Fábio Lopes (footballer, born 1977)

Fábio Lopes Alcântara (Chinese: 法比奧; born 24 March 1977 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), or simply Fábio Lopes, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional footballer.

Fábio Lopes
Personal information
Full name Fábio Lopes Alcântara
Date of birth (1977-03-24) 24 March 1977
Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Shatin
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Bahia
?–2004 Passo Fundo
2004 Platinense
2004–2007 Happy Valley 36 (16)
2007–2008 Eastern 13 (4)
2008–2009 Persib Bandung 32 (3)
2009 Persija Jakarta 16 (6)
2009–2010 Shatin 16 (4)
2010–2011 Pontic 22 (23)
2011 Hoi Fan 8 (6)
2011–2012 Mettip 20 (20)
2012 Kuan Tai 7 (6)
2012–2020 Yuen Long 124 (37)
2020–2021 Pegasus 15 (1)
2021 Shatin 12 (2)
Managerial career
2018–2020 Yuen Long (player-coach)
2020–2021 Pegasus (player-coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2022

Club career

He played as a striker for Eastern, having signed from Happy Valley in August 2007.

On 17 May 2018, Fabio announced his retirement at the annual Hong Kong Football Awards.[1] However, on 4 June 2018, Yuen Long chairman Wilson Wong stated that Fabio had reversed his decision, and would become a player-coach for the club the following season.[2] He was appointed as Assistant Manager from 15 July 2018 until 31 May 2020.

Following Yuen Long's self-relegation, Fabio joined Pegasus as a player-coach on 14 June 2020.[3]

Family

Fábio has two younger brothers, they are both professional footballers.

His younger brother Fabrício Alcântara, who currently plays for Shatin in Hong Kong First Division since 2015. Also Fabrício was a teammate with Fábio for Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley during 2006–07.

Also his another younger brother, Fernando Lopes, who played for Hong Kong First Division clubs South China and Sham Shui Po. He is currently playing for Rangers.

Honours

Club

Happy Valley
Eastern
Yuen Long

Individual honours

Career statistics

Club career

As of 20 May 2021[4]

Club Season No. League League Cup Senior Shield FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Happy Valley 2004–05 9105?2?1?0?1?9
2005–06 91410?4?1?0?2?17
2006–07 9121?3?0?0?4
Total 3616920330
Eastern 2007–08 91344021?0?5
Total 134402105
Shatin 2009–10 144000000000
Total 4000000000
Yuen Long 2013–14 7 17 3 1 1 0 0 18 4
2014–15 12 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 16 1
2015–16 14 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 21 2
2016–17 20 1 1 0 1 0 22 3
2017–18 16 2 3 0 2 0 21 7
2018–19 16 1 1 0 3 0 20 2
2019–20 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
Total 104 8 3 0 9 1 13 2 129 19
Pegasus 2020–21 22 14 1 14 1
Total 14 1 14 1
Career Total

References

  1. "法比奧掛靴". Apple Daily. Retrieved 18 May 2018. (in Chinese)
  2. "亞運男足主帥郭嘉諾來季執教元朗". Sports Road. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. "元朗大埔正式知會足總退出港超 本地料大量球員失業". Wenweipo. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. "Brazil - Fábio - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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