Fábio Santos Romeu (born 16 September 1985 in

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), known simply as Fábio Santos, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a left back for

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in the Campeonato Brasileiro. Fábio Santos has a reputation for being a

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specialist.

Club career

São Paulo

Fábio Santos started his career for

as a youth player. He was promoted to first team in 2003 and feature in the major club's honours in this period, including the Copa Libertadores and FIFA Club World Cup. Despite of his lack of playing time during this period, he out on loan to J1 League giants Kashima Antlers.

Loan years

He spend the 2006 season playing for Kashima Antlers, making 20 appearances and scoring three goals. In 2007, Fábio returned to Brazil to play for Cruzeiro, but failed to gain a spot in first team and was released in May. After that, he agreed a one-year loan deal with Ligue 1 side

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. In August 2008, he returned again to Brazil after failing to impress and signed a two-year contract with Santos.

Grêmio

Fábio Santos was released from Santos in December, and signed for Grêmio.

Corinthians

Fábio Santos was announced as Corinthians's player on 12 January 2011 and has come to be the bench player to

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's position. With Roberto Carlos's departure to Russian football, on early of 2011, Santos gained the position, becoming a key player in subsequent tournaments. He was a major part of the victories in the

2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Petrobras 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 21 and was ...

2012 Copa Libertadores,

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2013 Campeonato Paulista The 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2013 for sponsorship reasons ) was the 112th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. It was won for the 2 ...

and 2013 Recopa Sudamericana.

Cruz Azul

On 18 June 2015, it was announced that Fábio Santos reached a deal with Mexican club

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. The values of the transfer were undisclosed. During his time at Cruz Azul, he made 26 appearances scoring 3 goals. During his first season he had success playing most of the first season under manager

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. However, during his second season under new manager Tomas Boy, he had little playing time. Most of his appearances were coming off the bench. After Cruz Azul failed to qualify for the playoffs for the Clausura 2016 in the Liga MX, him along with other leftback

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, were told they were not going to continue to the next season.

Atletico Mineiro

On 14 June 2016, Fábio Santos joined

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on a two-year contract. Later that year, he received the Bola de Prata award as the best left back of the

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. On 7 May 2017, he won his first trophy with the club after beating arch-rivals Cruzeiro in the

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final. On 4 March 2018, he made his 100th appearance for the club.

Return to Corinthians

On 19 October 2020, Fábio Santos returned to

on a free transfer.

International career

He was capped for Brazil national Under-20 team to play for the

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. Fabio was placed in the preliminary squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not gain a place in the tournament's final squad by coach Dunga. In September 2012, Fábio Santos was called up for

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to Superclásico de las Américas, and on September 20, he debuted for Seleção in the 2–1 victory against

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, at

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. On 11 November 2016, Fabio was called again by Tite.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

;São Paulo * Copa Libertadores: 2005 *

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: 2005 ;Grêmio *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 2010 ;Corinthians * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2011, 2015 * Copa Libertadores:

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* FIFA Club World Cup:

* Campeonato Paulista:

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* Recopa Sudamericana:

;Atlético Mineiro * Campeonato Mineiro:

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National team

;Brazil * Chile Octagonal Tournament: 2005 * Superclásico de las Américas:

Individual

References

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