Fabiano Soares Pessoa (born 10 June 1966), known simply as Fabiano, is a Brazilian

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and former player. An

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, Fabiano's professional career was mostly associated with Compostela, as both a player and manager. During 11 seasons, he played 361 competitive matches for the club and scored 46 goals. In 2006, Fabiano started working as a coach.

Playing career

Celta

Born in

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, Fabiano represented

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, Cruzeiro and São José-SP. In 1989, immediately after having finished runner-up in the

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with the latter club and suffered the loss of his father, he moved to Spain where he would remain for the following 15 years, starting off at

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. Fabiano made his

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debut on 17 September 1989, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 away loss against

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. He scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 14 January 1990, contributing to a 5–1 home win over

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as the season ended in relegation.

Compostela

In 1992, after two additional campaigns in

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, Fabiano signed with neighbouring

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also in that level. He helped to a first-ever promotion for the

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and, over the course of the following four seasons, was a midfield mainstay, notably netting in consecutive home draws against

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(1–1 on 2 April 1995, and 3–3 on 25 February 1996) and contributing with one goal in a 6–2 away routing of

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for the

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in May 1998. At the end of 2002–03, ''Compos'' was relegated to

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for financial irregularities. Fabiano subsequently left and joined another team in that region,

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, retiring at the end of the season at the age of 38.

Coaching career

Soares started working as a coach in 2006, with former club Compostela in the regional leagues. From 2008 to 2011 he was in charge of amateurs

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, Compostela again – taking the reins of the team at the end of the ninth round, he eventually failed to prevent relegation from division three, as dead last– and

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. In summer 2011, Soares was appointed assistant coach at

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from Portugal, going on to work under several managers including compatriot

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and

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. In March 2015, following

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's departure, both he and former club player Hugo Leal took the reins until the end of the season, eventually leading the team to the 12th position in the

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; in July, he was appointed the sole head coach. On 11 December 2016, after only 15 points in 13 matches during the campaign, Soares was relieved of his duties. The following 11 July, he returned to his home country after being named

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manager; he was sacked on 4 December, with his side having finished in 11th position. In January 2019, Soares was hired at

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title favourites

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. He was dismissed in July, with the team third from bottom. In April 2021, Fabiano was appointed in charge of Barra-SC, but left the club on a mutual agreement on 17 June, two weeks before the start of the

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. On 26 April 2022, he was named at the helm of

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side Vitória, but was sacked on 19 June.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soares, Fabiano 1966 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players São José Esporte Clube players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players RC Celta de Vigo players SD Compostela footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian football managers SD Compostela managers Primeira Liga managers G.D. Estoril Praia managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Club Athletico Paranaense managers Jeonnam Dragons managers Esporte Clube Vitória managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Spain Expatriate football managers in Portugal Expatriate football managers in South Korea