Fábio César
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![]() Leonardo Pisculichi (left) and Fábio César Montezine (right) in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fábio César Montezine | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Londrina, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2000 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Santa Cruz | 7 | (1) |
2001 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | (1) |
2001–2002 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Napoli (loan) | 30 | (5) |
2002–2004 | Napoli | 47 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Avellino | 9 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Al-Arabi | 31 | (7) |
2006–2010 | Umm Salal | 76 | (21) |
2010–2013 | Al-Rayyan | 61 | (9) |
2013–2016 | Umm Salal | 21 | (0) |
2016 | Al-Rayyan | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2008–2013 | Qatar | 45 | (11) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2020 | Al-Rayyan (assistant) | ||
2020 | Al-Rayyan (caretaker) | ||
2022–2023 | Lusail | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fábio César Montezine, known as Fábio César (Arabic: فابيو سيزار مونتيزين; born 24 February 1979) is a Brazilian-born naturalized Qatari football coach and a former player.
Club career
As a junior, he played for the big Brazilian club São Paulo. He played a major part of his career in Italy, where he spent three years for Napoli. In 2005, he moved to Qatar to play for Al-Arabi. Fabio then became the playmaker of Umm Salal, with whom he reached the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League in 2009. Fabio later went on to play for Al-Rayyan for four seasons, during which he led his team to win the Emir Cup three times and the Heir Apparent Cup once.[citation needed]
International career
He became eligible to play for Qatar in 2008 and was a regular starter of the national team.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 March 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
2. | 26 March 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
3. | 24 August 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | Friendly |
4. | 14 November 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
5. | 13 November 2009 | Rouen, France | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | Friendly |
6. | 13 November 2009 | Rouen, France | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | Friendly |
7. | 3 March 2010 | Maribor, Slovenia | ![]() |
1–4 | Lost | Friendly |
8. | 7 September 2010 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
9. | 22 December 2010 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | Friendly |
10. | 16 January 2011 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | 2011 AFC Asian Cup |
11. | 21 January 2011 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
3–2 | Lost | 2011 AFC Asian Cup |
External links
- Fabio Cesar – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Fabio Cesar Montezine at Fortunaliga.cz
- Fábio César – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Fábio César Montezine at National-Football-Teams.com
- In-depth interview with Al Jazeera
- CBF (in Portuguese)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Londrina
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Brazilian emigrants to Qatar
- Qatari people of Brazilian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Qatar
- Naturalised association football players
- Qatari men's footballers
- Qatar men's international footballers
- São Paulo FC players
- Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
- FC Viktoria Plzeň players
- Udinese Calcio players
- SSC Napoli players
- US Avellino 1912 players
- Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players
- Umm Salal SC players
- Al-Rayyan SC players
- Czech First League players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Qatar Stars League players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Qatari football managers
- Al-Rayyan SC managers
- Qatari football midfielder stubs