Fabricio Martín Agosto Ramírez (; born 31 December 1987), known as Fabri , is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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. He appeared in 56

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matches over six seasons, representing

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(two spells),

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

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and Mallorca in the competition. He also played professionally in Turkey and England, winning the

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championship with Beşiktaş in 2016–17. Fabri was a Spanish international at under-20 level.

Club career

Spain

Fabri was born in

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, Canary Islands. After being bought at almost 18 from local Vecindario, he finished his football development at

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

. After suspensions to goalkeeping teammates

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and Gustavo Munúa due to a post-training punching session, he was made first choice, and made his

debut on 13 January 2008 in a 4–3 away loss against

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; both offenders were reinstated in the first team late in the month, and he returned to the B squad. In January 2008, Arsenal reportedly showed interest in signing Fabri, considered "one of Spain's brightest talents". During the 2008–09 season he was definitely promoted to backup duties as Munúa and Aouate were both deemed surplus to requirements, and also appeared in the

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; however, after the Israeli's move to Mallorca, Munúa was again reinstated as second choice and Fabri returned to the reserves. On 13 July 2009, Fabri was released by ''Depor'', joining

on a 2+2 contract. On 19 August of the following year, he signed for

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

of Segunda División on a one-year loan deal. Fabri returned to the top flight for the 2011–12 campaign, moving to

. He played 17 competitive games in his first year, keeping

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against

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(2–0, away), Málaga (2–0, also away) and

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(1–0 at the Estadio Benito Villamarín). Following a run-in with manager

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, he was demoted to third choice and eventually left the club in summer 2013, returning to Deportivo. Fabri played second-fiddle to

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in the

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in his second spell in Galicia, but subsequently became the starter. He lost the vast majority of 2015–16, however, due to a

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injury he originally contracted ten years ago (in 2011, whilst at Betis, he also suffered a potentially career-threatening shoulder ailment).

Beşiktaş

In July 2016, Fabri moved abroad for the first time, signing for Turkish

champions Beşiktaş. In a 6–0 loss at

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in the group stage of the

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on 6 December, he began to cry after conceding the fourth goal of the first half. Fabri only missed two matches in 34 in his first season in

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, as his team were crowned champions for the second consecutive time and 15th overall.

Fulham

On 24 July 2018, Fabri joined

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club Fulham on a three-year deal with the option of a fourth year. He was already known to their goalkeeping coach José Sambade Carreira, with the pair having worked together at Deportivo. His first appearance in the

took place on 11 August, in a 0–2 home defeat against

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. On 2 September 2019, Fabri was loaned to Mallorca for one year. His competitive input during his tenure at the

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consisted of four games, underperforming in his sole league one at Valladolid.

International career

A former youth international for

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, in February 2018 Fabri announced that he was of Uruguayan descent and wanted to represent its national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Honours

Beşiktaş *

: 2016–17

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabricio Agosto 1987 births Living people Spanish people of Uruguayan descent Spanish footballers Footballers from Las Palmas Association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players Deportivo de La Coruña players Real Valladolid players Recreativo de Huelva players Real Betis players RCD Mallorca players Süper Lig players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Premier League players Fulham F.C. players Spain youth international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England