Fábio César Montezine

Fábio César
فابيو سيزار

File:Leonardo Pisculichi, Fábio César Montezine 2011.jpg Leonardo Pisculichi and Fábio César Montezine in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Fábio César Montezine
Date of birth	(1979-02-24) February 24, 1979
Place of birth	Londrina, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Umm Salal
Number	7
Youth career
1999–2000	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	Santa Cruz	7	(1)
2001	Viktoria Plzeň	3	(1)
2001	Udinese	0	(0)
2001–2004	Napoli	77	(7)
2004–2005	Avellino	9	(1)
2005–2006	Al-Arabi	31	(7)
2006–2010	Umm Salal	76	(21)
2010–2013	Al Rayyan	61	(9)
2013–	Umm Salal	0	(0)
International career‡
2008–	Qatar	28	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06/06/2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24/12/2010

Fábio César Montezine (Arabic: فابيو سيزار مونتيزإني‎‎; born February 24, 1979 in Londrina, Brazil) is a naturalized Qatari football player who is currently playing for Umm Salal in the Qatari league and for the Qatar national football team. As a junior, he played for the big Brazilian club São Paulo. He played a major part of his career in Italy, where he spent three years for Napoli. In 2005, he moved to Qatar to play for Al-Arabi. Fabio then became the playmaker of Umm Salal, with whom he reached the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League in 2009. Fabio later went on to play for Al-Rayyan for four seasons, during which he led his team to win the Emir Cup three times and the Heir Apparent Cup once.

International career

He became eligible to play for Qatar in 2008 and is a regular starter of the national team.

National team career statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 26, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Iraq	2-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
2.	March 26, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Iraq	2-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
3.	August 24, 2008	Doha, Qatar	North Korea	2-1	Won	Friendly
4.	November 14, 2008	Doha, Qatar	South Korea	1-1	Draw	Friendly
5.	November 13, 2009	Rouen, France	Paraguay	2-0	Won	Friendly
6.	November 13, 2009	Rouen, France	Paraguay	2-0	Won	Friendly
7.	March 3, 2010	Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	1-4	Lost	Friendly
8.	September 7, 2010	Doha, Qatar	Oman	1-1	Draw	Friendly
9.	December 22, 2010	Doha, Qatar	Estonia	2-0	Won	Friendly
10.	January 16, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	3-0	Won	2011 AFC Asian Cup
11.	January 21, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Japan	3-2	Lost	2011 AFC Asian Cup

External links

• Fabinho – FIFA competition record
• Fábio César Montezine at National-Football-Teams.com
• In-depth interview with Al Jazeera
• Fábio César Montezine at footballzz.co.uk
• Fábio César Montezine Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (Czech)
• (Portuguese) CBF