Fernando Abreu

Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira (Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃du aˈbɾɛw]; born 3 October 1984), known as Abreu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Fernando Abreu
Personal information
Full name Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira
Date of birth (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1996 São Bernardo
1996–2001 São Paulo
2001–2002 Porto
2002–2003 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Racing B 71 (4)
2007 Racing Santander 1 (0)
2007–2009 Atlético Madrid B 32 (2)
2009–2010 Olimpija 9 (0)
2010–2011 Olympiakos Nicosia 10 (1)
2011–2012 IFK Mariehamn 11 (0)
2012 Johor F.C. 7 (2)
2013 Ekranas 5 (0)
2014–2015 Chiangrai United 46 (3)
2016 Lampang 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2016

He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Football career

Born in São Paulo, Abreu played youth football for four clubs, two of them abroad and the last being Torino FC. In 2003, aged not yet 19, he moved to Spain and signed for Racing de Santander, being registered with the B-side for the vast majority of his four-year spell; on 17 June 2007, the final day of the season, he played his only La Liga game, which consisted of five minutes in a 0–2 home loss against Real Betis.[1]

For the 2007–08 campaign, Abreu joined another reserve team in the country and the third division, Atlético Madrid B. In the 2009 summer he signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, moving in quick succession to Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyprus) and IFK Mariehamn (Finland's Veikkausliiga).

On 7 January 2012, Abreu changed clubs and countries again, reuniting with countryman and former Santander teammate Arthuro at Malaysia's Johor Darul Takzim FC.[2][3]

References
  1. Racing Santander 0–2 Real Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 17 June 2007
  2. Johor on samba path Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; New Straits Times, 8 February 2012
  3. Johor FC fail to sign Becamengo due to travel document problems Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine; The Star, 8 February 2012
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