Fábio Santos (footballer, born 1980)
Brazilian footballer
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Fábio dos Santos Barbosa (born 9 October 1980) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fábio dos Santos Barbosa | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Campina Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Santo André | 6 | (0) |
| 2001 | Rio Branco (SP) | ||
| 2001 | Náutico | ||
| 2002–2004 | São Caetano | 57 | (0) |
| 2004 | Nacional da Madeira | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Cruzeiro | 33 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Lyon | 22 | (1) |
| 2008 | → São Paulo (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Fluminense | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Cruzeiro | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Fábio Santos started his career at Sao Paulo state.
Fábio Santos was signed by Lyon in January 2007 from Cruzeiro.[1]
He was loaned to São Paulo in January 2008 until July 2008. After being released by Lyon, he signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Fluminense in May 2009, rejoining Fred.[2] On 26 April 2010 Cruzeiro signed the midfielder, the player coming from Fluminense and signed until 31 December 2010.
After the match against São Paulo on 13 May 2010, Fábio Santos told the press that the match was his last as a player due to successive pains to his knee, which suffered four surgeries during his career, and he claimed he wasn't fully recovered from his last injury.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santo André | 1999 | Paulista Série A2 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 2000 | Copa João Havelange | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rio Branco (SP) | 2001 | Série C | – | – | – | |||||||
| Náutico | 2001 | Série B | – | – | ||||||||
| São Caetano | 2002 | Série A | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2003 | – | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2004 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nacional | 2004–05 | Primeira Liga | 6 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Cruzeiro | 2005 | Série A | – | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2006 | – | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lyon | 2006–07[3] | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2007–08[3] | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09[3] | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 2 | ||
| São Paulo (loan) | 2008 | Série A | 3 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Fluminense | 2009 | Série A | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||||||||
- Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Coupe de France.
- Includes Taça da Liga, Coupe de la Ligue.
Honours
- Campeonato Paulista: 2004
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2006
- Ligue 1: 2007, 2008
- Trophée des Champions: 2007
