Fábio Lefundes

Fabio Lefundes
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-08-25) August 25, 1972
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teams managed
Years	Team
1995	Bangu
1996-1998	Fluminense (assistant)
1999-2000	Bangu
2001-2002	Olaria
2004	Portuguesa da Ilha
2004	Americano
2005	Bangu
2006	Macaé
2006-2007	Madureira
2007-2008	Al-Mesaimeer
2008-2010	Al Raed
2011-2012	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (assistant)
2013	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (caretaker)
2013 (July)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (assistant)

Fabio Lefundes is a Brazilian football manager. He is currently assistant coach and fitness coach of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the K League Classic.^[1] Fabio first came to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as a fitness coach in January 2011. His influence on the physical aspect of Jeonbuk Hyundai's team resulted in the team being crowned as 2011 K-League champion and Runner up of the 2011 AFC Champions League.^[2] The following year Fabio was rewarded with a 3-year contract and moved up to the assistant coach position whilst still co-ordinating the clubs fitness program. During the first half of 2013, Fabio was the interim coach replacing the manager Choi Kang-Hee who was in the South Korea national football team. Fabio is a promising young coach, and already has extensive experience in professional football.

Prior to moving to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Fabio spent two seasons at Al Raed Sports Club in Saudi Arabia and one season at Mesaimeer Sports Club in Qatar. At Al Raed, he occupied the role of assistant coach and fitness coach although he was also interim coach for two months in the 2010-2011 Season.

References

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors – managers

Cha Kyung-bok (1995–96) Choi Man-hee (1997–2001) Nam Dae-sik (2001^c) Cho Yoon-hwan (2001–05) Kim Hyung-yeol (2005^c) Choi Kang-hee (2005–11) Lee Heung-sil (2012^c) Fábio (2013^c) Shin Hong-gi (2013^c) Choi Kang-hee (2013–) C (caretaker manager)