Fábio Deivson Lopes Maciel (born 30 September 1980), simply known as Fábio, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Fluminense. He currently has the second-most official appearances ever for a professional football player, with over 1,300, and the most official appearances at club level.

Career

Club career

Born in Nobres,

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, Fábio represented União Bandeirante-PR, Atlético-PR and Vasco, where he won the Campeonato Brasileiro and the Copa Mercosur in 2000. He returned to Cruzeiro in 2005 in an exchange for the striker Alex Dias, having played for the club in 2000 and winning the

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at the time. In the first half of 2007, Fabio's performance on the field was inconsistent with consequential mistakes. In the first leg of the state championship against rivals Atlético, he had his back to the field while the Atlético striker approached the box and scored; Cruzeiro supporters asked for his removal from the starting squad. Coincidentally, after this same game, Fábio was out for three months for an alleged injury, although he played the whole match during which he did not show any sign of severe pain. He returned to his starter position in the middle of July and became a favorite of the Cruzeiro fans, showing signs of recovering his old form. In November 2007, after speculation mounted on a possible move in the January 2008 transfer period, it was announced Fabio would extend his Cruzeiro contract until December 2009. In April 2008, it was reported that he would move to

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, subject to application on obtaining an EU passport as under descendant status, but the move never happened. During both the

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and

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winning campaigns, Fábio served as Cruzeiro's

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and thus lifting the Brasileirão trophy twice in a row for the team. Fábio was selected in 2013 as the best goalkeeper in Brazil, winning the prestigious Bola de Prata trophy for the position for the second time, having also been honored in 2010. On 5 January 2022, he announced on his Instagram account that he would leave the club after 17 seasons, because of a problem renewing his contract. The goalkeeper left Cruzeiro with 976 games played and twelve titles won. On 21 January 2022, Fábio joined Fluminense. On 4 February 2022, Fábio made his debut for Fluminense in a game against Audax Rio, becoming the oldest footballer to play for them, with 41 years and 120 days, surpassing the record of

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(40 years and 312 days). In November 2023, Fábio, at the age of 43, not only won the

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, but also, by playing in the final, he became the first Brazilian to reach a 3-digit tally of participations in the tournament, and, with 100 appearances, he is 3rd overall, behind only Paraguayans Sergio Aquino (107 appearances) and Ever Almeida (113 appearances), and the oldest player to play in and win the final.

International career

Fábio was the starting goalkeeper in the 1997 U-17

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and

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winning campaigns. Along with that, he was an unused substitute in Brazil's squad in the

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and in the winning side in the 2004 Copa América, in

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. Fábio was called up to most of Brazil's friendlies in August and September 2006. Being called up by

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ian head coach Dunga for a friendly against

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in Oslo on 16 August 2006, though never had playing time, the game ended 1–1. He was also called up to play against

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and

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on 3 and 5 September 2006, respectively, but again, he did not play in these matches, as Gomes remained

's number 1 under Dunga at that time. He was included in one of Brazil's teams in September, but knew exactly where he stood and understood what his role in the team was, and stated he was happy to be part of the squad. After more than four years, Fábio was called up to the national team in 2011 for the friendly matches against

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and

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, failing to make his international debut in any of the matches. A few weeks later he was included in the preliminary squad for the 2011 Copa América by coach Mano Menezes, but was eventually cut from the final squad of 23. In 2013, he publicly complained about not having an opportunity to play for the national side and claimed that "it has no criteria in the goalkeepers selection". He made the same complaints in 2014, prior to the

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and in 2018. Some journalists as well as the Brazilian football fans criticize his exclusion from the national team even with the alternance of coaches in the past few years (Scolari, Dunga, Tite).

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Atlético Paranaense *

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: 1998 ;Vasco da Gama *

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: 2003 *

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* Copa Mercosur:

;Cruzeiro *

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: 2006, 2008,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, 2014,

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

*Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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: 2000, 2017, 2018 *

: 2009 (Runner-up) ;Fluminense *Campeonato Carioca:

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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*Copa Libertadores:

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International

;Brazil U17 *

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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;Brazil *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Individual

* Bola de Prata: 2010, 2013 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabio 1980 births Living people Footballers from Mato Grosso Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players União Bandeirante Futebol Clube players Club Athletico Paranaense players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players CR Vasco da Gama players Fluminense FC players Copa Libertadores–winning players Copa América–winning players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2004 Copa América players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen