Fábio Daniel Januário known simply as Januário (born September 3, 1979 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. He played for Esteghlal in the Iran's Premier Football League before being released because of heavy injury. He usually played in the midfielder position.
Club career Januário began playing club football with Cascavel Esporte Clube while he was studying engineering. After he received his degree, he started his professional career playing for a number of provincial league teams in Brazil before moving the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Esporte Clube Vitória. After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga where he played for Gil Vicente and C.F. Os Belenenses. He then moved to Iran where he started playing for Foolad in 2006. In 2008, he moved to Esteghlal, talent has dramatically went up and has been in the starting line-up for most of the 2008–09 season and has established great popularity with Esteghlal fans. On 27 April 2009, he netted his fourth goal of the season which eventually made Esteghlal the league champions.
On 26 May 2010, he joined Sepahan in the Iran Pro League with the contract amount of $1,200.000. He returned to Esteghlal after spending two seasons in Sepahan by signing a one-year contract. However, before the season ended, he separated from the team due to foot injury in January 2013. He announced his retirement on 29 June 2013.
SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals1998–99Cascavel EC1*1461999–00Cascavel EC1*1982000–01Cascavel EC1*2192001–02Cascavel EC1*25132002–03CTE Colatina1**1882002–03EC Vitória1002003–04Gil Vicente11582004–05Gil Vicente12152005–06Belenenses12942006–07Belenenses133 * 1st Division of Campeonato Paranaense** 1st Division of Campeonato Capixaba
Club career statistics Last update 30 September 2012
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total2006–07 Foolad Persian Gulf Cup 13200--1322007–08 Azadegan League21431--2452008–09 Esteghlal Persian Gulf Cup 25410503142009–1029111703722010–11 Sepahan 23130823432011–12 29500703652012–13 Esteghlal 1020000102 Total Iran150198227218523 Career total150198227218523
Assist goals SeasonTeamAssists06–07Foolad507–08Foolad408–09Esteghlal109–10Esteghlal110–11Sepahan111–12Sepahan312–13Esteghlal0
Honours
Club Esteghlal Iran Pro League (1): 2008–09
Sepahan Iran Pro League (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
References
External links Stats in PersianLeague http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=119&view=player