Patrick Lopes

Patrick Fabionn Lopes (20 August 1980 – 25 April 2016), sometimes known simply as Patrick, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back.

Patrick Lopes
Personal information
Full name Patrick Fabionn Lopes
Date of birth (1980-08-20)20 August 1980
Place of birth Muriaé, Brazil
Date of death 25 April 2016(2016-04-25) (aged 35)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Mirassol 11 (9)
2001 União São João 3 (8)
2002 Caxias 2 (9)
2003 Anapolina 6 (6)
2004 Guarani 35 (4)
2005–2006 Cruzeiro 14 (1)
2006 → Fortaleza (loan) 7 (10)
2007 São Bento 7 (2)
2007 Ituano 7 (1)
2007–2012 União Leiria 65 (6)
2013 Ituano 16 (5)
2014 Nacional-MG 3 (1)
2014 Nacional Muriaé 9 (11)
Total 189 (68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Patrick Lopes was born in Muriaé, Minas Gerais, spending the better part of his career with modest Brazilian clubs. In January 2005, he signed a two-year contract with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, but was also loaned during that timeframe to Fortaleza Esporte Clube; in his country's Série A, other than those two teams, he also represented Guarani Futebol Clube.

In the 2007–08 season, Patrick Lopes had his first abroad experience, signing with U.D. Leiria from the Portuguese Primeira Liga. He played 13 times in his first year, but the side suffered relegation to the second division.

At age 32, Patrick Lopes returned to his homeland, seeing out his career two years later after spells in the regional leagues with Ituano Futebol Clube, Nacional Esporte Clube (MG) and Nacional Atlético Clube (Muriaé). He died on 25 April 2016 in São Paulo at the age of 35, from a brain aneurysm.[1]

References
  1. "Morreu Patrick Lopes, ex-jogador da U. Leiria" [Patrick Lopes, former player of U. Leiria, has died]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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