Fábio Braga
Personal information
Full name Fábio Farroco Braga
Date of birth (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Internacional
2009–2011 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Fluminense 14 (0)
2014 → América (RN) (loan) 4 (0)
2015 CSMS Iași 10 (1)
2016 Coritiba 4 (0)
2017 Ponte Preta 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2017

Fábio Farroco Braga (born 6 September 1992) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Braga moved to Brazil in 1995, aged two. In 2009, he joined Fluminense's youth setup, after a stint at Internacional,[1] and was promoted to the former's first team ahead of the 2012 campaign.[2]

Braga made his senior debut on 21 January 2012, coming on as a late substitute for Alejandro Martinuccio in a 3–0 home win against Friburguense for the Campeonato Carioca championship.[3] He scored his first goal on 28 April, netting the first in a 2–0 home success over Volta Redonda.[4]

Braga made his Série A debut on 20 May, starting in a 1–0 win at Corinthians,[5] and finished the season with eight league matches, as his side was crowned champions. In August 2013 he was linked to a move to Modena,[6] but the deal later collapsed.[7]

On 27 August 2014, after being rarely used, Braga was loaned to América-RN until December.[8] He appeared in only four matches for the side, which eventually suffered relegation.

On 28 January 2015 Braga moved to CSM Studențesc Iași, signing a six-month contract after being released by Flu.[9] He scored his first professional goal on 9 March, netting the last in a 2–0 away win against FC Petrolul Ploiești.

Braga returned to Brazil on 6 January 2016, signing for Coritiba Foot Ball Club.[10] Unused as they finished runners-up in the Campeonato Paranaense, he made his debut on 4 June, replacing César González for the final 20 minutes of a 2–1 loss at national champions Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.[11]

On 11 January 2017, Braga signed for Associação Atlética Ponte Preta for the year.[12] He made one appearance as they came runners-up in the Campeonato Paulista, as a late substitute for Clayson in a 3–3 draw at Esporte Clube Santo André.[13] On 25 July, having added just two more appearances in the national league, he was released from his contract, as was Lins.[14]

Personal life

Braga's father, Abel, was also a footballer. A central defender, he also represented Fluminense.[1] His younger brother João Pedro died in a fall from a balcony at their Rio de Janeiro home in July 2017, aged 19.[15]

Career statistics

(Correct as of 25 April 2015)[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense 2012 80000061141
2013 6000003090
Subtotal 140000091231
América-RN 2014 40———40
CSMS Iași 2014–15 1010000—101
Total 281000091372

Honours

Fluminense

References

  1. 1 2 "Filho de Abel Braga pode deixar o Fluminense" [Abel Braga's son could leave Fluminense] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Filho de Abel Braga treinará entre os profissionais do Flu" [Abel Braga's son will train among the professionals of Flu] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dancinhas e boas estreias: Flu inicia o Carioca batendo o Friburguense" [Dances and good debuts: Flu starts Carioca defeating Friburguense] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fábio Braga marca pela primeira vez e se diz acostumado com a pressão" [Fábio Braga scores for the first time and claims being used to the pressure] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Com Libertadores à frente, reservas do Fluminense batem os do Timão" [With Libertadores ahead, Fluminense's reserves defeats Timão's] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Flu aceita proposta e volante filho de Abel Braga fica próximo do Modena" [Flu accepts bid and defensive midfielder son of Abel Braga gets near to Modena] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Modena recua, não envia documentos e Fábio Braga deve seguir no Flu" [Modena steps back, does not send the documentation and Fábio Braga may remain at Flu] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fluminense acerta empréstimo de Fábio Braga ao América-RN" [Fluminense agrees the loan of Fábio Braga to América-RN] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ex-Fluminense, Fábio Braga acerta com time da Romênia" [Former Fluminense player, Fábio Braga signs with Romanian club] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Coritiba contrata volante filho do técnico Abel Braga" [Coritiba sign the defensive midfield son of the manager Abel Braga] (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Coxa sofre revés amargo" [Coxa suffers bitter defeat] (in Portuguese). Coritiba Foot Ball Club. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ponte Preta corre atrás de três a quatro reforços para fechar elenco de 2017" [Ponte Preta run after three to four additions to complete 2017 squad]. Estadão (in Portuguese). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Na última partida sem Kleina, Ponte-Preta vira, mas cede empate ao Santo André" [In the last match without Kleina, Ponte-Preta come back, but concede draw to Santo André] (in Portuguese). Rádio Esportes. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ponte Preta anuncia rescisão de contrato de Fábio Braga e Lins" [Ponte Preta announce termination of contracts of Fábio Braga and Lins] (in Portuguese). ESPN. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Filho do técnico Abel Braga completaria 20 anos, e amigos fazem homenagens" [Son of manager Abel Braga would have turned 20 today, and friends pay tribute] (in Portuguese). Extra. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  16. ↑ Fábio Braga at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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