Fabiana (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fabiana

| image = Ty89 Fabiana da Silva Simoes 4327.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Fabiana in 2014

| fullname = Fabiana da Silva Simões

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Salvador, Brazil{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/fabiana-da-silva-simoes/126021/ |title=Fabiana |publisher=Perform Group |work=Soccerway |access-date=10 July 2015}}

| height = 163cm{{cite web |title=List of Players – Brazil |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=14 June 2015 |page=2 |date=8 June 2015}}

| position = Right back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2006 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = America-RJ

| years2 = 2007 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = CEPE-Caxias

| years3 = 2007–2008 | caps3 = | goals3 = | clubs3 = Sporting de Huelva

| years4 = 2008 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = Corinthians

| years5 = 2009–2010 | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 1 | clubs5 = Boston Breakers

| years6 = 2009 | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = → Boston Aztec (loan)

| years7 = 2011 | caps7 = | goals7 = | clubs7 = Santos

| years8 = 2011–2013 | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 4 | clubs8 = WFC Rossiyanka

| years9 = 2013 | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = São José

| years10 = 2014 | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = Tyresö FF

| years11 = 2014–2016 | caps11 = | goals11 = | clubs11 = Centro Olímpico

| years12 = 2016–2017 | caps12 = | goals12 = | clubs12 = Dalian Quanjian

| years13 = 2017–2018 | caps13 = 9 | goals13 = 1 | clubs13 = Barcelona

| years14 = 2019–2022 | caps14 = 56 | goals14 = 14 | clubs14 = Internacional

| years15 = 2023 | caps15 = 16 | goals15 = 1 | clubs15 = Santos

| nationalyears1 = 2006–2019

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 89

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{BRA}}}}

| club-update = 14:06, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 13 December 2019

}}

Fabiana da Silva Simões (born 4 August 1989), known as Fabiana, Fabi Simões or Fabiana Baiana,{{efn|By adding the demonym of Bahia, her home state}} is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a right back, she can also play as a right winger.

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.{{cite news |publisher=Globo TV |title=Fabiana e Maurine: nova geração na seleção |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Campeonatos/0,,MUL391737-9354,00.html |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=8 April 2008 |first=Tiago |last=Lavinas}}

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".{{cite news |publisher=Boston.com |title=Breakers to negotiate with international players |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/blog/2008/09/breakers_to_neg_1.html |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=24 September 2008 |first=Monique |last=Walker}}

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.{{cite news |publisher=New England Soccer News |title=International help – Breakers sign Del Rio, Fabiana |url=http://newenglandsoccernews.com/teams/breakers2.php?article_id=5618 |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=4 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121042450/http://newenglandsoccernews.com/teams/breakers2.php?article_id=5618 |archive-date=21 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} Two games on loan to Boston Aztec in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) had formed part of Fabiana's recuperation.{{cite news |publisher=Soccer New England |title=Breakers Notebook: Fabiana Nears Return |url=http://www.soccer-new-england.com/Breakers-Notebook-Fabiana-Nears-Return.html |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=1 July 2009 |first=Mark |last=Goodman |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201110715/http://www.soccer-new-england.com/Breakers-Notebook-Fabiana-Nears-Return.html |archive-date=1 February 2014}} She was given another contract for 2010 and started 14 of her 21 appearances, adding a goal against Chicago Red Stars.{{cite news |publisher=Women's Professional Soccer |title=2010 Boston Breakers Stats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705115107/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/boston/stats-2010.aspx |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/boston/stats-2010.aspx |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=5 July 2011}} 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.{{cite web |title=Aline and Fabiana join Rossiyanka |url=http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=25167 |publisher=santosfc.com.br |access-date=27 September 2011 |language=pt |date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914060744/http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=25167 |archive-date=14 September 2012}} 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.{{cite web |title=Brazil quartet join Tyresö |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0211-0e156e2bc4e6-aa3db8a38e82-1000--brazil-quartet-join-tyreso/ |publisher=UEFA |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=14 January 2014}} Tyresö were insolvent and on 9 April 2014 the Swedish immigration bureau refused Fabiana a work permit, so she returned to Brazil.{{cite news |publisher=Damfotboll.com |title=Ännu ett spelarproblem för Tyresö |url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2014/04/annu-ett-spelarproblem-for-tyreso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705010101/http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2014/04/annu-ett-spelarproblem-for-tyreso |access-date=17 January 2014|url-status=dead |archive-date=5 July 2011}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinacelacforum.org/eng/zgtlmjlbgjgx_1/t1384496.htm |title=Rio 2016: Brazilian women's football team sees tough rival in China |publisher=Xinhua |date=26 July 2016 |access-date=2 July 2017}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinaquanjianfc.com/n1/2017/0322/c411469-29160367.html |title=大连权健女足举办2017赛季壮行会 |publisher=Quanjian FC |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=1 July 2017 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111221023/http://www.chinaquanjianfc.com/n1/2017/0322/c411469-29160367.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite tweet |user=ChinaWFT |number=792650965891616768 |date=30 October 2016 |title=FT – Dalian champions after the 2–0 win over Army! Brazilian right-back Fabiana and the National Team's midfielder Wang Shuang scored. #CWSL}}

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.{{cite news |title=Fabi Simões deixa o Internacional por desacerto salarial |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/enm/2022/12/03/fabi-simoes-deixa-o-internacional-por-desacerto-salarial.htm |access-date=1 January 2023 |publisher=Universo Online |date=3 December 2022 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}

On 7 January 2023, Fabiana returned to Santos after nearly 12 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.santosfc.com.br/fabi-simoes-e-o-primeiro-reforco-das-sereias-da-vila-para-2023/|title=Fabi Simões é o primeiro reforço das Sereias da Vila para 2023|trans-title=Fabi Simões is the first addition of the Sereias da Vila for 2023|publisher=Santos FC|language=pt-BR|date=7 January 2023|accessdate=8 January 2023}}

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.{{cite web |title=Asian celebration at Russia 2006 |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/u20womensworldcup/russia2006/match-center |publisher=FIFA |access-date=17 January 2014}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Leme de Arruda |first1=Marcelo |title=Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 2006–2007 |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200607w.htm |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=7 July 2015 |language=pt |date=9 December 2012}}

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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.{{cite web |publisher=UOL Esporte |title=Fabiana |url=http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/futebol/fabiana.jhtm |access-date=17 January 2014 |language=pt}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/sports/soccer/at-the-womens-world-cup-drama-without-all-the-dramatics.html |work=The New York Times |first=Jeré |last=Longman |title=At the Women's World Cup, Drama Without All the Dramatics |date=11 July 2011}}

Fabiana went to her second Olympic football tournament at London 2012. Amidst allegations of a broken down bus plot,{{cite news |last1=Magnay |first1=Jacquelin |title=London 2012 Olympics: Brazilian women's football team allege plot after five hour wait for bus |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/football/9441381/London-2012-Olympics-Brazilian-womens-football-team-allege-plot-after-five-hour-wait-for-bus.html |access-date=21 December 2014 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=31 July 2012}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Georgina |title=Olympic women's football: Team GB 1–0 Brazil – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/31/olympic-womens-football-gb-brazil-live |access-date=11 July 2015 |work=The Guardian |date=31 July 2012 |quote=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.}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Paul |title=Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/63917/road-to-vancouver-brazils-formiga-picked-for-six.html |access-date=11 July 2015 |publisher=Soccer America |date=26 May 2015}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Thaís Matos |first1=Ana |last2=Thomaz Bastos |first2=Denise |last3=Leite |first3=Victoria |title=Com lesão na coxa direita, Fabi Simões é cortada da Seleção; Poliana vai para a Copa do Mundo |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/copa-do-mundo-feminina/noticia/lateral-fabi-simoes-sente-dores-na-coxa-direita-e-preocupa-a-selecao-feminina.ghtml |access-date=14 December 2019 |publisher=Rede Globo |date=3 June 2019 |language=pt}}

=International goals=

{{cite web |last1=Leme de Arruda |first1=Marcelo |title=Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013 |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil201113w.htm |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=21 December 2014 |language=pt |date=5 March 2014}}

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{{nodisplay\|3.}}goal 3 \|2012-12-19 \|{{hs\|Brazil}} São Paulo, Brazil \|{{fbw\|Denmark}} \|1.1 \|{{sortfbs\|2\|0	\|5250.02005}} \|{{sortfbs\|2\|2	\|5450.04005}} \|Torneio Internacional 2012
{{nodisplay\|4.}}goal 4 \|2013-09-25 \|{{hs\|Switzerland}} Savièse, Switzerland \|{{fbw\|Mexico}} \|1.1 \|{{sortfbs\|1\|0	\|5250.02005}} \|{{sortfbs\|4\|0	\|5450.04005}} \|Valais Cup 2013
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{{nodisplay\|6.}}goal 6 \|2014-09-14 \|{{hs\|Ecuador}} Loja, Ecuador \|{{fbw\|Paraguay}} \|1.1 \|{{sortfbs\|4\|1	\|5250.02005}} \|{{sortfbs\|1\|4	\|5450.04005}} \|Copa America 2014
{{hs\|7.}}goal 7 \|2015-07-25 \|{{hs\|Canada}} Toronto, Canada \|{{fbw\|Colombia}} \|1.1 \|{{sortfbs\|4\|0	\|5250.02005}} \|{{sortfbs\|4\|0	\|5450.04005}} \|2015 Pan American Games
{{hs\|8.}}goal 8 \|2017-09-19 \|{{hs\|AUS}} Melbourne, Australia \|{{fbw\|Australia}} \|1.1 \|{{sortfbs\|1\|0	\|5250.02005}} \|{{sortfbs\|2\|3	\|5450.04005}} \|Friendly

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|{{fbw|Chile}}

|1.1

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|{{sortfbs|4|0

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|Torneio Internacional 2011

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|2012-12-09

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|1.1

|{{sortfbs|2|0

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|4|0

|5450.04005}}

|Torneio Internacional 2012

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|2012-12-19

|{{hs|Brazil}} São Paulo, Brazil

|{{fbw|Denmark}}

|1.1

|{{sortfbs|2|0

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|2|2

|5450.04005}}

|Torneio Internacional 2012

{{nodisplay|4.}}goal 4

|2013-09-25

|{{hs|Switzerland}} Savièse, Switzerland

|{{fbw|Mexico}}

|1.1

|{{sortfbs|1|0

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|4|0

|5450.04005}}

|Valais Cup 2013

{{nodisplay|5.}}goal 5

|2014-09-12

|{{hs|Ecuador}} Loja, Ecuador

|{{fbw|Bolivia}}

|1.1

|{{sortfbs|6|0

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|6|0

|5450.04005}}

|Copa America 2014

{{nodisplay|6.}}goal 6

|2014-09-14

|{{hs|Ecuador}} Loja, Ecuador

|{{fbw|Paraguay}}

|1.1

|{{sortfbs|4|1

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|1|4

|5450.04005}}

|Copa America 2014

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|2015-07-25

|{{hs|Canada}} Toronto, Canada

|{{fbw|Colombia}}

|1.1

|{{sortfbs|4|0

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|4|0

|5450.04005}}

|2015 Pan American Games

{{hs|8.}}goal 8

|2017-09-19

|{{hs|AUS}} Melbourne, Australia

|{{fbw|Australia}}

|1.1

|{{sortfbs|1|0

|5250.02005}}

|{{sortfbs|2|3

|5450.04005}}

|Friendly

Honors

=Individual=

IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/920 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|work=IFFHS |date=26 January 2021 }}

Notes

References

External links

{{Soccerway|fabiana-da-silva-simoes/126021}}
{{FIFA player|251053}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110701154551/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=251053/index.html Fabiana da Silva Simões] – FIFA World Cup profile
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110703012219/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/boston/players/bios/fabiana Boston Breakers player profile]

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