Fabiana (footballer)

Fabiana
	Fabiana in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Fabiana da Silva Simões
Date of birth	4 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Salvador, Brazil
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	America-RJ
2007	CEPE-Caxias
2007–2008	Sporting de Huelva
2008	Corinthians
2009–2010	Boston Breakers
2009	→ Boston Aztec (loan)
2011	Santos
2011–2013	WFC Rossiyanka
2013	São José
2014	Tyresö FF
2014–2016	Centro Olímpico
2016–2017	Dalian Quanjian
2017–2018	Barcelona
2019–2022	Internacional
2023	Santos
International career‡
2006–2019	Brazil
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:06, 13 November 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2019

Fabiana da Silva Simões (born 4 August 1989), known as Fabiana, Fabi Simões or Fabiana Baiana,^[a] is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a right back, she can also play as a right winger.

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From 2009 to 2010, Fabiana played in the United States for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). As well as teams in her native Brazil, Fabiana has played for Barcelona and Sporting de Huelva of Spain's Primera División and WFC Rossiyanka of the Russian Top Division.

Fabiana has represented the Brazil women's national team since her debut in November 2006 and won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She retained her national team place for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. A right-sided attacking player noted for her pace and skill, Fabiana can also function as an overlapping right back.

Club career

Fabiana's career began aged 15, when she moved from Bahia to Rio to play for the women's section of America RJ. After a brief spell at CEPE-Caxias, she was signed by Spanish relegation-battlers Sporting de Huelva.^[3]

In the 2008 WPS International Draft, Fabiana was selected by Boston Breakers. The US club's coach Tony DiCicco picked England's Kelly Smith in the first round and Fabiana in the second. DiCicco described his Brazilian acquisition as: "very fast and fits that quick Brazilian mold with lot of flair".^[4]

An existing anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained while playing for Corinthians kept Fabiana out of the Breakers' team until the last seven games of 2009, all of which she started.^[5] Two games on loan to Boston Aztec in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) had formed part of Fabiana's recuperation.^[6] She was given another contract for 2010 and started 14 of her 21 appearances, adding a goal against Chicago Red Stars.^[7] Ahead of season 2011, Boston made Fabiana a free agent, then made an unsuccessful attempt to sign her on reduced terms.

In August 2011 she joined Russian UEFA Women's Champions League contestant WFC Rossiyanka from Santos.^[8] After another brief return to Brazil with São José, Fabiana transferred to Tyresö FF in January 2014, one of four Brazilians joining their compatriot Marta at the Swedish club.^[9] Tyresö were insolvent and on 9 April 2014 the Swedish immigration bureau refused Fabiana a work permit, so she returned to Brazil.^[10] She played for Centro Olímpico until 2016, at which point she signed with Chinese Women's Super League club Dalian Quanjian F.C. with two Brazilian teammates.^[11] The club would go on to win the 2016 Chinese Women's Super League championship, with Fabiana scoring the game-winning goal and assisting in a second goal during the match to clinch the title.^[12]^[13]

Fabiana had a successful four-year career with Internacional, where she scored 47 goals in 86 games and acquired the nickname "Gre-Nal Woman" due to scoring nine goals in 11 derby games against Grêmio. She left Internacional in December 2022 when the club offered her a new contract with a 30% reduction in salary.^[14]

On 7 January 2023, Fabiana returned to Santos after nearly 12 years.^[15]

International career

At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, FIFA.com reported that Fabiana contributed vital "skill and speed" to the Brazilian team which finished third.^[16] In November 2006 Fabiana made her senior international debut in Brazil's 2–0 South American Women's Football Championship win over Peru at Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata.^[17]

She trained with the senior team ahead of the 2007 Pan American Games, but was not selected for the final squad. Good form with Corinthians saw Fabiana break into the squad ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[18] She was restored to the team for a 2–1 win over Italy at Suwon Sports Complex in the 2008 Peace Queen Cup.

Fabiana was included in Brazil's 18-player squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and made substitute appearances in the semi-final and final. She won a silver medal when Brazil lost the final 1–0 after extra time to the United States.

At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, Fabiana's Brazil beat Australia, Norway and Equatorial Guinea to qualify in first place from their group. They then lost a controversial quarter-final on penalties to the United States after a 2–2 draw.^[19]

Fabiana went to her second Olympic football tournament at London 2012. Amidst allegations of a broken down bus plot,^[20] Brazil lost their final group E game 1–0 to hosts Great Britain before a record crowd of 70,584 at Wembley Stadium. Fabiana had been dropped from the team for the Great Britain match.^[21] The defeat consigned Brazil to a quarter-final meeting with World Cup holders Japan, who knocked Brazil out by winning 2–0 at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

In February 2015 Fabiana was included in an 18-month residency programme intended to prepare the national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics.^[22] At the World Cup in Canada, Fabiana played in all four of Brazil's games as the team was eliminated after a 1–0 defeat by Australia in the second round.

Fabiana was named in Brazil's initial squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, but suffered a thigh injury in the pre-tournament training camp. She withdrew from the squad and was replaced by Poliana.^[23]

International goals

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Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1. goal 1	2011-12-11	São Paulo, Brazil	Chile	1.1	5250.02005 4–0	5450.04005 4–0	Torneio Internacional 2011
2. goal 2	2012-12-09	São Paulo, Brazil	Portugal	1.1	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 4–0	Torneio Internacional 2012
3. goal 3	2012-12-19	São Paulo, Brazil	Denmark	1.1	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 2–2	Torneio Internacional 2012
4. goal 4	2013-09-25	Savièse, Switzerland	Mexico	1.1	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 4–0	Valais Cup 2013
5. goal 5	2014-09-12	Loja, Ecuador	Bolivia	1.1	5250.02005 6–0	5450.04005 6–0	Copa America 2014
6. goal 6	2014-09-14	Loja, Ecuador	Paraguay	1.1	5250.02005 4–1	5450.04005 1–4	Copa America 2014
goal 7	2015-07-25	Toronto, Canada	Colombia	1.1	5250.02005 4–0	5450.04005 4–0	2015 Pan American Games
goal 8	2017-09-19	Melbourne, Australia	Australia	1.1	5250.02005 1–0	5450.04005 2–3	Friendly

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Honors

Individual

IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020^[25]

Notes

By adding the demonym of Bahia, her home state

References

[1]
"List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
[2]
"Fabiana". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
[3]
Lavinas, Tiago (8 April 2008). "Fabiana e Maurine: nova geração na seleção". Globo TV. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[4]
Walker, Monique (24 September 2008). "Breakers to negotiate with international players". Boston.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[5]
"International help – Breakers sign Del Rio, Fabiana". New England Soccer News. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[6]
Goodman, Mark (1 July 2009). "Breakers Notebook: Fabiana Nears Return". Soccer New England. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[7]
"2010 Boston Breakers Stats". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[8]
"Aline and Fabiana join Rossiyanka" (in Portuguese). santosfc.com.br. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
[9]
"Brazil quartet join Tyresö". UEFA. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[10]
"Ännu ett spelarproblem för Tyresö". Damfotboll.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[11]
"Rio 2016: Brazilian women's football team sees tough rival in China". Xinhua. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
[12]
"大连权健女足举办2017赛季壮行会". Quanjian FC. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
[13]
@ChinaWFT (30 October 2016). "FT – Dalian champions after the 2–0 win over Army! Brazilian right-back Fabiana and the National Team's midfielder Wang Shuang scored. #CWSL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
[14]
"Fabi Simões deixa o Internacional por desacerto salarial" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
[15]
"Fabi Simões é o primeiro reforço das Sereias da Vila para 2023" [Fabi Simões is the first addition of the Sereias da Vila for 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
[16]
"Asian celebration at Russia 2006". FIFA. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[17]
Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (9 December 2012). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 2006–2007" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
[18]
"Fabiana" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
[19]
Longman, Jeré (11 July 2011). "At the Women's World Cup, Drama Without All the Dramatics". The New York Times.
[20]
Magnay, Jacquelin (31 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Brazilian women's football team allege plot after five hour wait for bus". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
[21]
Turner, Georgina (31 July 2012). "Olympic women's football: Team GB 1–0 Brazil – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Barcellos makes a couple of changes from the team that squeezed past New Zealand: Fabiana and Formiga are given the heave-ho, with Thaisinha and Rosana coming in.
[22]
Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
[23]
Thaís Matos, Ana; Thomaz Bastos, Denise; Leite, Victoria (3 June 2019). "Com lesão na coxa direita, Fabi Simões é cortada da Seleção; Poliana vai para a Copa do Mundo" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
[24]
Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
[25]
"IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.

External links

Fabiana at Soccerway
Fabiana – FIFA competition record (archived)
Fabiana da Silva Simões – FIFA World Cup profile
Boston Breakers player profile

[3] By adding the demonym of Bahia, her home state

[fifa-1] [1]
"List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[soccerwayprofile-2] [2]
"Fabiana". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[lavinas-4] [3]
Lavinas, Tiago (8 April 2008). "Fabiana e Maurine: nova geração na seleção". Globo TV. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[5] [4]
Walker, Monique (24 September 2008). "Breakers to negotiate with international players". Boston.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[6] [5]
"International help – Breakers sign Del Rio, Fabiana". New England Soccer News. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[7] [6]
Goodman, Mark (1 July 2009). "Breakers Notebook: Fabiana Nears Return". Soccer New England. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[8] [7]
"2010 Boston Breakers Stats". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[9] [8]
"Aline and Fabiana join Rossiyanka" (in Portuguese). santosfc.com.br. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

[10] [9]
"Brazil quartet join Tyresö". UEFA. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[11] [10]
"Ännu ett spelarproblem för Tyresö". Damfotboll.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[12] [11]
"Rio 2016: Brazilian women's football team sees tough rival in China". Xinhua. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[13] [12]
"大连权健女足举办2017赛季壮行会". Quanjian FC. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

[14] [13]
@ChinaWFT (30 October 2016). "FT – Dalian champions after the 2–0 win over Army! Brazilian right-back Fabiana and the National Team's midfielder Wang Shuang scored. #CWSL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[15] [14]
"Fabi Simões deixa o Internacional por desacerto salarial" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[16] [15]
"Fabi Simões é o primeiro reforço das Sereias da Vila para 2023" [Fabi Simões is the first addition of the Sereias da Vila for 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[17] [16]
"Asian celebration at Russia 2006". FIFA. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[18] [17]
Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (9 December 2012). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 2006–2007" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[19] [18]
"Fabiana" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[20] [19]
Longman, Jeré (11 July 2011). "At the Women's World Cup, Drama Without All the Dramatics". The New York Times.

[21] [20]
Magnay, Jacquelin (31 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Brazilian women's football team allege plot after five hour wait for bus". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[22] [21]
Turner, Georgina (31 July 2012). "Olympic women's football: Team GB 1–0 Brazil – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Barcellos makes a couple of changes from the team that squeezed past New Zealand: Fabiana and Formiga are given the heave-ho, with Thaisinha and Rosana coming in.

[23] [22]
Kennedy, Paul (26 May 2015). "Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time". Soccer America. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[24] [23]
Thaís Matos, Ana; Thomaz Bastos, Denise; Leite, Victoria (3 June 2019). "Com lesão na coxa direita, Fabi Simões é cortada da Seleção; Poliana vai para a Copa do Mundo" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Arruda-25] [24]
Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (5 March 2014). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[26] [25]
"IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.

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