Upon getting into the Maracanã subject this Tuesday (nineteenth), towards América de Cali, for the return leg of the South American spherical of 16, Fábio turned the participant with probably the most matches performed within the historical past of world soccer.
The 44-year-old Fluminense goalkeeper reached 1,391 video games, surpassing Peter Shilton (an English goalkeeper who performed between 1966 and 1997) to face alone because the “greatest recreation lover” of all time!
The Fluminense goalkeepers, in actual fact, play with a particular patch in honor of this achievement.
Fábio joined Fluminense in 2022 and gained the Carioca championship twice (2022 and 2023), the 2023 Libertadores, and the 2024 South American Recopa. The goalkeeper has a contract with the Tricolor till December 2026.
Along with the 235 matches for Fluminense, Fábio performed 976 video games for Cruzeiro, 150 for Vasco, and one other 30 for União Bandeirante, the membership that found him in 1997.
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