| Years10: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs10: | Santegidiese |
| Years11: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs11: | Sangiorgese 1922 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1994 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U–21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2013–2015 |
| Managerclubs1: | Sambenedettese (GK coach) |
| Manageryears2: | 2015 |
| Managerclubs2: | Birkirkara (GK coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs3: | Ancona (GK coach) |
| Manageryears4: | 2018–2022 |
| Managerclubs4: | Fermana (GK coach) |
| Manageryears5: | 2022– |
| Managerclubs5: | Recanatese (GK coach) |
Francesco Ripa (born 7 April 1974) is an Italian football coach and a former player who works as a goalkeepers coach with Recanatese.
Born in Porto San Giorgio, Marche, Ripa started his career at Sangiorgese of Eccellenza Marche. He then moved to Carpi, Fermana and then Cosenza (in co-ownership deal with Genoa until 2001,[1] [2] exchanged with Salvatore Soviero in 1998.[3]) With Cosenza, he played 5 Serie B seasons (1 season loaned to Serie C1 club Pisa.)
In mid-2003 he joined Ravenna and in January 2004 moved to Sora. Since 2005, he spent 5 seasons at Foligno, which he played 17, 31, 32, 20 and 0 games respectively. In the last season he was the backup of Andrea Rossini and Luca Tomassini. In 2010–11 season, he played for Serie D club Perugia, shared the starting role with Lorenzo Riommi, winning Group E champion and promoted back to professional football.
In October 2011 he joined another Serie D club Santegidiese.[4]