Fábio Deivison Lopes Maciel

Football player infobox
playername = Fábio


fullname = Fábio Deivison Lopes Maciel
height = height|m=1.89
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|9|30
cityofbirth = Nobres,
Mato Grosso
countryofbirth = Brazil
currentclub = Cruzeiro E.C.
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
years = 1997
1998
1999-2000
2000-2004
2005—
clubs = União Bandeirante F.C.
Atlético-PR
Cruzeiro E.C.
Vasco
Cruzeiro E.C.
caps(goals) = —
—
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84 (0)
177 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = September 6, 2007
ntupdate =

Fábio Deivison Lopes Maciel or just Fábio (born 30 September 1980 in Nobres, Mato Grosso) is a Brazilian football goalkeeper, as of 2005 plays for Cruzeiro.

Career

He has recently played for clubs such as União Bandeirante-PR, Vasco, and Atlético-PR. Fábio was called up to most of Brazil's friendly's in the months of August and September, 2006. Being called up by Brazilian head coach Dunga for a friendly against Norway in Oslo on August 16, 2006, though never had playing time, the game ended 1-1. He was also called up to play against Argentina and Wales on September 3 and September 5, 2006, respectively, but again, he did not play in these match, as Gomes remained Brazil number 1 under Dunga at that time.

He was delighted to have been included in one of Brazil's team's in September, but knew exactly where he stood and understood what his role in the team was, and stated he was happy to be part of the squad.Quote_box
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quote=Brazil has great keepers as the level has really gone up over the past few years and we have goalies of the calibre of Rogério Ceni (São Paulo), Fábio Costa (Santos) and Júlio César (Inter-ITA). I just want to calmly do what I can to help the seleção.|source=Fábioname="Brazil(Seleção):Dunga’sBrazilianBets">" [http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=103844 Brazil (Seleção): Dunga’s Brazilian Bets] ", Goal, August 02 2006. Retrieved on September 16 2006. ] |He has been fairly successful in his career winning the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Brasileiro, and the Copa Mercosur all in the same year, 2000. He has also won two state championship, the Campeonato Carioca, and the Campeonato Mineiro.

Fábio has won a couple of international championships as well. Such as the 1997 U-17 South American Youth Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup. Along with that he was part of Brazil's winning side in the Copa América 2004, in Peru.

The first semester of 2007 wasn't very good for Fábio. Due to inconsistence and some very bad mistakes on the field (including a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByR6Dpdy0I bizarre goal] in the first leg of the state championship against rivals Atlético in which he had his back to the field while the Atletico striker approached the box and scored), a good part of the Cruzeiro supporters asked for his removal of the starting squad.

Coincidentally, after this same derby, Fábio was out for three months supposedly because of an injury, alhought he played for the whole match, during which he didn't show any sign of severepain. He got back in the middle of July, got his starter status back and currently is one of the highlights of Cruzeiro, showing signs of recovering his old form. However, he hasn't been called for the Brazilian team in 2007.

In November 2007 it has been agreed that Fabio is to extend his current deal with Cruzeiro until December 2009 after speculation mounted on a possible move to either Benfica or Arsenal in the 2008 January transfer window. [cite web|url=http://www.mercadofutebol.com/noticia/cruzeiro-assegura-permanencia-de-fabio|title=Cruzeiro assegura a permanência de Fábio|publisher=Mercadofutebol.com|accessdate=2007-11-22|date=2007-11-23]

With Jens Lehmann's Arsenal future a tenuous one, Arsene Wenger is rumoured to be considering a move for Cruzeiro goalkeeper Fabio.

The 27-year-old Brazilian has heard the reports linking him with a move to Arsenal and he admits a move to The Premier League holds great appeal.

Fabio, who is also a reported target for Benfica, is contracted to Cruzeiro until the end of December and may be available for the move north as early as January.

Fabio is quoted in the Daily Mirror: “I’ve a deal signed with Cruzeiro until the end of this year but after that I would like to move to Europe and if that happens in January then it is up to the clubs involved.

“I’ve heard of the interest from Wenger but it is too soon to think or talk about it too much.

“But I’m prepared to make the big jump to European football as that’s a great challenge for any player.”

Footnotes

Honours

*World Cup (U 17): 1997
*Paraná State League: 1998
*Brazilian Cup: 2000
*Brazilian League:2000
*Mercosul Cup: 2000
*Rio de Janeiro State League: 2003
*Rio de Janeiro's Cup: 2004
*Copa America: 2004
*Minas Gerais State League: 2006

Contract

*5th January 2005 to 31st December 2009

External links

*pt icon [http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=129292 CBF]
*pt icon [http://www.cruzeiro.com.br/cruzeiro/profissional/jogadores/ Profile from Cruzeiro EC Official Website]
*en icon [http://touchline.onthespot.co.uk/guardian/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=59&CPID=133&pStr=Player&PLID=60853&TEID=3309 Guardian Stats Centre]
*pt icon [http://www.zerozero.pt/pt/jogador.php?id=5637&search=1 zerozero.pt]
*pt icon [http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/555_Fabio.html sambafoot]
*de icon [http://www.soccerterminal.com/st-st/playerDetail.do?tid=5963&ligaId=113&lg=&name=Fábio_Deivson&pid=33301&actSaison=2007&ct=907&s= soccerterminal]