Fábio Santos (footballer, born 1980)

Fábio Santos
Personal information
Full name	Fábio dos Santos Barbosa
Date of birth	9 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Campina Grande, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Santo André
2001	Rio Branco (SP)
2001	Náutico
2002–2004	São Caetano
2004	Nacional da Madeira
2005–2006	Cruzeiro
2007–2009	Lyon
2008	→ São Paulo (loan)
2009	Fluminense
2010	Cruzeiro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Fábio dos Santos Barbosa (born 9 October 1980 in Campina Grande, Paraíba) is a former Brazilian footballer.

Career

Fábio dos Santos started his career at Sao Paulo state.

Fábio dos Santos signed by Lyon in January 2007 from Cruzeiro.^[1]

He was loaned to São Paulo Futebol Clube in January 2008 until July 2008. After being released by Lyon, he signed a 2½ 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 claiming he wasn't fully recovered from his last injury.

Career Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
1999	Santo André	Paulista Série A2			–				–
2000	Santo André	Copa João Havelange			–				–
2001	Rio Branco (SP)	Série C			–				–
2001	Náutico	Série B							–
2002	São Caetano	Série A			–				0	0
2003									1	0
2004					–				8	0
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
2004–05	Nacional da Madeira	Portuguese Liga	6	0			–		2	0
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
2005	Cruzeiro	Série A					–		1	0
2006	Cruzeiro	Série A					–		1	0
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
2006–07	Lyon	Ligue 1	8	0			0	0	0	0
2007–08	Lyon	Ligue 1	8	1			1	0	3	1
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
2008	São Paulo	Série A	3	0	–		–		7	0
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
2008–09	Lyon	Ligue 1	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
2009	Fluminense	Série A	0	0	–		–		0	0	0	0
Total	Brazil						–		18	0
	Portugal		6	0			–		2	0
	France		22	1			2	0	3	1
Career total							2	0	23	1

Achievements

References

^ "Lyon snare Fábio Santos talent". UEFA.com. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
^ "Fábio Santos se apresenta e fala em atitude" (in Portuguese). fluminense.com.br. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

External links

Fábio Santos – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)

[1] "Lyon snare Fábio Santos talent". UEFA.com. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.

[2] "Fábio Santos se apresenta e fala em atitude" (in Portuguese). fluminense.com.br. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

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