Fábio Ricardo Gomes Fonseca (born 18 August 1985), commonly known as Espinho, is a Portuguese professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairm ...

as a

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Club career

Espinho was born in Espinho. A product of

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Por ...

's youth system he never appeared officially for its first team, spending two years with the reserves in the third division. In 2006, he signed with local

S.C. Espinho Sporting Clube de Espinho, also known as Sporting de Espinho, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Espinho in the Aveiro district. Besides football, the club has volleyball and handball departments that usually compete in the major Po ...

in the same level. On 8 June 2011, after two seasons in division two with Leixões SC, Espinho joined

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador ...

. He scored nine goals in his first year to help the club return to the

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after a seven-year absence, and, on 19 August 2012, celebrated his debut in the competition by netting his team's goal in a 1–1 away draw against F.C. Paços de Ferreira. On 11 June 2013, Espinho signed a one-year deal with PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in the

Bulgarian A Football Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

, moving abroad for the first time at the age of 28. He appeared in 95 competitive games during his spell (seven goals), helping to back-to-back national championships. Espinho left Ludogorets in June 2015, and signed a contract with

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. They won the UEFA Intert ...

as a free agent. He played only three matches for the Spaniards before returning to Moreirense on loan the following January, then joined fellow league team

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

for one year in July.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Espinho, Fabio 1985 births Living people People from Espinho, Portugal Sportspeople from Aveiro District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players FC Porto B players S.C. Espinho players Leixões S.C. players Moreirense F.C. players Boavista F.C. players C.D. Feirense players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players La Liga players Málaga CF players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain