Fábio Pereira de Azevedo (1 January 1977 – 2 February 2018), known as Fabinho Baiano or simply Fabinho, was a

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who played as a striker. Born and raised in Brazil, he was naturalized by Togo and played for that national team. During his four years in the top flight Primera División de El Salvador side Isidro Metapán, Fabinho made the title goal for at ''Clausura 2007'' during extra time against

Luis Ángel Firpo Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''. Boxing career In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank Hag ...

. Fabinho died in the early hours of 2 February 2018 in a car crash on the BR-282 highway.

Biography

Fabinho was born in

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, a

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on the northeast coast of

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and the capital of the

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International career

Fabinho played for

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

on 5 July 2003 in a 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying match against

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

. He was also Togolese international in two friendly matches, one against the Ghanaian club

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in a friendly match on 29 June 2003 in

Stade de Kégué Stade de Kégué is a multi-use stadium in Lomé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 40,000 people and opened in 2000. It was designed by Chinese architect Yang Zhou. The stadium was the main host of the 20 ...

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

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