Gabriel José Pinto Couto (born 20 March 1981), simply known as Gabi is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
Santa Maria da Feira
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C.D. Feirense
Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...
in the second tier. He spent most of his career at that level with seven clubs, making 241 appearances and scoring 25 goals.
In July 2014, Gabi moved abroad for the only time in his career, from newly promoted
Primeira Liga
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F.C. Penafiel
Futebol Clube de Penafiel ( or ) is a Portuguese Association football, football club founded on 8 February 1951 and based in the city of Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel.
Brief history
Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...