Fernando Abreu Explained

Fernando Abreu
Fullname:Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira
Birth Date:3 October 1984
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Position:Centre back
Youthyears1:1996
Youthyears2:1996–2001
Youthyears3:2001–2002
Youthyears4:2002–2003
Youthclubs3:Porto
Years1:2003–2007
Years2:2007
Years3:2007–2009
Years4:2009–2010
Years5:2010–2011
Years6:2011–2012
Years7:2012
Years8:2013
Years9:2014–2015
Years10:2016
Clubs6:IFK Mariehamn
Clubs7:Johor F.C.
Clubs8:Ekranas
Clubs9:Chiangrai United
Clubs10:Lampang
Caps1:71
Caps2:1
Caps3:32
Caps4:9
Caps5:10
Caps6:11
Caps7:7
Caps8:5
Caps9:46
Caps10:0
Goals1:4
Goals2:0
Goals3:2
Goals4:0
Goals5:1
Goals6:0
Goals7:2
Goals8:0
Goals9:3
Goals10:0
Club-Update:26 June 2016

Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira (pronounced as /pt-BR/; born 3 October 1984), known as Abreu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Football career

Born in São Paulo, Abreu played youth football for four clubs, two of them abroad and the last being Torino FC. In 2003, aged not yet 19, he moved to Spain and signed for Racing de Santander, being registered with the B-side for the vast majority of his four-year spell; on 17 June 2007, the final day of the season, he played his only La Liga game, which consisted of five minutes in a 0–2 home loss against Real Betis.[1]

For the 2007–08 campaign, Abreu joined another reserve team in the country and the third division, Atlético Madrid B. In the 2009 summer he signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, moving in quick succession to Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyprus) and IFK Mariehamn (Finland's Veikkausliiga).

On 7 January 2012, Abreu changed clubs and countries again, reuniting with countryman and former Santander teammate Arthuro at Malaysia's Johor Darul Takzim FC.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/204143/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 Racing Santander 0–2 Real Betis
  2. http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/johor-on-samba-path-1.43672 Johor on samba path
  3. http://football.thestar.com.my/2012/02/08/johor-fc-fail-to-sign-becamengo-due-to-travel-document-problems/ Johor FC fail to sign Becamengo due to travel document problems