Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas (born 29 February 1988), known simply as Fabiano, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Omonia.

Club career

São Paulo and Olhanense

Born in Mundo Novo, Bahia, Fabiano joined

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in 2006, aged 18. During his four-year spell he only played two Série A games, also being loaned to several modest teams. He made his debut in the top division on 13 October 2007 in a 1–1 draw against Fluminense at the

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where he saved a

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, being part of the squads that won back-to-back national championships. On 28 June 2011, Fabiano signed with Portuguese club

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. He made his debut in the

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on 13 August in a 1–1 draw at Sporting CP, and went on to appear in all league matches during the season as the

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side retained their division status.

Porto

Fabiano moved to

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in late May 2012, penning a four-year contract. He acted as understudy to compatriot Helton in his debut campaign, subsequently becoming a starter after an injury to the latter. On 21 April 2015, in an away fixture for the quarter-finals of the

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against

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, Fabiano's team lost 6–1, making it the worst in their

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history. In the subsequent off-season, he was loaned to Fenerbahçe. Back at the

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, Fabiano missed the vast majority of 2017–18 due to an injury to his right knee. He earned a champions' winners medal in the last matchday after playing the last minutes of the 1–0 away win over Vitória de Guimarães, having replaced third choice

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. Fabiano played all the matches save one in the 2018–19 edition of the Taça de Portugal, where his team reached

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. He was not featured in the domestic league, however.

Omonia

Fabiano signed a one-year deal with Omonia of the Cypriot First Division on 17 October 2019, as a

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. He made his debut three days later, in a 0–0 away draw with Anorthosis Famagusta. In January 2020, he sustained an injury which kept him out of action until the abandonment of the season due to the

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; on 9 June, he agreed to an extension until 2022. On 16 September 2020, Fabiano was in goal for a Champions League qualifier against

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, saving two attempts in the penalty shootout to help his team reach the group stage of a

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for the first time in their history. He was crowned champion on the domestic front, a first for the club since 2010; as a result, he was voted Footballer of the Year and also renewed his contract until June 2024. In the 2021–22 campaign, Fabiano was involved in four shootouts, helping Omonia beat Anorthosis in the Cypriot Super Cup,

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in the third qualifying round of the

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and

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of the

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; he prevented the opposition from scoring a total of six times.

Honours

São Paulo *

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Porto *

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, 2017–18 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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Omonia * Cypriot First Division:

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: 2021–22 * Cypriot Super Cup:

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Individual *Cypriot First Division Player of the Year: 2020–21

References

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