Fábio Felício

Fábio Alexandre Duarte Felício (born 2 May 1982) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Fábio Felício
Personal information
Full name Fábio Alexandre Duarte Felício
Date of birth (1982-05-02) 2 May 1982
Place of birth Faro, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–2000 Farense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Farense 14 (0)
2002–2003 Olhanense 53 (15)
2003–2004 Académica 25 (3)
2004–2006 União Leiria 58 (10)
2006–2007 Real Sociedad 10 (0)
2007–2009 Rubin Kazan 6 (0)
2007–2008 → Marítimo (loan) 21 (0)
2008–2009 → Asteras Tripoli (loan) 6 (0)
2009–2010 Vitória Guimarães 8 (0)
2010–2011 Rio Ave 7 (0)
2011–2012 Marítimo 4 (0)
2012–2013 Portimonense 27 (3)
2013–2014 Farense 27 (0)
2014–2015 Louletano 23 (2)
2016–2017 Almancilense 27 (1)
2017–2018 Olhanense 5 (0)
Total 322 (34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Faro, Algarve, Felício made his professional debut with hometown club S.C. Farense, appearing in the Primeira Liga not yet aged 18. He continued to develop at neighbours S.C. Olhanense, in the lower leagues.

After a single season with Académica de Coimbra, again in the top division, Felício established himself at fellow league side U.D. Leiria, helping them qualify twice for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. His solid displays attracted the attention of Spain's Real Sociedad,[1] but he did not settle at all at his new team, and left in the following transfer window.[2]

Before the start of the 2007 season, Felício signed with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan. He made his debut on 4 March, appearing as a starter in a 1–3 defeat against FC Rostov in the Russian Cup, but lost his place in the first team very soon, playing just two league games since the fifth round and eventually went on to serve two consecutive loans, one of them back in his country with C.S. Marítimo;[3] in an interview, Rubin manager Kurban Berdyyev described him as "a heaven-born footballer, but a coward, not a fighter", criticizing him for his inability to demonstrate his talent during games.[4]

Felício spent the 2008–09 season in Greece playing for Asteras Tripoli FC, on loan. In mid-December 2009 he agreed on a return to Portugal, signing with Vitória de Guimarães.[5]

References
  1. "Fabio Felicio ya es jugador de la Real Sociedad" [Fabio Felicio is already a Real Sociedad player] (in Spanish). Noticias. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. "Fútbol.– Fabio Felicio deja de ser jugador de la Real Sociedad tras concretarse su fichaje por el Rubin Kazan ruso" [Football.– Fabio Felicio is no longer a Real Sociedad player after confirmation of signing for Russia's Rubin Kazan] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "Marítimo conta com os "regressados" Makukula e Fábio Felício e mais dois reforços" [Marítimo count on "returning" Makukula and Fábio Felício and two more additions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. Тренер – золото [Manager – Gold] (in Russian). Российская газета. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  5. "Fábio Felício é apresentado hoje em Guimarães" [Fábio Felício is presented in Guimarães today]. Público (in Portuguese). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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