Fábio Santos (footballer, born 1985)

Fábio Santos Romeu (born 16 September 1985 in São Paulo), known simply as Fábio Santos, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Corinthians in the Campeonato Brasileiro. Fábio Santos has a reputation for being a penalty kick specialist.

Fábio Santos
Personal information
Full name Fábio Santos Romeu
Date of birth (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Corinthians
Number 26
Youth career
2001–2002 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 São Paulo 77 (4)
2006Kashima Antlers (loan) 20 (3)
2007Cruzeiro (loan) 14 (0)
2008Monaco (loan) 5 (1)
2008Santos (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 Grêmio 69 (3)
2011–2015 Corinthians 169 (14)
2015–2016 Cruz Azul 31 (3)
2016–2020 Atlético Mineiro 162 (18)
2020– Corinthians 0 (0)
National team
2005 Brazil U-20
2012–2017 Brazil 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:01, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2017

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 of 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] Later that year, he received the Bola de Prata award as the best left back of the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[4] 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.[5]

Return to Corinthians

On 19 October 2020, Fábio Santos returned to Corinthians on a free transfer.[6]

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,[7] 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 21 February 2019
Club Season League National Cup Continental State League Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Paulo 2003 Série A 1200000120
2004 281710081361
2005 1319070141131
2006 2000000020
Total 55216170222632
Kashima Antlers (loan) 2006 J1 League 2033040273
Total 203300040273
Cruzeiro (loan) 2007[8] Série A 405090180
Total 4000000040
Monaco (loan) 2007–08 Ligue 1 51000051
Total 5100000051
Santos (loan) 2008 Série A 50000050
Total 5000000050
Grêmio 2009 Série A 20100121110322
2010 2314020151442
Total 43240141261764
Corinthians 2011 Série A 2700010163443
2012 29100141120552
2013 1902180191482
2014 355700020445
2015 61004042143
Total 11679127153620515
Cruz Azul 2015–16 Liga MX 2837000353
Total 283700000353
Atlético Mineiro 2016 Série A 20070270
2017 3458080140645
2018 3247010122526
2019 0000303161
Total 8692209026214910
Career total 341246625721401160439

    Matches for Brazilian team

    Honours

    Club

    São Paulo
    Grêmio
    Corinthians
    Atlético Mineiro

    National team

    Brazil

    References

    1. "Grêmio anuncia laterais". Gremio.net. 19 December 2008.
    2. "Fábio Santos se acerta com Cruz Azul e não joga mais pelo Corinthians". globoesporte.globo.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
    3. "Fábio Santos assina contrato com Atlético até 2018 e aguarda janela para poder estrear". Super Esportes. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
    4. "Fábio Santos e Robinho entram na Seleção Bola de Prata". Clube Atlético Mineiro. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
    5. "Clube homenageia Fábio Santos pelos 100 jogos com a camisa do Galo". Clube Atlético Mineiro. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
    6. "Corinthians anuncia contratação do lateral-esquerdo Fábio Santos até o fim de 2021". Globo Esporte. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
    7. Mano Menezes aposta em base paulista e Fabuloso para o Superclássico Archived 13 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
    8. "Temporada 2007" [2007 season] (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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