Januário

Fábio Daniel Januário known simply as Januário (born September 3, 1979 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. He played for Esteghlal in the Iran's Premier Football League before being released because of heavy injury. He usually played in the midfielder position.

Fabio Januario
Januário in 2022
Personal information
Full name Fábio Daniel Januário
Date of birth (1979-09-03) September 3, 1979
Place of birth Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1998 Cascavel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Cascavel 79 (14)
2002 CTE Colatina 25 (5)
2002 Vitória 3 (1)
2003–2005 Gil Vicente 36 (11)
2005–2007 Belenenses 32 (6)
2007–2008 Foolad 35 (12)
2008–2010 Esteghlal 54 (8)
2010–2012 Sepahan 51 (9)
2012 Esteghlal 10 (2)
Total 307 (90)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 3, 2016

Club career

Januário began playing club football with Cascavel Esporte Clube while he was studying engineering. After he received his degree, he started his professional career playing for a number of provincial league teams in Brazil before moving the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Esporte Clube Vitória.[2] After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga where he played for Gil Vicente and C.F. Os Belenenses. He then moved to Iran where he started playing for Foolad in 2006. In 2008, he moved to Esteghlal, talent has dramatically went up and has been in the starting line-up for most of the 2008–09 season and has established great popularity with Esteghlal fans. On 27 April 2009, he netted his fourth goal of the season which eventually made Esteghlal the league champions.

On 26 May 2010, he joined Sepahan in the Iran Pro League with the contract amount of $1,200.000. He returned to Esteghlal after spending two seasons in Sepahan by signing a one-year contract. However, before the season ended, he separated from the team due to foot injury in January 2013. He announced his retirement on 29 June 2013.

SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
1998–99Cascavel EC Brazil1*146
1999–00Cascavel EC Brazil1*198
2000–01Cascavel EC Brazil1*219
2001–02Cascavel EC Brazil1*2513
2002–03CTE Colatina Brazil1**188
2002–03EC Vitória Brazil100
2003–04Gil Vicente Portugal1158
2004–05Gil Vicente Portugal1215
2005–06Belenenses Portugal1294
2006–07Belenenses Portugal133

* 1st Division of Campeonato Paranaense
** 1st Division of Campeonato Capixaba

Club career statistics

Last update 26 September 2012

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2006–07FooladPersian Gulf Cup10400--104
2007–08Azadegan League254--
2008–09EsteghlalPersian Gulf Cup2541050310
2009–102911170374
2010–11Sepahan2214082343
2011–122950070365
2012–13Esteghlal1020000102
Total Iran 13521242
Career total 13521242
  • Assist goals
SeasonTeamAssists
06–07Foolad5
07–08Foolad6
08–09Esteghlal8
09–10Esteghlal6
10–11Sepahan2
11–12Sepahan3
12–13Esteghlal0

Honours

Club
Esteghlal
Sepahan

References
  1. "Fabio Januario: Perfil". Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  2. "Futebol: Fábio Januário fala um pouco sobre a carreira no Irã". March 2014.
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