Patrick Fabionn Lopes (20 August 1980 – 25 April 2016), sometimes known simply as Patrick, was a Brazilian

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who played as a

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Football career

Patrick Lopes was born in

Muriaé Muriaé is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located in the Zona da Mata (Minas Gerais), Zona da Mata region and its population in 2022 (IBGE) was approximately 104,108 inhabitants. Importan ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

, spending the better part of his career with modest Brazilian clubs. In January 2005, he signed a two-year contract with

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Esporte Clube () is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Cruzeiro is the greatest team of Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its as ...

, but was also loaned during that timeframe to

Fortaleza Esporte Clube Fortaleza Esporte Clube () is a Brazilian multi-sport club based in Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará. Founded in 18 October 1918, primarily a football club, is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. The club's ...

; in his country's Série A, other than those two teams, he also represented

Guarani Futebol Clube Guarani Futebol Clube, colloquially called Guarani, is a Brazilian association football club in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is the only club not based in a state capital or coastal city to have won the top tier of the Brazilian Championsh ...

. In the 2007–08 season, Patrick Lopes had his first abroad experience, signing with U.D. Leiria from the Portuguese

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

. He played 13 times in his first year, but the side suffered relegation to the second division. At age 32, Patrick Lopes returned to his homeland, seeing out his career two years later after spells in the regional leagues with

Ituano Futebol Clube Ituano Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as simply Ituano, is a Brazilian association football club in Itu, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Séri ...

Nacional Esporte Clube (MG) Nacional Esporte Clube Ltda. is a football club from the south-east Brazilian state of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabi ...

and Nacional Atlético Clube (Muriaé). He died on 25 April 2016 in

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at the age of 35, from a

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References

External links

Brazilian FA Database
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