Fabinho (footballer, born 1986)

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.

Fabinho
Personal information
Full name Fábio Gonçalves
Date of birth (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986
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

Club career

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]

Honours
América-RN
Internacional
Ceará
Sport

References
  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. "Jogador Fabinho do Ceará completa 100 jogos com a camisa do time" (in Portuguese). O Democrata. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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