Fábio Felício

Fábio Felício
Personal information
Full nameFábio Alexandre Duarte Felício
Date of birth2 May 1982
Place of birthFaro, Portugal
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Louletano
Youth career
1990–2000Farense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2001Farense14(0)
2002–2003Olhanense52(15)
2003–2004Académica25(3)
2004–2006União Leiria58(10)
2006Real Sociedad10(0)
2007–2009Rubin Kazan6(0)
2007–2008→ Marítimo (loan)21(0)
2008–2009→ Asteras Tripoli (loan)6(0)
2009–2010Vitória Guimarães8(0)
2010–2011Rio Ave7(0)
2011–2012Marítimo4(0)
2012–2013Portimonense27(3)
2013–2014Farense27(0)
2014–Louletano11(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 8 December 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Fábio Alexandre Duarte Felício (born 2 May 1982) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Louletano D.C. as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Faro, Algarve, Felício made his professional debuts with hometown's S.C. Farense, appearing in the top flight not yet aged 18. He continued to develop at neighbours S.C. Olhanense, in the lower leagues.

After a single season with Académica de Coimbra, again in the top division, Felício established himself at fellow league side U.D. Leiria, helping it qualify twice for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. His solid displays attracted the attention of Spain's Real Sociedad,[1] but he did not settle at all at his new club, and left in the following transfer window.

Before the start of the 2007 season, Felício signed with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan. He made his debut on 4 March, appearing as a starter in a 1–3 defeat against FC Rostov in the Russian Cup, but lost his place in the first team very soon, playing just two league games since the fifth round and eventually went on to serve two consecutive loans, one of them back in his country with C.S. Marítimo; in an interview, Rubin manager Kurban Berdyyev described him as "a heaven-born footballer, but a coward, not a fighter", criticizing him for his inability to demonstrate his talent during games.[2]

Felício spent the 2008–09 season in Greece playing for Asteras Tripoli FC, on loan. In late December 2009 he agreed on a return to Portugal, signing with Vitória de Guimarães.

References

  1. ↑ "Fabio Felicio ya es jugador de la Real Sociedad" [Fabio Felicio is Real Sociedad player] (in Spanish). Noticias. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Тренер – золото (in Russian). Российская газета. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2009.

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