Fabinho

Al Ittihad | Defensive Midfield

Player Info

Full Name: Fabinho

Nationality: Brazil

Position: Defensive Midfield

Born: 23 Oct 1993

Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight: 78 kg (172 lb)

Club Info

Team: Al Ittihad

Sport: Soccer

Squad Number: 8

About Fabinho

Fábio Henrique Tavares (born 23 October 1993), known as Fabinho (Brazilian Portuguese: ), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and the Brazil national team.

After starting off at Fluminense, he transferred to Rio Ave in 2012. He spent his entire time there out on loan, first at Real Madrid Castilla, and made one substitute appearance for the first team. He spent five years at Monaco, playing 233 total games and scoring 31 goals, and won Ligue 1 in 2016–17. In his debut season at Liverpool he won the UEFA Champions League. He won the UEFA Super Cup in 2019 and also played a key role in guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title in 2020—the club’s first league title in 30 years.

Fabinho made his international debut for Brazil in 2015, and was part of their squads at the Copa América in 2015 and 2016.