Antônio Fábio Francês Cavalcante (born 27 November 1983), commonly known as Fabinho Capixaba, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Vitória, Espírito Santo Vitória (; ) is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551. The city proper is and has a population of 322,869 (2022), whilst ...

, Fabinho Capixaba graduated from Desportiva's youth setup, but made his senior debuts for

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. After a loan stint at

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, he went on to appear at several countryside clubs of

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and

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(with a short stint at Polish

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

side

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). On 5 May 2008 Fabinho Capixaba joined Série A side

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. He appeared regularly for the club during the year, but eventually lost his space in 2009. On 5 August 2009 Fabinho Capixaba was loaned to

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until December. He subsequently served another temporary deals at

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

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and

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before being released by ''Verdão'' in 2013. On 12 December 2013 Fabinho Capixaba signed for

Atlético Sorocaba Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

, newly promoted to

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

Série A1. He appeared regularly for the side, which was immediately relegated back. On 28 January 2015 Fabinho Capixaba was presented at Portuguesa.

Honours

; Sertãozinho *

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). The tournament has been known as Série A3 since the ...

: 2004 ; Coritiba *

Campeonato Paranaense The Campeonato Paranaense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1924 Internacional and América merged in ...

: 2010 *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

External links

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Fabinho Capixaba
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Capixaba, Fabinho 1983 births Living people Footballers from Vitória, Espírito Santo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Ekstraklasa players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland América Futebol Clube (MG) players Club América footballers Grêmio Esportivo Sãocarlense players São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas players Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players Marília Atlético Clube players União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube players Pogoń Szczecin players Americano FC players Volta Redonda FC players Mirassol Futebol Clube players SE Palmeiras players Avaí FC players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Joinville Esporte Clube players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players CE Operário Várzea-Grandense players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen