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My Take
I have a soft spot for left-backs like Fábio Santos. Coming up in São Paulo, standing 179 cm, he was never the headline goalscorer, but his reputation as a penalty specialist tells you something rare: a defender trusted to take the coldest shot in football. That takes nerve most full-backs never develop. To me, players like this are the spine of a side, the ones who do the unglamorous work and still deliver when the pressure peaks. I admire the temperament more than the flash. A reliable Brazilian craftsman with an ice-cold left foot is exactly the kind of professional I root for.
Overview
Fábio Santos Romeu (born 16 September 1985 in São Paulo), known simply as Fábio Santos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left back. Fábio Santos had a reputation for being a penalty kick specialist.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Fábio Santos
- Name (Japanese)
- ファビオ・サントス・ロメウ
- Reading
- ふぁびお・さんとす・ろめう
- Born
- September 16, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 179 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.