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Fábio Pereira da Silva

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fábio

| image = Fabio Pereira da Silva 2014.jpg

| caption = Fábio playin for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] in 2014

| fullname = Fábio Pereira da Silva<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/squad-lists-february-2012.pdf |title=Premier League clubs submit squad lists |work=PremierLeague.com |publisher=Premier League |page=24 |format=PDF |date=2 February 2012 |accessdate=2 February 2012 }}</ref>

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Petrópolis]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil

| height = {{convert|1.72|m|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fábio |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And-Staff/First-Team/Fabio.aspx?section=Quote |work=ManUtd.com |publisher=Manchester United |accessdate=7 July 2011 }}</ref>

| position = [[Defender (association fitbaa)#Full-back|Full-back]]

| currentclub = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]

| clubnumber = 3

| youthyears1 = 2005–2008 |youthclubs1 = [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]

| years1 = 2008–2014 |clubs1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps1 = 22 |goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2012–2013 |clubs2 = → [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] (loan) |caps2 = 21 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014– |clubs3 = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] |caps3 = 16 |goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2007 |nationalteam1 = [[Brazil naitional unner-17 fitbaa team|Brazil U17]]<ref group="nb">Anerly includes [[2007 FIFA U-17 Warld Cup]] an 2007 Sooth American Unner-17 Fitbaa Championship]]</ref> |nationalcaps1 = 13 |nationalgoals1 = 10

| nationalyears2 = 2011– |nationalteam2 = [[Brazil naitional fitbaa team|Brazil]] |nationalcaps2 = 2 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 23 March 2014

| ntupdate = 10 November 2011

}}

'''Fábio Pereira da Silva''' (born 9 Julie 1990), commonly kent as '''Fábio''' or '''Fábio da Silva''', is a Brazilian profeesional [[association fitbaa|fitbawer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association fitbaa)#Full-back|full-back]] for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] an the [[Brazil naitional fitbaa team|Brazil naitional team]]. He an his twin brither [[Rafael (fitbawer born 1990)|Rafael]] began their careers wi [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] in their native Brazil afore bein signed bi Inglis club Manchester United in Februar 2007.<ref name="custis">{{cite news |first=Neil |last=Custis |title=Utd land Brazil whizkid twins |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article19932.ece |work=Sun Online |publisher=News Group Newspapers |date=28 February 2007 |accessdate=7 December 2008 }}</ref> Unlike his brither, Fábio struggled tae haud doun a place in the Manchester United first team, an efter a lend spell wi [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] in 2012–13, he made a permanent muive tae Cardiff in Januar 2014.



==Playin style==

Along wi his brither, Rafael, Fábio haes been praised for his energetic style, an haes been describit as a ''"excellent footballer"'' bi [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]].<ref name="meet"/> Les Kershaw, the umwhile Manchester United academy manager who spottit thaim, describit the pair as being like ''"two little [[whippet]]s,"'' praising how ''"when they got knocked down, they just got straight back up again and got on with it. They were like bouncing balls... very, very quick"''.<ref name="taylor"/> [[The Times]] haes cried thaim ''"Brazil's answer to the Neville brothers"''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Kay |title=Brazilian twins set for switch to Manchester United |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3200669.ece |work=The Times |publisher=Times Newspapers |location=London |date=17 January 2008 |accessdate=2 May 2010 }}</ref> Based on his attackin ability an instincts, it wis suggestit on the United wabsteid that Fábio, alang wi Rafael, coud be deployed in the midfield rather than in defence.<ref name="meet"/>

==Career statistics==

{{updated|match played 01 February 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabio |url=http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/122463/fabio?cc=5739 |work=ESPN FC |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=21 August 2013 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|-

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Saison

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|[[UEFA#Club|Europe]]

!colspan="2"|Ither<ref group="nb">Includes ither competitive competeetions, includin the [[FA Community Shield]], [[UEFA Super Cup]], [[FIFA Club Warld Cup]]</ref>

!colspan="2"|Total

|-

!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|rowspan="6"|[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]

|[[:en:2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season|2008–09]]

|0||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0

|-

|[[:en:2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season|2009–10]]

|5||0||1||0||2||0||2||0||1||0||11||0

|-

|[[:en:2010–11 Manchester United F.C. season|2010–11]]

|11||1||4||1||2||0||7||0||1||0||25||2

|-

|[[:en:2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season|2011–12]]

|5||0||0||0||3||0||7||0||0||0||15||0

|-

|[[:en:2013–14 Manchester United F.C. season|2013–14]]

|1||0||1||0||1||1||0||0||0||0||3||1

|-

!Total

!22!!1!!8!!1!!8!!1!!16!!0!!2!!0!!56!!3

|-

|[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] (len)

|[[:en:2012–13 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season|2012–13]]

|21||0||1||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||1

|-

|rowspan="2"|[[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]

|[[:en:2013–14 Cardiff City F.C. season|2013–14]]

|13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||0

|-

|[[:en:2014–15 Cardiff City F.C. season|2014–15]]

|3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Career total

!59!!1!!9!!2!!9!!1!!16!!0!!2!!0!!95!!4

|}

==Honours==

===Club===

;Manchester United

*[[Premier League]]: [[:en:2010–11 Premier League|2010–11]]

*[[FA Community Shield]]: [[:en:2010 FA Community Shield|2010]]

===Internaitional===

;Brazil U-17

*[[South American Under-17 Football Championship]]: [[:en:2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship|2007]]

==Personal life==

Fábio's twin brither, [[Rafael (fitbawer born 1990)|Rafael]], is a profeesional fitbawer an aw; both twins signed for Manchester United at the same time in 2008. The twins' elder brother, Luiz Henrique Pereira da Silva, used to play for [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América-MG]] in Brazil an [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] in Italy, but moved with his wife to England when the twins signed for Manchester United. After a six-week wait for international clearance, Luiz Henrique signed for [[Radcliffe Borough F.C.|Radcliffe Borough]], but he and his wife returned to Brazil in early 2009 in preparation for the birth of their child, where he returned to England few months later.

The wedding ring on Fábio's finger uised tae be hou Ferguson coud tell the twins apairt, wi Fábio already marriet at the age o 18 tae 17-year-auld Barbara who relocatit wi him.<ref name="sights"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Da Silva Twins Snubbed Arsenal to Follow Their United Dream |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1172228/Da-Silva-twins-snubbed-Arsenal-follow-United-dream.html |location=London |work=Daily Mail |date=20 April 2009 |first=Ian |last=Ladyman}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Boro sign boy from Brazil |url=http://www.radcliffeborough.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=721 |work=radcliffeborough.com |publisher=Radcliffe Borough FC |date=29 October 2008 |accessdate=24 April 2009 }}</ref><ref name="tgyga">{{cite news |title=Fábio and Rafael: twins united in mission for the Republic of Silva |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/25/rafael-fabio-da-silva-manchester-united-barcelona |location=London |first=Fernando |last=Duarte |work=The Guardian |date=25 May 2011 |accessdate=25 May 2011 }}</ref> Despite stairtin their careers at Fluminense, baith Fábio an Rafael are actually supporters o their local rivals, Botafogo.<ref name="tgyga"/>

==Notes==

<references group="nb"/>

==References==

{{Reflist|30em}}

==Freemit airtins==

*[http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And-Staff/First-Team/Fabio.aspx Profile] at ManUtd.com

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{{Persondata

|NAME = Pereira da Silva, Fábio

|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Da Silva, Fábio

|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Association fitbawer

|DATE OF BIRTH = 9 July 1990

|PLACE OF BIRTH = Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|DATE OF DEATH =

|PLACE OF DEATH =

}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabio}}

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