Fábio Carvalho (footballer, born 1978)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Carvalho and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Fábio Carvalho
Personal information
Full name Fábio Carvalho dos Santos
Date of birth (1978-04-26) April 26, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–1998 America
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 America (0)
2001–2002 → Sport Recife (loan) (0)
2004 CE Mataró (0)
2004–2005 Portuguesa Santista (0)
2005 Tires (0)
2005–2006 GD Estoril-Praia (1)
2006–2008 Zob Ahan (0)
2008–2009 Aluminium Arak 22 (0)
2009–2011 Mes Rafsanjan (0)
2011–2012 Iranjavan 30 (0)
2012–2013 Paykan 29 (0)
2013–2014 Esteghlal Khuzestan 8 (0)
2015 Colegiales 6 (0)
2016 Sarmiento 10
2017–2018 Vila 15
2018–2019 Folgosa da Maia
2020–2021 SC Canidelo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fábio Carvalho dos Santos (Persian: فابیو کاروالیو, born April 26, 1978) is a Brazilian–Portuguese former football goalkeeper. He also played in Argentina for Colegiales and Sarmiento. Later he went back to Portugal to finish his career and helped Vila F.C. to reach the Elite League in Porto.

Club career

After years in his home country, a move to Iran changed his career. In Iran, Carvalho known as Fabio, became a favorite among the Zob Ahan fans. After stiff competition from African counterpart Issa N'Doye. In 2006 Carvalho signed a 2-year contract with Iran's Premier Football League team F.C. Zob Ahan from his previous club GD Estoril-Praia.[1] For the 2008/2009 season he signed a 2-year contract with Aluminium Arak F.C. Carvalho joined Mes Rafsanjan F.C. towards the end of the end season.

Personal life

He became interested in Iranian culture after visiting Iran. He then married an Iranian woman, Simin Jafari, whom he met while playing for Zob Ahan Club in Isfahan. They have a daughter, Isabella Jafari Carvalho.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Fábio (Fábio Carvalho dos Santos)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  2. ^ "گروه مجلات همشهری - کاروالیو:اسم ایرانی‌را مادر زنم انتخاب کرد/جعفری:آبادان برزیلته راباور کرد". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-11-23.