Luiz Fabiano de Souza (born 18 March 1975), also known as Fabiano Souza or simply Fabiano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a

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Career

Fabiano started in professional football at the age of 17, playing for teams in the lower levels of São Paulo state league, until he reached SC Internacional, a team for which he became an idol due to the large number of goals scored in the

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. At São Paulo FC, he started to be called Fabiano Souza, since the club already had two other players named Fabiano (

Luís Fabiano Luís Fabiano Clemente (born 8 November 1980), commonly known as Luís Fabiano, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for Sevilla, São Paulo, and the Brazil national team. He is a prolific goals ...

and Fabiano). Fabiano also represented Brazil at the

1995 Pan American Games The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first retur ...

Honours

Internacional

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

São Paulo

* Torneio Rio-São Paulo:

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Santos

* Campeonato Brasileiro:

References

External links

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