Fábio Lopes (footballer, born 1977)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Alcântara.
Fábio Lopes
Personal information
Full name Fábio Lopes Alcântara
Date of birth (1977-03-24) 24 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Bahia
?–2004 Passo Fundo
2004 Platinense
2004–2007 Happy Valley 36 (16)
2007–2008 Eastern 13 (4)
2008–2009 Persib Bandung 32 (3)
2009 Persija Jakarta 16 (6)
2009–2010 Shatin 16 (4)
2010–2011 Pontic 22 (23)
2011 Hoi Fan 8 (6)
2011–2012 Mettip 20 (20)
2012 Kuan Tai 7 (6)
2012–2020 Yuen Long 124 (37)
2020–2021 Pegasus 15 (1)
2021–2024 Shatin 42 (9)
Managerial career
2018–2020 Yuen Long (player-coach)
2020–2021 Pegasus (player-coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fábio Lopes Alcântara (Chinese: 法比奧; born 24 March 1977), or simply Fábio Lopes, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Club career

He played as a striker for Eastern, having signed from Happy Valley in August 2007.

On 17 May 2018, Fabio announced his retirement at the annual Hong Kong Football Awards.[1] However, on 4 June 2018, Yuen Long chairman Wilson Wong stated that Fabio had reversed his decision, and would become a player-coach for the club the following season.[2] He was appointed as Assistant Manager from 15 July 2018 until 31 May 2020.

Following Yuen Long's self-relegation, Fabio joined Pegasus as a player-coach on 14 June 2020.[3]

Family

Fábio has two younger brothers, they are both professional footballers.

His younger brother Fabrício Alcântara played for Shatin. Also, Fabrício was a teammate with Fábio for Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley during 2006–07.

Also, his other younger brother Fernando Lopes played for Hong Kong First Division clubs South China and Sham Shui Po. He is currently playing for Rangers.

Honours

Club

Happy Valley
Eastern
Yuen Long

Individual honours

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 2021[4]

Club Season No. League League Cup Senior Shield FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Happy Valley 2004–05 9 10 5 ? 2 ? 1 ? 0 ? 1 ? 9
2005–06 9 14 10 ? 4 ? 1 ? 0 ? 2 ? 17
2006–07 9 12 1 ? 3 — — ? 0 ? 0 ? 4
Total 36 16 9 2 0 3 30
Eastern 2007–08 9 13 4 4 0 2 1 ? 0 — — ? 5
Total 13 4 4 0 2 1 0 5
Shatin 2009–10 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yuen Long 2013–14 7 17 3 — — 1 1 0 0 — — 18 4
2014–15 12 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 — — 16 1
2015–16 14 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 — — 21 2
2016–17 20 1 — — 1 0 1 0 — — 22 3
2017–18 16 2 — — 3 0 2 0 — — 21 7
2018–19 16 1 — — 1 0 3 0 — — 20 2
2019–20 9 0 — — 1 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Total 104 8 3 0 9 1 13 2 129 19
Pegasus 2020–21 22 14 1 — — — — — — — — 14 1
Total 14 1 14 1
Career Total

References

  1. ^ "法比奧掛靴". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "亞運男足主帥郭嘉諾來季執教元朗". Sports Road. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "元朗大埔正式知會足總退出港超 本地料大量球員失業". Wenweipo. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Brazil - Fábio - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
Preceded by Hong Kong First Division League Top Scorer
2005–06
with Clodoaldo de Oliveira 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hong Kong League Cup Top Scorer
2005–06
with Keith Gumbs 		Succeeded by


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