Fábio Santos

I have a soft spot for left-backs like Fábio Santos. Coming up in São Paulo, standing 176 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.

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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 41)

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1bio%20Santos%20(footballer%2C%20born%201985)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%93%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2316179

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.