Fábio Gonçalves (born 19 November 1986), commonly known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santa Cruz as a defensive midfielder.
Club career Born in Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Fabinho made his senior debuts with Camboriú in 2006, aged 20. In 2009, he moved to Campinense, and subsequently represented Baraúnas and Alecrim before joining América-RN in September 2011.Ex-Baraúnas e América acerta com o Figueirense (Former Baraúnas and América player signs with Figueirense) ; F9, 23 December 2014
Fabinho was promoted with the latter to Série B late in the year, after appearing in four matches. He made his debut in the competition on 19 May 2012, starting in a 5–2 home routing of Goiás.De mão cheia: América-RN atropela Goiás e faz 5 a 2 na estreia da Série B (With a full hand: América-RN thrashes Goiás and makes it 5–2 in Série B's debut); Globo Esporte, 19 May 2012
Fabinho was an undisputed starter for his side during the following years, scoring his first goal for the club on 20 January 2013, netting his side's only in a 1–2 home loss against Vitória, for that year's Copa do Nordeste.Vitória derrota o América-RN de virada na estreia da Copa do NE (Vitória defeats América-RN with a comeback in the debut of Copa do NE); Globo Esporte, 20 January 2013 On 22 December 2014 he signed for Série A club Figueirense.Figueirense fecha com volante Fabinho, que estava no América-RN (Figueirense signs with defensive midfielder Fabinho, who was at América-RN); Globo Esporte, 22 December 2014
Fabinho has appeared in over 100 competitive matches for Ceará over three seasons and winning the 2020 Copa do Nordeste with the club.
Honours América-RN Campeonato Potiguar: 2012, 2014
Internacional Campeonato Gaúcho: 2016
Ceará Copa do Nordeste: 2020
Sport Campeonato Pernambucano: 2023
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