Fabio Sole (born 15 September 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

On 4 September 2019, Sole joined

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

, having been released by

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. Sole made his debut for Oxford on 8 October 2019 in a 2–2 draw at home to

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in the

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. Sole converted Oxford's first penalty of the resulting

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, but Oxford went on to lose the shootout 5–4. On 13 February 2020, Sole joined Southern League Premier Division Central side

AFC Rushden & Diamonds A.F.C. Rushden & Diamonds is an English football club based in Rushden in Northamptonshire. They played their opening season at Kiln Park, the home of Raunds Town, in 2011–12 and subsequently shared the Dog & Duck ground with Wellingboroug ...

on a one-month loan deal. He had a spell on loan at Farnborough in 2020. He was released by Oxford at the end of the 2020–21 season. Having spent the vast majority of the 2021–22 season out injured, Sole signed for

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club Slough Town in July 2022 following a successful trial period. In October 2022, Sole joined

Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney is a large village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It lies about northwest of Fleet and east of Basingstoke. The parish includes the smaller contiguous village of Phoenix Green as well as the ...

on dual registration. In June 2023, Sole joined Southern League Premier Division South side Hanwell Town. In July 2024, Sole joined

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Premier Division side

Personal life

in January 2022 Sole co-founded ''Footballers Minds'', a support network to help children and teenagers released by football clubs, stating that he was inspired to help people after hearing about Jeremy Wisten's death.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sole, Fabio Living people 2001 births English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Oxford United F.C. players AFC Rushden & Diamonds players Farnborough F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Hartley Wintney F.C. players Metropolitan Police F.C. players Hanwell Town F.C. players Hendon F.C. players Southern Football League players National League (English football) players Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English sportsmen