Fábio Santos (footballer, born 1985)

Fábio Santos
Fábio Santos with Corinthians in 2022
Personal information
Full name Fábio Santos Romeu[1]
Date of birth (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2001–2002 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 São Paulo 72 (2)
2006 → Kashima Antlers (loan) 20 (3)
2007 → Cruzeiro (loan) 13 (0)
2008 → Monaco (loan) 5 (1)
2008 → Santos (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 Grêmio 69 (4)
2011–2015 Corinthians 168 (14)
2015–2016 Cruz Azul 31 (3)
2016–2020 Atlético Mineiro 157 (18)
2020–2023 Corinthians 122 (18)
International career‡
2005 Brazil U-20
2012–2017 Brazil 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:23, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2017

Fábio Santos Romeu (born 16 September 1985 in São Paulo), known simply as Fábio Santos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Fábio Santos had a reputation for being a penalty kick specialist.

Club career

São Paulo

Fábio Santos started his career for São Paulo as a youth player. He was promoted to first team in 2003 and feature in the major club's honours in this period, including the Copa Libertadores and FIFA Club World Cup. Despite his lack of playing time during this period, he out on loan to J1 League giants Kashima Antlers.

Loan years

He spend the 2006 season playing for Kashima Antlers, making 20 appearances and scoring three goals. In 2007, Fábio returned to Brazil to play for Cruzeiro, but failed to gain a spot in first team and was released in May. After that, he agreed a one-year loan deal with Ligue 1 side AS Monaco. In August 2008, he returned again to Brazil after failing to impress and signed a two-year contract with Santos.

Grêmio

Fábio Santos was released from Santos in December, and signed for Grêmio.[3]

Corinthians

Fábio Santos was announced as Corinthians's player on 12 January 2011 and has come to be the bench player to Roberto Carlos's position. With Roberto Carlos's departure to Russian football, on early of 2011, Santos gained the position, becoming a key player in subsequent tournaments. He was a major part of the victories in the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2012 Copa Libertadores, 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, 2013 Campeonato Paulista and 2013 Recopa Sudamericana.

Cruz Azul

On 18 June 2015, it was announced that Fábio Santos reached a deal with Mexican club Cruz Azul. The values of the transfer were undisclosed.[4] During his time at Cruz Azul, he made 26 appearances scoring 3 goals. During his first season he had success playing most of the first season under manager Sergio Bueno. However, during his second season under new manager Tomas Boy, he had little playing time. Most of his appearances were coming off the bench. After Cruz Azul failed to qualify for the playoffs for the Clausura 2016 in the Liga MX, him along with other leftback Fausto Pinto, were told they were not going to continue to the next season.

Atletico Mineiro

On 14 June 2016, Fábio Santos joined Atlético Mineiro on a two-year contract.[5] Later that year, he received the Bola de Prata award as the best left back of the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[6] On 7 May 2017, he won his first trophy with the club after beating arch-rivals Cruzeiro in the 2017 Campeonato Mineiro final. On 4 March 2018, he made his 100th appearance for the club.[7]

Return to Corinthians

On 19 October 2020, Fábio Santos returned to Corinthians on a free transfer.[8]

International career

He was capped for Brazil national Under-20 team to play for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Fabio was placed in the preliminary squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not gain a place in the tournament's final squad by coach Dunga.

In September 2012, Fábio Santos was called up for Brazil national football team by Mano Menezes to Superclásico de las Américas,[9] and on September 20, he debuted for Seleção in the 2–1 victory against Argentina, at Estádio Serra Dourada in Goiânia. On 11 November 2016, Fabio was called again by Tite.

Career statistics

As of 9 December 2023[10]
Club Season League State League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 2003[11] Série A 13 0 0 0 0 0 6[a] 0 — 19 0
2004[12] 27 1 8 0 — 9[b] 0 — 44 1
2005[13] 13 1 4 0 — 2[c] 0 0 0 19 1
2006[14] 2 0 5 0 — 0 0 — 7 0
Total 55 2 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 89 2
Kashima Antlers (loan) 2006 J1 League 20 3 — 3 0 — 4 0 27 3
Cruzeiro (loan) 2007[15] Série A 4 0 9 0 5 0 — — 18 0
Monaco (loan) 2007–08 Ligue 1 5 1 — 0 0 — 0 0 5 1
Santos (loan) 2008 Série A 5 0 — — 0 0 — 5 0
Grêmio 2009 20 1 11 1 — 12[d] 1 — 43 3
2010 23 1 15 1 4 0 2[a] 0 — 44 2
Total 43 2 26 2 4 0 14 1 — 87 5
Corinthians 2011 Série A 27 0 16 3 — 1[d] 0 — 44 3
2012 29 1 14 0 — 14[d] 1 2[e] 0 59 2
2013 19 0 16 1 2 1 8[d] 0 2[f] 0 47 2
2014 35 5 2 0 7 0 — — 44 5
2015 6 1 4 2 0 0 4[d] 0 — 14 3
Total 116 7 52 6 9 1 27 1 4 0 208 15
Cruz Azul 2015–16 Liga MX 28 3 — 7 0 — — 35 3
Atlético Mineiro 2016 Série A 20 0 — 7 0 — — 27 0
2017 34 5 14 0 8 0 8[d] 0 — 64 5
2018 32 4 12 2 7 0 1[a] 0 4[g] 0 56 6
2019 30 4 9 1 4 0 17[h] 2 — 60 7
2020 0 0 6 2 1 0 1[a] 0 — 8 2
Total 116 13 41 5 27 0 27 2 4 0 215 20
Corinthians 2020 Série A 20 3 — — — — 20 3
2021 32 3 5 2 2 0 5[a] 0 — 44 5
2022 22 3 5 2 6 0 8[d] 0 — 41 5
2023 25 4 13 1 8 0 9 0 — 55 5
Total 99 13 23 5 16 0 22 0 — 160 18
Career total 491 44 168 18 71 1 107 4 12 0 848 67
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Eight appearances in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  8. ^ Ten appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, seven appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of 27 October 2021[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2012 3 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
2017 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Club

São Paulo
Grêmio
Corinthians
Atlético Mineiro

National team

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  2. ^ AS, Diario (17 June 2021). "Fabio Santos (Fabio Santos Romeu)". AS.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Grêmio anuncia laterais". Gremio.net. 19 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Fábio Santos se acerta com Cruz Azul e não joga mais pelo Corinthians". globoesporte.globo.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Fábio Santos assina contrato com Atlético até 2018 e aguarda janela para poder estrear". Super Esportes. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Fábio Santos e Robinho entram na Seleção Bola de Prata". Clube Atlético Mineiro. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Clube homenageia Fábio Santos pelos 100 jogos com a camisa do Galo". Clube Atlético Mineiro. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Corinthians anuncia contratação do lateral-esquerdo Fábio Santos até o fim de 2021". Globo Esporte. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  9. ^ Mano Menezes aposta em base paulista e Fabuloso para o Superclássico Archived 13 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Fábio Santos at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  11. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  12. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  13. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  14. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Temporada 2007" [2007 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Fábio Santos". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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