Fábio dos Santos Barbosa

Fábio dos Santos Barbosa (born 9 October 1980) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Career Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Fábio Santos started his career at Sao Paulo state.

Fábio Santos was signed by Lyon in January 2007 from Cruzeiro.

He was loaned to São Paulo in January 2008 until July 2008. After being released by Lyon, he signed a -year contract with Fluminense in May 2009, rejoining Fred. On 26 April 2010 Cruzeiro signed the midfielder, the player coming from Fluminense and signed until 31 December 2010.

After the match against São Paulo on 13 May 2010, Fábio Santos told the press that the match was his last as a player due to successive pains to his knee, which suffered four surgeries during his career, and he claimed he wasn't fully recovered from his last injury.

Career statistics

Honours Campeonato Paulista: 2004 Campeonato Mineiro: 2006 Ligue 1: 2007, 2008 Trophée des Champions: 2007