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Fabinho Santos
Personal information
Full name	Fábio José dos Santos
Date of birth	26 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Telha, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Futebol com Vida [pt] U20 (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1996	Vitória
1997	Joinville
1998–1999	Basel
2000	Joinville
2001	Coritiba
2002	Oita Trinita
2003–2006	Albirex Niigata
2007	Juventude
2007	Vegalta Sendai
Managerial career
2013–2016	Joinville U17
2016	Joinville (interim)
2017	Joinville
2018	Paraná (assistant)
2020	Joinville
2023–2024	Joinville
2024–	Futebol com Vida [pt] U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fábio José dos Santos (born 26 June 1973), known as Fabinho Santos, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of Futebol com Vida [pt]'s under-20 team.

Playing career

Born in Telha, Sergipe, Fabinho Santos played for Vitória, Joinville and Coritiba in the Campeonato Brasileiro.^[1]

At the end of the 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro season, Fabinho joined Swiss club Basel's first team during the winter break of their 1997–98 season under head coach Guy Mathez. In this season Fabinho appeared in just two test games, then in the following season he received more playing time. After playing in two test games Fabinho played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 15 August 1998 as Basel won 2–0 against Xamax.^[2] He scored his first goal for the club on 13 March 1999 in the away game in the Charmilles Stadium. But this goal could not help the team because Basel suffered a 1–2 defeat.^[3]

However, under the new head coach Christian Gross, Fabinho was not taken into account as team player and his contract with the club was dissolved during the winter break of their 1999–2000 season. During his short period with the club, Fabinho played a total of 30 games for Basel scoring a total of 9 goals. 16 of these games were in the Nationalliga A and 14 were friendly games. He scored 2 goals in the domestic league, the others were scored during the test games.^[4] One test game to be mentioned took place on 1 February 1999 in Saint-Esprit, Martinique. During the club's training camp they played against Stade Spiritain and Fabinho scored four goals as Basel won 7–1.^[5]

Fabinho Santos later played for Oita Trinita, Albirex Niigata and Vegalta Sendai in the J1 League.^[6]

Club statistics

^[7]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
2002	Oita Trinita	J2 League	33	7	0	0	-		33	7
2003	Albirex Niigata	J2 League	28	9	3	0	-		31	9
2004		J1 League	27	9	0	0	4	0	31	9
2005			26	8	2	0	5	2	33	10
2006			23	4	2	1	4	0	29	5
2007	Vegalta Sendai	J2 League	8	0	0	0	-		8	0
Total			145	37	7	1	13	2	165	40

Honours

Vitória

Campeonato Baiano (3): 1992, 1995, 1996

Joinville

Campeonato Catarinense (1): 2000

Oita Trinita

J. League Division 2 (1) : 2002

Albirex Niigata

J. League Division 2 (1) : 2003

References

^ "Futpedia: Fabinho (Fábio José dos Santos)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (15 August 1998). "FC Basel - Neuchâtel Xamax 2:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (13 March 1999). "Servette FC - FC Basel 2:1 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2000). "Fabinho - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (1 February 1999). "Stade Spiritain - FC Basel 1:7 (1:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Stats Centre: Fabinho Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^ Fabinho Santos at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)