Fábio_Gonçalves
Fabinho (footballer, born 1986)
Brazilian footballer
Fábio Gonçalves (born 19 November 1986), commonly known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Recife, on loan from Botafogo as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fábio Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Cruzeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Sport Recife (on loan from Botafogo) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Camboriú | ||
| 2009 | Campinense | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Baraúnas | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Alecrim | 23 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | América de Natal | 136 | (2) |
| 2015 | Figueirense | 46 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Internacional | 52 | (1) |
| 2018–2022 | Ceará | 115 | (3) |
| 2022– | Botafogo | 10 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Sport Recife (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022 | |||
Born in Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Fabinho made his senior debuts with Camboriú in 2006, aged 20. In 2009, he moved to Campinense, and subsequently represented Baraúnas and Alecrim before joining América-RN in September 2011.[1]
Fabinho was promoted with the latter to Série B late in the year, after appearing in four matches. He made his debut in the competition on 19 May 2012, starting in a 5–2 home routing of Goiás.[2]
Fabinho was an undisputed starter for his side during the following years, scoring his first goal for the club on 20 January 2013, netting his side's only in a 1–2 home loss against Vitória, for that year's Copa do Nordeste.[3] On 22 December 2014 he signed for Série A club Figueirense.[4]
Fabinho has appeared in over 100 competitive matches for Ceará over three seasons and winning the 2020 Copa do Nordeste with the club.[5]
- América-RN
- Campeonato Potiguar: 2012, 2014
- Internacional
- Ceará
- Sport
- Ex-Baraúnas e América acerta com o Figueirense (Former Baraúnas and América player signs with Figueirense) Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine; F9, 23 December 2014 (in Portuguese)
- De mão cheia: América-RN atropela Goiás e faz 5 a 2 na estreia da Série B (With a full hand: América-RN thrashes Goiás and makes it 5–2 in Série B's debut); Globo Esporte, 19 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
- Vitória derrota o América-RN de virada na estreia da Copa do NE (Vitória defeats América-RN with a comeback in the debut of Copa do NE); Globo Esporte, 20 January 2013 (in Portuguese)
- Figueirense fecha com volante Fabinho, que estava no América-RN (Figueirense signs with defensive midfielder Fabinho, who was at América-RN); Globo Esporte, 22 December 2014 (in Portuguese)
- "Jogador Fabinho do Ceará completa 100 jogos com a camisa do time" (in Portuguese). O Democrata. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
