Fabiano Soares Pessoa

Fabiano
Personal information
Full name Fabiano Soares Pessoa
Date of birth (1966-06-10) 10 June 1966
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Estoril (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 Botafogo
1988 Cruzeiro
1989 São José
1989–1992 Celta 101 (16)
1992–2003 Compostela 334 (44)
2003–2004 Racing Ferrol 24 (2)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Compostela
2008–2009 Bergantiños
2009–2010 Compostela
2010–2011 Estradense
2011–2015 Estoril (assistant)
2015– Estoril

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Fabiano Soares Pessoa (born 10 June 1966), known simply as Fabiano, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and the current coach of Portuguese club G.D. Estoril Praia.

His professional career was mostly associated with Compostela, as both a player and manager. During 11 seasons, he played competitive games for the 361 club and scored 46 goals.

Playing career

Celta

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Fabiano represented Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and São José Esporte Clube. In 1989, immediately after having finished runner-up in the Campeonato Paulista with the latter club and suffered the loss of his father, he moved to Spain where he would remain for the following 15 years, starting off with Celta de Vigo.[1]

Fabiano made his La Liga debut on 17 September 1989, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 away loss against Athletic Bilbao.[2] He scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 14 January 1990, contributing to a 5–1 home win over Cádiz CF[3] as the season ended in relegation.

Compostela

In the 1992, after two additional campaigns in Segunda División, Fabiano signed with neighbouring SD Compostela also in that level. He helped to a first-ever promotion for the Galicians in 1994 and, over the course of the following four seasons, was a midfield mainstay,[4] notably netting in consecutive home draws against Real Madrid (1–1 on 2 April 1995,[5] and 3–3 on 25 February 1996[6]) and contributing with one goal in a 6–2 away routing of Deportivo de La Coruña for the local derby in May 1998.[7]

At the end of 2002–03, Compos was relegated to Segunda División B for financial irregularities. Fabiano subsequently left and joined another team in that region, Racing de Ferrol, retiring at the end of the season at the age of 38.

Managerial career

Fabiano started working as a coach in 2006, with former club Compostela in the regional leagues. From 2008 to 2011 he was in charge of amateurs Bergantiños FC, Compostela again – taking the reins of the team at the end of the ninth round,[8] he eventually failed to prevent relegation from division three, as dead last[9]– and CD Estradense.[10]

In the 2011 summer, Fabiano was appointed assistant coach at G.D. Estoril Praia from Portugal, going on to work under several managers including compatriot Vinícius Eutrópio and Marco Silva. In March 2015, following José Couceiro's departure, both he and former club player Hugo Leal took the reins until the end of the season,[11] eventually leading the team to the 12th position in the Primeira Liga; in July, he was appointed the sole head coach.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Fabiano Soares" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "2–0: El Athletic, en racha" [2–0: Athletic, on a roll] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 18 September 1989. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "5–1: El Celta olvidó su crisis ante el Cádiz" [5–1: Celta forgot about crisis against Cádiz] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 15 January 1990. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Un Compos de Primera" [Primera Compos] (in Spanish). Míticos del Balompié. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Madrid empata con polémica" [Controversial draw for Madrid] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 April 1995. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "El Compos no se rinde" [Compos does not surrender] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 February 1996. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Demasiado poco Deportivo" [Too little Deportivo] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 May 1998. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fabiano será el capitán que dirigirá el barco del Compos" [Fabiano will be the captain who will lead Compos' ship] (in Spanish). El Correo Gallego. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Fabiano asegura que el objetivo de la SD es acabar "lo más dignamente posible"" [Fabiano assures that SD's goal is to finish "as respectably as possible"] (in Spanish). El Correo Gallego. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "El Racing se enfrenta hoy al Estradense de Fabiano Soares" [Racing goes against Estradense of Fabiano Soares today] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mais Fabiano do que Hugo" [More Fabiano than Hugo] (in Portuguese). Record. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "SAD escolhe Fabiano para treinador principal" [PLSC chooses Fabiano for head coach] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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