Fábio dos Santos Barbosa (born 9 October 1980 in

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) is a former

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er.

Career

Fábio Santos started his career at

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. Fábio Santos was signed by Lyon in January 2007 from Cruzeiro. He was loaned to

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in January 2008 until July 2008. After being released by Lyon, he signed a -year contract with

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in May 2009, rejoining

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. On 26 April 2010 Cruzeiro signed the midfielder, the player coming from Fluminense and signed until 31 December 2010. After the match against

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on 13 May 2010, Fábio Santos told the press that the match was his last as a player due to successive pains to his knee, which suffered four surgeries during his career, and he claimed he wasn't fully recovered from his last injury.

Career statistics

Achievements

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: 2004 *

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: 2006 *

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: 2007, 2008 *

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: 2007

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Fabio Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Associação Desportiva São Caetano players C.D. Nacional players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Olympique Lyonnais players São Paulo FC players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Primeira Liga players Ligue 1 players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in France Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Sportspeople from Campina Grande 1980 births Living people Footballers from Paraíba