| Fabiano | |
| Fullname: | Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 February 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Mundo Novo, Brazil |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Omonia |
| Clubnumber: | 40 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | Rio Branco-SP |
| Years1: | 2007–2011 |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | → Toledo (loan) |
| Years3: | 2010 |
| Clubs3: | → Santo André (loan) |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2010 |
| Clubs4: | → América-RN (loan) |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps5: | 30 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2012–2019 |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2012–2019 |
| Caps7: | 37 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs8: | → Fenerbahçe (loan) |
| Caps8: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019– |
| Caps9: | 105 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19:53, 10 April 2024 (UTC) |
Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas (born 29 February 1988), known simply as Fabiano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot club Omonia.
Born in Mundo Novo, Bahia,[2] Fabiano joined São Paulo in 2006, aged 18. During his four-year spell he only played two Série A games, also being loaned to several modest teams.[3] He made his debut in the top division on 13 October 2007 in a 1–1 draw against Fluminense at the Maracanã Stadium where he saved a penalty, being part of the squads that won back-to-back national championships.[3]
On 28 June 2011, Fabiano signed with Portuguese club Olhanense.[4] He made his debut in the Primeira Liga on 13 August in a 1–1 draw at Sporting CP,[5] and went on to appear in all league matches during the season as the Algarve side retained their division status.
Fabiano moved to Porto in late May 2012, penning a four-year contract.[6] He acted as understudy to compatriot Helton in his debut campaign, subsequently becoming a starter after an injury to the latter.[7]
On 21 April 2015, in an away fixture for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League against Bayern Munich, Fabiano's team lost 6–1, making it the worst in their European history.[8] In the subsequent off-season, he was loaned to Fenerbahçe.[9]
Back at the Estádio do Dragão, Fabiano missed the vast majority of 2017–18 due to an injury to his right knee.[10] He earned a champions' winners medal in the last matchday after playing the last minutes of the 1–0 away win over Vitória de Guimarães, having replaced third choice Vaná.[11]
Fabiano played all the matches save one in the 2018–19 edition of the Taça de Portugal, where his team reached the final.[12] [13] He was not featured in the domestic league, however.
Fabiano signed a one-year deal with Omonia of the Cypriot First Division on 17 October 2019, as a free agent.[14] He made his debut three days later, in a 0–0 away draw with Anorthosis Famagusta.[15] [16] In January 2020, he sustained an injury which kept him out of action until the abandonment of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic;[17] on 9 June, he agreed to an extension until 2022.[18]
On 16 September 2020, Fabiano was in goal for a Champions League qualifier against Red Star Belgrade, saving two attempts in the penalty shootout to help his team reach the group stage of a European competition for the first time in their history.[19] He was crowned champion on the domestic front, a first for the club since 2010;[20] as a result, he was voted Footballer of the Year and also renewed his contract until June 2024.[21] [22]
In the 2021–22 campaign, Fabiano was involved in four shootouts, helping Omonia beat Anorthosis in the Cypriot Super Cup,[23] Flora Tallinn in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League[24] and Ethnikos Achna in the final of the Cypriot Cup; he prevented the opposition from scoring a total of six times.[25]
On 24 May 2023, Fabiano won the Cypriot Cup for the second year in a row.[26]
| Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| São Paulo | 2007 | Série A | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Toledo (loan) | 2009 | Campeonato Paranaense | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Santo André (loan) | 2010 | Série B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| América-RN (loan) | 2010 | Série B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Olhanense | 2011–12 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| Porto B | 2012–13 | Segunda Liga | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | Segunda Liga | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | LigaPro | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||||||
| Porto | 2012–13 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | |||
| Fenerbahçe (loan) | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||||
| Omonia | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 90 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 134 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 189 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 299 | 0 | |||
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